Category Archives: Local News
Hwy 57 Head-On Crash Injures Two
There were only minor injuries after a head-on crash on Highway 57 in the Town of Rhine. The Sheboygan County Sheriff's office says the crash happened shortly before 8 O'clock Friday night when a car ...
Oct 16, 2023 Sheboygan County Sheriff
Blood Supplies Remain Strained
Blood supplies remain tight following a summer of shortages and high demand for blood products. While acknowledging - and thanking - the thousands who rolled up a sleeve since the national blood short...
Oct 13, 2023 LuAnn Hunt / Unsplash
Wet Autumn Weather On Track to Last Through Sometime Sunday
National Weather Service Forecasters are holding steady on their forecasts for a very wet, windy weekend. Rains that began Thursday afternoon amounted to just two tenths of an inch by midnight, but we...
Oct 13, 2023 Wet Weather is Outlined in This Graphic From The National Weather Service
Area Entries Ousted from "Coolest Things Made in Wisconsin" Contest
Area establishments represented among the "Coolest Things Made in Wisconsin" have been displaced in the contest as four finalists were announced on Wednesday. Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, spo...
Oct 11, 2023
Carol Buschmann, Chordettes Member, Passes Away at 96
Carol Buschmann of Sheboygan, a member of the Chordettes that rose to fame in the 1950s, has died at age 96. Buschmann, born Carol Hagedorn in Sheboygan in 1927, joined the Chordettes in 1947, replaci...
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Mead Librarian Honored by PBS Wisconsin as a 2023 Early Learning Champion
A librarian from Mead Public Library in Sheboygan is being honored as an Early Learning Champion by PBS Wisconsin. The honor was given to Alison Loewen to recognize and celebrate her as a passionate e...
Oct 11, 2023 Alison Loewen Entertains a Youngster. Photo Courtesy of the Mead Public Library
South Pier Project Completion to be Celebrated on Monday
After more than three years of construction, the project to rebuild Sheboygan's south pier and breakwater will be officially declared "complete" on Monday. The ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the even...
Oct 11, 2023 People Can Again Enjoy This View of Sheboygan's Harbor Area from the South Pier Following a 3-Year Renovation. Photo by Kevin Zimmermann
Sheboygan County DA Clears Neenah Officers of Wrongdoing
The Sheboygan County District Attorney has determined there was no wrongdoing on the part of undercover drug officers involved in a deadly shooting in Neenah in August. DA Joel Urmanski had been asked...
Oct 11, 2023 Maxim Hopman / Unsplash
Agard's Sheboygan Visit Promotes Cannabis Legalization in Wisconsin
Wisconsin is becoming an island when it comes to legal cannabis, and that's a situation that has to change according to Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard, who brought her message to Shebo...
Oct 10, 2023 State Senator Melissa Agard (3rd from right) Visits Sheboygan's Brick and Mortar Hemp Company Last Thursday. Photo Courtesy of Sen. Agard
Large Portion of Broughton Drive Under 2-Day Closure
A three-quarter mile section of Broughton Drive on Sheboygan's lakefront will be closed for two days this week. The Department of Public Works announced on Monday the closure between Michigan Avenue a...
Oct 09, 2023 Broughton Drive to Close on This Section Tuesday and Wednesday. Map Courtesy of the Sheboygan DPW
