Category Archives: Local News
Saturday Morning Fire Causes $35,000 Damage to Sheboygan Garage, Home
A fire Saturday morning caused an estimated $35,000 damage, mostly to a detached garage of a home on Main Avenue on Sheboygan's northwest side. The fire in the 3300 block of Main, just west of North T...
Feb 10, 2024
First February Tornado Ever in Wisconsin Confirmed In Evansville
(WHBL) - Folks in southern Wisconsin are waking-up to the day after the state's first ever February tornado. The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado touched down Thursday between Evansvi...
Feb 09, 2024 Donald Lee Pardue / CC
SASD Considering November Spending Referendum
Getting permission from the public to spend more money than usual isn't easy to do. State spending limits on Wisconsin public schools can only be exceeded through referendum votes, and if a referendum...
Feb 09, 2024 Proposals for New Urban and Farnsworth Middle Schools from Bray Architects Study Commissioned by the Sheboygan Area School District
Severe February Thunderstorms? It Could Happen Today.
Wisconsin has never recorded a tornado during the month of February...so far. However, the National Weather Service is advising that this could change as a confluence of weather systems combine to pre...
Feb 08, 2024 Severe Weather Could Occur Thursday Evening. Graphics Courtesy of NWS
Sheboygan County Museum Names New Executive Director
A new Executive Director has been named at the Sheboygan County Museum. Following a national search, former longtime Wisconsin resident and experienced museum leader, Brett Lobello, was named to the p...
Feb 08, 2024 Brett Lobello. Photo Courtesy of the Sheboygan County Museum
Equipment Valued at Over $160K Stolen From Village of Belgium Business - UPDATE - Truck Found in IL
Equipment valued at some $161,000 was taken over the past weekend from a Village of Belgium business. An employee of Nate's Lawn Maintenance arrived at work shortly before 8 a.m. Monday to find someon...
Feb 08, 2024 Surveillance Cameras Captured Thieves in the Act at Nate's Lawn Maintenance in Belgium. Photo Courtesy of the Ozaukee County Sheriff
New Contract Covering Sheboygan Police Officers Up for Approval on Monday
A two-step process is all that remains for putting a new 3-year contract in place between the City of Sheboygan and its Police Officers. The contract has been referred directly to the Finance and Pers...
Feb 07, 2024 Sheboygan Police Department
Millions in Transportation Aids Sent from State to Sheboygan County, Cities, Towns and Villages
Over $2.5 million in transportation aids are coming to Sheboygan County from the State of Wisconsin. The payments are maid quarterly by the State Department of Transportation to cover the cost of cons...
Feb 07, 2024
Dense Fog, Slick Surfaces Once Again - Advisory Till 10AM
In what seems something out of the "Groundhog Day" movie - albeit a few days late - a recurrent blanket of fog is once again plaguing the lakeshore area with advisories for its hazards posted by the N...
Feb 06, 2024 Fog Obscured Details Under Streetlights on Tuesday Evening in Sheboygan County. Photo by Kevin Zimmermann
Sheboygan Honored as "Race Site of the Year" for 2023's Inaugural P1 Powerboat Event
Sheboygan has been honored as the 2023 "Race Site of the Year" by P1 Offshore, the organization behind last year's inaugural powerboat racing event. Stuart Halle of P1 was at Monday's Common Council m...
Feb 06, 2024 Mayor Ryan Sorenson Receives "Race Site of the Year" Award from Stuart Halle of P1 Offshore. Image Courtesy of the WSCS Youtube Live Stream.
