Category Archives: Local News
Fond du Lac Psychiatrist and Nurse Under Grand Jury Indictment
by Kevin Zimmermann Psychiatrists are medical doctors qualified to write prescriptions for controlled substances. But a Grand Jury Indictment announced Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Ea...
Jan 06, 2021 Danny Ayers / CC
COUNTY DPH: REQUESTS FOR VACCINE INFO "OVERWHELMING"
by Kevin Zimmermann The Sheboygan County Division of Public Health reports having been overwhelmed with questions related to where we are at locally in regards to allocation and distribution of COVID-...
Jan 05, 2021 KOMUnews / CC
COUNTY COVID TRAJECTORY FAVORABLE
by Kevin Zimmermann Data varies widely from day-to-day, but when measuring COVID-19 in Sheboygan County according to the 2-week data as recommended by the County Division of Public Health, our trends ...
Jan 05, 2021 sergio santos / CC
CHANCE FOR SUPER BOWL TRIP TO ENTICE BLOOD DONORS IN JANUARY
by Kevin Zimmermann Some football fans would do anything for a trip to the Super Bowl, and the American Red Cross hopes that "anything" includes rolling up the sleeves for a blood donation. The incent...
Jan 05, 2021 Blood Drive
COVID TESTING RESUMES AT ADRC
by Kevin Zimmermann After reducing operations to once-per-week during the last two, holiday-filled weeks of 2020, the Wisconsin National Guard resumes its twice-weekly schedule of community testing fo...
Jan 05, 2021 Covid Testing
RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN FALLS SHORT, BUT OVERALL GOAL WITHIN REACH
by Kevin Zimmermann It was a "very different bell ringing season" according to Sheboygan Salvation Army Development Director Carrye Jo Cony, but the goal of $685,000 between that Red Kettle, and the C...
Jan 05, 2021 Salvation Army Bell
NEW YEAR ADDS 213 NEW COVID-19 CASES, ONE DEATH
by Kevin Zimmermann After the 4-day break for the New Year's holiday weekend, the first report of 2021 from the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health reported an additional 213 cases of COVID-19 ...
Jan 04, 2021 sergio santos / CC
COUNTY DPH ADVISES TO TEST HOME FOR RADON
by Kevin Zimmermann You can't see it or smell it, but if the air in your home contains radon, you're breathing in the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. And if you're a smoker, the ris...
Jan 04, 2021 Joi Ito / CC
COLD NOT THE ONLY WINTER WEATHER HAZARD
by Kevin Zimmermann Wisconsin winters have a reputation for snow and cold, but as much of the state woke up to fog and heavy frost, emergency rooms were prepared for the anticipated influx of people s...
Jan 04, 2021 Carla Cometto / CC
CITY OF SHEBOYGAN BEGINS 2021 AMID COMPLEX FINANCIAL CHALLENGES
by Kevin Zimmermann While most were delighted to put the year 2020 behind them in anticipation of better times in 2021, it's not so easy to get past the old year when it comes to the City Budget. On F...
Jan 04, 2021 City of Sheboygan logo
