Category Archives: Local News

NFL Sending Football Milwaukee-Green Bay via "Pedal to the Draft" Bike Relay
Honoring a tradition unique to Green Bay within the NFL, a football symbolizing the transfer of the NFL Draft from Detroit to Green Bay will be delivered to Lambeau Field via bicycle relay from Milwau...
Kevin Zimmermann May 14, 2024 Green Bay Packer Logo

Midnight Piper Remembers Fallen Officers
The plaintive strains of "Amazing Grace" could be heard above the wind in Sheboygan as clocks chimed midnight last night. The presentation was part of a statewide "Midnight Piper" event that remembers...
Kevin Zimmermann May 14, 2024 A piper plays "Amazing Grace" during a 2023 observance. Photo courtesy of the SPD

Flags Ordered to Half Staff to Honor Hmong-Lao Veterans Day
Governor Evers has ordered the Wisconsin and US Flags to be flown at half-staff today in honor of Hmong-Lao Veterans Day. The observance recognizes the thousands of Hmong-Lao people who fought alongsi...
Kevin Zimmermann May 14, 2024 Flag at Half Staff

Sheboygan Stabbing Suspect Sentenced
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - It'll be 7 years in prison for Daquan Jackson, the Sheboygan man charged with Attempted first degree intentional homicide for stabbing his mother in April of 2022. Judge Georg...
Jon DeMaster May 14, 2024 Sheboygan County Courthouse

State Stewardship Grant Sought to Improve Rocky Knoll Bike Trail System
Sheboygan County is hoping that a state grant will improve the experience for those seeking a thrill by visiting a nursing home. That does sound ironic, but in fact, Rocky Knoll - the iconic Sheboygan...
Kevin Zimmermann May 13, 2024 Wisconsin Conservation Corps Members Working on a Mountain Bike Trail. Photo Courtesy of Sheboygan County.

Alliant Energy Approved by PSC to Upgrade Sheboygan Falls Gas Generating Station
Two natural gas generating stations - one in Sheboygan Falls - have been green-lighted by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission for upgrades. Alliant Energy said improvements at the Falls facility, ...
Kevin Zimmermann May 13, 2024 Alliant Energy's Sheboygan Falls Facility is Shown in this Aerial Image from Alliant

Area Road Work to Know About This Week
Wisconsin DOT road crews will be active near Elkhart Lake this week. Motorists should use caution when traveling on Highway 67 between County Highways "A" and "J" as maintenance crews fill cracks in t...
Kevin Zimmermann May 13, 2024 jojoo64 / Depositphotos.com

Could Aurora Borealis Decorate Tonight's Sky - Forecasts Are Promising!
It has been many years since a major solar storm lit up the night sky above the Sheboygan Area. For those who remember such events as the great storm of March, 1989, or for those who've never seen the...
Kevin Zimmermann May 10, 2024 Photo Courtesy of NOAA - Space Weather Prediction Center

Sheboygan Man Arraigned on Felony Charge of Exposing Child to Harmful Materials at Falls High
A 23-year-old student teacher at Sheboygan Falls High School has been charged in Sheboygan County Circuit Court with one count of Exposing a Child to Harmful Material. According to the criminal compla...
Kevin Zimmermann May 10, 2024 Jernej Furman / CC

Kohler, Platinum Equity Establish Separate, Independent "Kohler Energy" Business
An agreement has been reached that will establish the Kohler Generator division as a separate, independent company known as Kohler Energy. The new company is the result of a transaction reached betwee...
Kevin Zimmermann May 10, 2024 Kohler Generator - Photo Courtesy of Kohler
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