Category Archives: Local News
Southern Green Bay is Ice-Locked, Will Close to Commercial Vessels on Sunday
Sustained cold weather has essentially frozen the southern portion of Green Bay, prompting the US Coast Guard to close the waters to commercial traffic southwest of a line between the Peshtigo Reef Li...
Jan 29, 2026 Map Courtesy of the US Coast Guard
Light Lake Effect Snow Event Likely Friday, Less so Saturday
Concerns of significant lake effect snow have faded, and the National Weather Service is able to offer a more confident forecast for the next few days. A band of lake effect snow is expected to move o...
Jan 29, 2026 NWS Graphic
Manitowoc Woman Gets Federal Prison Time for Multi-Million Dollar Money Laundering Scheme
A 64-year-old Manitowoc woman was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release by US District Judge Lynn Adelman on Tuesday. Cherie Campion was also ordere...
Jan 29, 2026 EdZbarzhyvetsky / Depositphotos.com
Sheboygan Water Utility in Overtime Chasing Broken Mains - Falls Has its Own
The extended cold weather is being blamed for a spate of water main breaks, both in Sheboygan and in some surrounding areas. The Sheboygan Water Utility had to shut down the supply on Thursday to repa...
Jan 29, 2026 leonardo1 / Depositphotos.com
Accused Burglars Nabbed in Town of Grafton Vacation Rental 50 Miles from Crime
For persons suspected of a residential burglary in Beaver Dam were apprehended some 50 miles from the scene within hours of committing the crime. The burglars stole a large amount of US currency and j...
Jan 29, 2026
Friday-Saturday Lake Effect Snow Event Still Proving Hard to Predict
One forecast that still challenges the National Weather Service is that of a lake effect snow event in eastern Wisconsin, and that's proving to be the case now. Meteorologists do expect a band of snow...
Jan 29, 2026 NWS Graphic
Head-On Crash Near Oshkosh Kills One, Injures Three Others
One person died and three others were injured in a head-on crash just south of Oshkosh on Wednesday afternoon. Winnebago County Sheriffs deputies responded shortly before 1 PM to County Road N in the ...
Jan 29, 2026 Winnebago County Sheriff's Office
Wood Stove Explodes in Town of Waupun Destroying Shed, Contents
An apparent wood stove explosion destroyed the shed housing it and left the home it was heating in the cold on Wednesday. Multiple reports of a loud explosion were called into the Fond du Lac County S...
Jan 29, 2026 yennefer.1c@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Change-of-the-Pen of Sheboygan's Poet Laureate Announced
A new Poet Laureate for the City of Sheboygan has been announced. Mayor Ryan Sorenson announced that Anneliese Finke will succeed Lisa Vihos in that position at the January 19th Common Council meeting...
Jan 28, 2026 (From L-R) Outgoing Poet Laureate Lisa Vihos, Incoming Poet Laureate Anneliese Finke, and Mayor Ryan Sorenson
NWS Begins Laying Odds of Accumulating Lake Effect Snow
The chance that eastern Wisconsin from Sheboygan County on to the south could experience a lake effect snow event from Friday through Saturday is coming into clearer focus for National Weather Service...
Jan 28, 2026 NWS Graphic
