Category Archives: Local News

Storm Cleanup Efforts Make "Significant Progress" in Sheboygan
Cleanup efforts after severe thunderstorms flattened hundreds of trees in Sheboygan Wednesday night have made "significant progress" on the emergency priorities of opening streets and removing trees f...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 17, 2022 Sarah / CC

County Covid Community Level Settles Back to "Low", Another Death, Total Cases Top 31K
After briefly bumping up, the Sheboygan County Community Level of COVID-19 activity returned to "Low" after a week at a "Medium" level. According to the Friday (June 17) update from the Sheboygan Coun...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 17, 2022 sergio santos / CC

Wisconsin FoodShare Members Offered Replacement Benefits for Storm-Related Food Losses
Participants in Wisconsin's FoodShare program who lost food due to power outages caused by recent severe weather can apply for replacement benefits. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is maki...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 17, 2022

Sheboygan DPW Director on Cleanup: "It's Going to Take Us Weeks"
Cleanup following Wednesday night's severe thunderstorm that blew through Sheboygan County with winds that, arguably, may have reached hurricane force, could easily take until sometime in July. The Na...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 16, 2022 slgckgc / CC

City Crews Undertake Massive Task of Clearing Sheboygan Streets of Storm Debris
While most damaging storms had left the Sheboygan area before midnight, Department of Public Works crews wasted no time responding to the numerous downed trees and other damage caused by Wednesday's p...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 16, 2022 City of Sheboygan Department of Public Works

Wis DOT Says Watch for Buckling Pavement
With hot summer weather now expected to be frequent, the Wisconsin DOT is advising drivers to be cautious of buckling pavement. Hot weather causes pavement to expand...and slabs to push against each o...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 16, 2022 Buckling Pavement - Graphic Courtesy Wis DOT

Meijer Taking Waste Plastic Out of Environment & Wants Yours
Meijer Sheboygan customers are being encouraged to bring their plastic gardening containers to any Meijer Garden Center - regardless of where they originated - so they can be recycled and not contribu...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 16, 2022 Nenad Stojkovic / CC

Powerful Thunderstorms Ravage Area
A line of powerful thunderstorms ravaged Sheboygan County along with the rest of Wisconsin on Wednesday, downing trees and power lines as they blew through. Attention was piqued by mid afternoon when ...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 16, 2022 Max LaRochelle / Unsplash

Hot, Humid, and Dangerous: Warnings from NWS and USCG Wednesday Afternoon
Hot, humid weather began settling in over most of Wisconsin beginning Tuesday, and by Wednesday afternoon even the usually cooler-than-most Sheboygan County was sweltering along. At 3 p.m. the Nationa...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 15, 2022 National Weather Service - Milwaukee Watches, Warnings and Advisories Graphic

Complex, Serious Construction Accident Near Winneconne, Second One in Bypass Traffic
One accident led to serious injuries to a construction worker, followed by another that seriously injured a motorcyclist encountering the traffic bypassing the original accident. The Winnebago County ...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 14, 2022 North Dakota
Fri Jul 17
Sheboygan, WI, USA
Feels Like: 76°F
Wind/Dir: 15 MPH-SSE
Humidity: 100%

