Category Archives: Local News
DNR: 100 Wildfires In Five Days In Wisconsin
(WHBL) - Wisconsin needs some rain. The state's Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday reported 100 wildfires across the state over the past five days. All of the fires are west and north of the M...
Mar 24, 2021 Wildfire
Milwaukee Council Looks At Unarmed First Responders
MILWAUKEE, WI (WHBL) - The city of Milwaukee is taking the first step toward sending someone without a gun to 911 calls. The Common Council on Tuesday agreed to create a task force that could lead to ...
Mar 24, 2021 Call 9-1-1
SHEBOYGAN RAW WATER INTAKE PROJECT REACHES KEY DESIGN POINT
A project to construct a new raw water intake for the Sheboygan Water Treatment Facility has reached the key 60% design point. The utility which currently provides an average of over 15 million gallon...
Mar 24, 2021 Sheboygan Water Utility
SHEBOYGAN MEMORIAL DAY 2021 BEING PLANNED BY LAKELAND’S “LAUNCH”
A pandemic-weary Sheboygan area is being given something to celebrate, courtesy of the City of Sheboygan, Kohler Credit Union, and "Launch," a business venture run by students at Lakeland University. ...
Mar 24, 2021 mark6mauno / CC
ACTIVE COVID CASES IN COUNTY CONTINUE TO FALL, CASE NUMBERS REVISED
The Sheboygan County Division of Public Health has revised the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county downward by a single case, putting the total number confirmed so far at 13,171....
Mar 23, 2021 Muenocchio
“I feel like I’m drunk.” Sheboygan Man To Be Sentenced After 2019 Crash
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - A Sheboygan man appears in Sheboygan County Court to be sentenced this morning for slamming his pickup truck into a snowbank in the city while drunk in 2019. Court documents s...
Mar 23, 2021 Patrick Feller / CC
PANDEMIC DIDN’T STOP PLANNING - OR THE QUESTIONS IT PROMPTS
The pandemic may have put the brakes on many things over the past year, but that hasn't stopped people planning to change things up. And when the Sheboygan County Planning, Resources, Agriculture &...
Mar 23, 2021 Richard Elzey / CC
MANITOWOC COUNTY DRUG INVESTIGATION NETS TWO SUSPECTS
Manitowoc County Sheriff Dan Hartwig reports that an investigation by the Manitowoc County Metro Drug Unit has resulted in the felony arrests of two individuals and multiple drug charges. 35-year-old ...
Mar 23, 2021 Melissa Jagemann and Steven Khail
Sheboygan Woman To Be Sentenced For Rollover Crash Involving Infant
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - A Sheboygan woman arrested after a rollover crash last May is due in Sheboygan County Court Tuesday morning to be sentenced on a felony drunk driving charge. 26 year old Sabrina...
Mar 23, 2021 Handcuffs
Sheboygan Police Investigate Gunshots, Man Arrested
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - A 29 year old Sheboygan man is facing a charge of endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon after an investigation of gunshots last weekend. Sheboygan Police were called t...
Mar 23, 2021 Sheboygan Police
