Category Archives: Local News
Unsuccessful Search/Rescue for Missing Swimmer Now a Recovery Operation
Rescue crews who responded to reports of a swimmer in trouble in the Sheboygan River on Monday evening were called back last night, and will focus on recovery of the victim when they return this morni...
May 16, 2023 Crews Search for Missing Swimmer Monday Evening at Rotary Riverview Park. Photo Courtesy of the SFD
Sheboygan Man Faces OWI After Leaving Hospital
Police in Sheboygan say a 75-year-old man was taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries he suffered in a crash in the City on Saturday. Investigators add that he will be arrested after recoverin...
May 15, 2023 DPP Law / CC
Highway 23 Maintenance Will Involve Lane Closures Monday, Tuesday
Crews working on Highway 23 will shut down various lanes both today and tomorrow. The repairs will take place on pavement both east and westbound at the Sheboygan River crossing near County Highway "T...
May 15, 2023 The Repair Area is Outlined in Red. Image Courtesy of Google Maps.
Sign Replacement, Power Line Placement Require I-43 Ramp Closures
Those wishing to get on or off I-43 at Sheboygan overnight on Tuesday will want to plan ahead. That's because some ramps will be shut down to accommodate a pair of projects that it's hoped can be comp...
May 15, 2023 KOMUnews / CC
Froedtert, LTC to Break Ground on New $4 Million Facility That Doubles Capacity to Train Health Care Professionals
1,500 healthcare and emergency services students, and professionals who take classes, are to be supported each year with the addition of the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Center for Hea...
May 12, 2023
SFD Adds LUCAS Continuous CPR Devices - Lives Already Saved
When a person undergoes cardiac arrest, maintaining circulation is a matter of life and death. Applying continuous Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation manually - even during transit - however, has been diff...
May 12, 2023 A LUCAS Device is Shown on a CPR Dummy. Photo courtesy of the SFD
UWGB Graduation Day is Saturday
Students from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay's Sheboygan Campus will be among more than 1,100 eligible graduates during commencement ceremonies on Saturday. Of note - UW-Green Bay will celebr...
May 12, 2023 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Logo
Plymouth Arsonist to Spend Ten Years in Federal Prison
A 32-year-old man from Plymouth will spend the next ten years in federal prison after being convicted of setting a fire that killed a mother of three. Jonathan T. Lane admitted to setting a fire in th...
May 12, 2023 Devin Avery / Unsplash
Dr. Joseph Walter Named VP of Instruction at LTC
Lakeshore Technical College has announced that Dr. Joseph Walter is its new Vice President of Instruction. Dr. Walter is currently the Dean of Business, Industry and Technology at Tallahassee Communit...
May 12, 2023 Dr. Joseph Walter - photo courtesy of LTC
Falls Mom Sentenced to Mental Institution in Strangulation Death of Son
The Sheboygan Falls woman who killed her son last year and tried to kill her other son is headed to a mental institution for the rest of her life. Natalia Hitchcock was sentenced by Sheboygan County J...
May 12, 2023 Oliver Hitchcock
