Category Archives: Local News

Cut Your Own Christmas Tree for $5? Wisconsin DNR Says You Can, From a Northern State Forest
Those who wish to make the trip "up north" are being invited by the Wisconsin DNR to cut their own Christmas Tree from one of Wisconsin's northern State Forests. Trees are available to be cut down in ...
Kevin Zimmermann Nov 30, 2023 tracy ducasse / CC

Power Outage Strikes Town Wilson, Kohler and Sheboygan South Side
A power outage struck the Town of Wilson, Kohler and Sheboygan's far south side on Thursday morning. Alliant Energy had provided no information on the cause of the outage, but began repair operations ...
Kevin Zimmermann Nov 30, 2023 zeevveez / CC

Six Indicted on Federal Drug and Weapons Charges
Six persons will be spending the holidays in jail awaiting trial on federal drug and weapon charges. Charges have been filed against Amber Wachowski, Arabella Balzan, Randy Wilhelm Junior and Autumn T...
Kevin Zimmermann Nov 30, 2023 Photo Courtesy of the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office

Smoking Materials Blamed in Wednesday Afternoon Fire
More than a half-dozen departments responded to an apartment fire on Oakdale Court in the Town of Sheboygan yesterday afternoon. The fire was reported just before 1 p.m. Upon arrival crews discovered ...
Kevin Zimmermann Nov 30, 2023 Maxim Tajer / Unsplash

Sheboygan Paper Box Company Celebrates a Century
A Sheboygan Company is celebrating a century of success in business. Sheboygan Paper Box Company, family-owned and operated by second-generation brothers Jack and Tom Liebl, was founded on November 28...
Kevin Zimmermann Nov 29, 2023 Sheboygan Paper Box Company Displays its 100th Anniversary Logo

Second Fire - Same Location Prompts Arson Investigation
When lightning strikes twice, that's nature...but when fire hits the same place twice, it could be arson and the Sheboygan Police and Fire Departments are hoping the public can help them solve the cri...
Kevin Zimmermann Nov 29, 2023 Evan Lovely / CC

Oostburg FD Receives $10K Boost from Alliant
A substantial donation from the Alliant Energy Foundation will enable better public safety in Oostburg. The $10,000 gift was given last week to the Oostburg Fire Department from the company now nearin...
Kevin Zimmermann Nov 29, 2023 Alliant Energy's Randy Bermke Awards $10K to Oostburg Fire Chief Nate Voskuil. Photo courtesy of Alliant Energy

2023 Gun Deer Season - In the Books, On the Record
Wisconsin's 2023 nine-day gun deer season is in the books, and is noted as falling anywhere from about 15-20 percent below last year, depending on the metric. Statewide, Wisconsin hunters registered 1...
Kevin Zimmermann Nov 28, 2023 Map Courtesy of the Wisconsin DNR

Wisconsin COVID Levels Near 2023 High
The incidence of COVID-19 in Wisconsin overall now rivals levels last seen in January...and seems on pace to reach a new high for the year. While the Wisconsin Department of Health Services no longer ...
Kevin Zimmermann Nov 28, 2023 Graphic from the Wisconsin DHS Indicating Levels of COVID-19 Virus Detected in Wisconsin in the Past 12 Months (Top) and Detected in the Sheboygan Wastewater Treatment Plant Sewershed (Bottom)

Sheboygan's Winter Parking Rules Kick In on Friday
The seasonal puzzle of where to park during the winter will again be faced by Sheboygan vehicle owners at the stroke of midnight on Friday. December 1st begins the Overnight Winter Parking Season in B...
Kevin Zimmermann Nov 28, 2023 The National Guard / CC
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