Category Archives: Local News
PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO RECEDE WITH NO SIGNIFICANT TRENDS SEEN
By all measures, the COVID-19 pandemic in Sheboygan County, as well as in the State of Wisconsin, is receding, with relatively few changes in data within the last 24 hours. According to the daily upda...
Jun 16, 2021 sergio santos / CC
Above & Beyond Children's Museum Reopens Thursday
After a more than year-long shutdown due to the pandemic, Sheboygan's Above & Beyond Children's Museum will reopen on Thursday. Executive Director Jackie Erdman announced the reopening, saying tha...
Jun 16, 2021
DNR WARNS OF MODERATE FIRE DANGER HERE
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is warning area residents to avoid burning for now and to be extra careful with any outdoor activities that might result in sparks or flames as a moderate...
Jun 16, 2021 With increasing drought conditions, the DNR is reminding the public to be fire smart. / Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR
HIGHWAY 28/EE ROUNDABOUT OPENS THIS EVENING
The signs will be coming down and traffic flowing this evening as the Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced on Tuesday that work on the Wisconsin Highway 28 and County "EE" intersection has...
Jun 16, 2021
Republican State Rep Wants National Guard Sent To Milwaukee To Fight Crime
MILWAUKEE, WI (WHBL) - There's now a call to send troops to Milwaukee to try and get a handle on the city's violent crime problem. State Rep. Joe Sanfelippo on Tuesday said Milwaukee is 'war zone-like...
Jun 16, 2021 Wisconsin National Guard
Flight For Life Called To Camp Anokijig After Boom Lift Collapse
PLYMOUTH, Wis. (WHBL) - Flight for life was called to Camp Anokijig near Plymouth Tuesday morning after a man fell 36 feet when a boom lift collapsed. The Sheriff's Department says it happened when th...
Jun 16, 2021 Police Lights
COUNTY CONFIRMED CASE COUNT REVISED DOWNWARD, DATA NEARLY STATIC
After closer review, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Sheboygan County has been revised downward by one, to a total of 13,873 for the course of the pandemic. This comes as there were no re...
Jun 15, 2021 Muenocchio
Wisconsin Seeing Smoke From Chemical Fire In Illinois
(WHBL) - A chemical plant fire just south of the Illinois border is expected to burn for days. No one is saying just what started the fire Monday at the Chemtool plant in Rockton, Illinois. It was aro...
Jun 15, 2021 liz west / CC
SEVERE BLOOD SHORTAGE PROMPTS URGENT APPEAL FOR DONORS
With an unusually high number of traumas and emergency room visits, transplants and rising numbers of elective surgeries, hospitals in Wisconsin are finding supplies of blood at dangerously low levels...
Jun 15, 2021 Charleston's TheDigitel / CC
COUNTY ACTIVE COVID CASES LOWEST SINCE LAST JULY 7, NONE HOSPITALIZED
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Sheboygan County is at its lowest level since 44 were reported on July 7 last year. 48 cases are known by the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health as of Mo...
Jun 14, 2021 sergio santos / CC
