Category Archives: Local News
COUNTY DPH REPORTS COVID TRAJECTORY UP 170% WEEK-OVER-WEEK
The Division of Public Health issued its weekly update on the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, indicating an upward progression in Sheboygan County, reversing for now a trend that had seen th...
Jul 16, 2021 sergio santos / CC
Malfunctioning Tornado Sirens Sound In New Holstein
NEW HOLSTEIN, WI (WHBL) - Tornado sirens went off in New Holstein around 11:30 Wednesday night, and emergency management says it was an equipment malfunction that caused it. While there were storms bl...
Jul 15, 2021 Welcome to New Holstein Sign
Sheboygan Police Respond to Stabbing
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - Sheboygan Police responded to a report of a stabbing at Fountain Park on Wednesday afternoon around 3:30. There's not a lot of information being made available at this time, but...
Jul 15, 2021 Sheboygan Police
Lightning Believed to Have Caused Kiel House Fire
KIEL, WI (WHBL) - Fire crews from Elkhart Lake assisted the Kiel Fire Department with a house fire in Kiel Wednesday night. It was reported shortly before 10pm on 10th St. The residents of the home we...
Jul 15, 2021 Fire
ACTIVE COVID CASES EDGE UP, WALK-IN WEDNESDAY VAX CLINIC OFFERED
While it's too early to call it a trend, and there's no data available to show that the "Delta" variant is behind the rise, the number of active cases of COVID-19 reported by the Sheboygan County Divi...
Jul 15, 2021 sergio santos / CC
HIGHWAY 32 CONSTRUCTION WON'T AFFECT CEDAR GROVE HOLLAND FEST
While the Village of Cedar Grove prepares to hold its first Holland Festival since 2019, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is preparing to close access to the village for some major road cons...
Jul 15, 2021 Myrtle Beach TheDigitel / CC
"COPS AND BOBBERS" ANNOUNCED BY SPD
A free program that offers the chance for kids to fish with cops has been announced by the Sheboygan Police Department. The event, called "Cops and Bobbers" will be held at an unannounced "Private Pon...
Jul 15, 2021
THE END TO 7-DIGIT PHONE DIALING IS COMING THIS OCTOBER
Some might remember when you could dial a phone number using only 5 digits, or when Sheboygan exchanges started with the reference to "Glencourt". With those days now a faded memory, another telephone...
Jul 15, 2021 Walt Stoneburner / CC
COUNTY APPROVES GRANT REQUEST FOR CITY OF SHEBOYGAN ASH TREE REPLACEMENT PROJECT
A grant request for $15,000 was approved on Tuesday by the Planning, Resources, Agriculture & Extension Committee of the Sheboygan County Board, paving the way for an innovative project that will ...
Jul 15, 2021 Clint Budd / CC
High Speed Chase Results In Arrest of Fond du lac Man
(WHBL) - A Fond du Lac man is behind bars after leading Sheboygan County Sheriff's Deputies on a high speed chase in a stolen car early Wednesday morning. It was around 3am when a deputy tried to stop...
Jul 14, 2021 Sheboygan County Sheriff
