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COUNTY COVID NUMBERS CONTINUE RISE - BOOSTER SHOT ANNOUNCED
With 9 new cases and 7 recoveries from COVID-19 in Sheboygan County since Tuesday, the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health's Coronavirus Case Dashboard indicated a gain of 2 active cases, to a ...
Kevin Zimmermann Aug 18, 2021 Coronavirus

Sheboygan Home Destroyed By Fire
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - Fire destroyed a home in the city of Sheboygan on Tuesday afternoon. The Sheboygan County Dispatch Center got the 911 call around 3:45pm and responded to the home on the 1000 bl...
Kelly Meyer Aug 18, 2021 Sheboygan Fire Dept

COVID NOT GOING AWAY - COUNTY DPH MOVING BACK INTO "SURGE" MODEL
With numbers on the rise nationwide, Sheboygan County is no exception to the resurgence of COVID-19, and the pandemic is far from over. That has the team at the Sheboygan County Division of Public Hea...
Kevin Zimmermann Aug 18, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC

TREE REMOVAL WILL REQUIRE NORTH SIDE STREET CLOSURE
The ongoing efforts to remove dead and dying trees - mostly victims of the Emerald Ash Borer - will require Cooper Avenue between North 20th and 22nd Streets, which fronts Cooper Elementary School, to...
Kevin Zimmermann Aug 18, 2021

ACTIVE COVID COUNT JUMPS 47 AMID 69 NEW CONFIRMED CASES
Recoveries weren't able to overcome 69 new positive test returns as the number of active cases of COVID-19 in Sheboygan County rose to 292 on Tuesday. 7 persons are currently hospitalized. 14,421 case...
Kevin Zimmermann Aug 17, 2021 sergio santos / CC

NO MORE OVERDUE BOOK FEES AT MEAD?
The Guinness Book of World Records says that the largest fine for an overdue book was $345.14 after being turned in 47 years late. No records are likely to be set at Sheboygan's Mead Public Library......
Kevin Zimmermann Aug 17, 2021 Evan Bench / CC

RENT SMART TENANT TRAINING PROGRAM OFFERED
Many renters and landlords alike have been stressed during the pandemic, but even those renters with dependable income can benefit from Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Sheboygan's free "Rent Sma...
Kevin Zimmermann Aug 17, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC

COVID STILL SPREADING IN COUNTY, LEVELS SIMILAR TO EARLY FEBRUARY
Although the number of active COVID-19 cases was down by 10 since Thursday's semi-weekly report, the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health still added another 53 confirmed cases since then, putti...
Kevin Zimmermann Aug 17, 2021 Dashboards from the Sheboygan County DPH and Wisconsin Hospitals Association

Fort Atkinson Fire Finally Out
(WHBL) - The flames are out, but firefighters in Jefferson County's Fort Atkinson will spend a few more days keeping an eye on an old warehouse that burned to the ground last week. The city's fire dep...
Kelly Meyer Aug 16, 2021 Fire

Lawmaker Blasts DWD For Overpayment Collections
(WHBL) - There's more criticism for Wisconsin's unemployment office. Republican State Rep. Barb Dittrich, of Oconomowoc, on Friday blasted the Department of Workforce Development for its handling of u...
Kelly Meyer Aug 16, 2021 Application for unemployment benefits
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