Category Archives: Local News
RED CROSS: PATIENT CARE BEING DELAYED DUE TO BLOOD SHORTAGE
Some hospitals are being forced to slow the pace of elective surgeries until critically short supplies of blood can be stabilized - that according to the American Red Cross. The problem comes during a...
Jun 28, 2021 February 10, 2021. Hall of Service, American Red Cross National Headquarters, Washington, DC. Blood donor proudly shows off bandaged arm after giving with the American Red Cross to help patients in need.
Photo by Brad Zerivitz/American Red Cross
Senator Johnson Supports Vaxx Reax Sufferers
(WHBL) - U.S. Senator Ron Johnson is offering support for those who've suffered a reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine. The Senator said Friday that this coming Monday he will accompany six women who will...
Jun 26, 2021 Wisconsin U.S. Senator Ron Johnson
COUNTY ISSUES FIRST WEEKLY COVID REPORT
(WHBL) - In the first weekly update since discontinuing a daily schedule, the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health reported on Thursday that 8 new cases of COVID-19 had been recorded since last ...
Jun 25, 2021 sergio santos / CC
GOVERNOR EVERS: TOURISM IS DRIVER OF BOUNCEBACK & SHEBOYGAN HAS IT
Governor Tony Evers came to Sheboygan on Thursday to announce a $140 million package of grants to support Wisconsin's tourism industry, a sector he says is a critical element in the pandemic recovery ...
Jun 25, 2021 Governor Evers speaks in Sheboygan along with Department of Tourism Interim Secretary Anne Sayers and Sheboygan Mayor Ryan Sorenson in 2021. Photo by Kevin Zimmermann
Geele Ave Construction Ongoing - Two Intersections Opening
(WHBL) - Although it will take until September to finish the entire project, navigating the Geele Avenue construction gets a little easier today as the intersections with North 8th and North 15th Stre...
Jun 25, 2021
SPD Advises Public Of Sex Offender Release
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - A convicted sex offender who will have completed his maximum sentence will be paroled next week and reside at 930A Michigan Avenue in Sheboygan. The Sheboygan Police Department ...
Jun 25, 2021 Sheboygan Police
Numerous Fire Departments Respond to Belgium Barn Fire
BELGIUM, WI (WHBL) - Firefighters from Cedar Grove, Oostburg and Random Lake assisted the Belgium Fire Department with a pair of barn fires in Belgium late Tuesday night. The Ozaukee County Sheriff's ...
Jun 24, 2021 Barn Fire
SHEBOYGAN LABOR FORCE BOUNCING BACK STRONGLY FROM PANDEMIC
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development has painted an impressive picture of job recovery in the Sheboygan area following last year's pandemic-strapped situation. In non-seasonally adjusted ...
Jun 24, 2021 GotCredit / CC
COVID CLAIMS ANOTHER SHEBOYGAN COUNTY VICTIM
Attention to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic may be waning in many corners of society as vaccination rates slump, restrictions ease and life seems to be returning to normal. But the coronavirus remains a dead...
Jun 23, 2021 sergio santos / CC
WISCONSIN SHIPWRECK COAST NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY NEARLY A REALITY
A National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Sheboygan, Kewaunee, Manitowoc and Ozaukee Counties is now all but official. Governor Evers on Tuesday announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
Jun 23, 2021 Map of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Courtesy of NOAA
