Category Archives: Local News
Just One Patient At Wisconsin Field Hospital
(WHBL) - One of Wisconsin's think tanks is questioning the costs and benefits of the state's field hospital at the state fairgrounds. The Department of Health Services on Thursday said there is still ...
Oct 23, 2020 Coronavirus
Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - Unused and expired prescription and over-the-counter drugs are being collected Saturday as part of the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The 19th eve...
Oct 23, 2020 Drug Take Back Day
Another County Covid Death, 106 New Cases, County Total Tops 4K
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - Sheboygan County has now lost 24 persons to COVID-19 with the most recent casualty someone 80 or older, according to Thursday's report from the Sheboygan Cou...
Oct 23, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Sheriff, DNR Investigating Hunter-Related Shooting
by Kevin Zimmermann (WHBL) - The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office and the Wisconsin DNR are asking for the public's help in identifying a turkey hunter who accidentally shot a person in the Kettle Mo...
Oct 22, 2020 Sheboygan Cty Sheriff's Dept - photo courtesy of Mark Heitman
Covid Letters Continue Even As SASD Classes Are Virtual
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - In-person classes in the Sheboygan Area School District ended temporarily last Friday, but notification letters about the COVID-19 outbreak did not, as repor...
Oct 22, 2020 Sheboygan Area School District
Local Active Covid Cases Top 1K, State Tops 4K
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - Although attributing some of the state surge to a lag in reporting, Wisconsin recorded over 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the second consecutive day with 4...
Oct 22, 2020 Coronavirus
County DPH: "Alarming Trend" In Hospital Capacity, Case Rates
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - The Sheboygan County Division of Public Health warned on Wednesday of "alarming trends" in the trajectory of case rates and of the resulting impact on local ...
Oct 22, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Free Covid Testing Moves From Fairgrounds to ADRC In Sheboygan Falls
by Kevin Zimmermann (WHBL) - With the 2020 coronavirus pandemic showing no signs of abating locally, finding out if your coughs, headaches and weird tastes are because you have COVID-19 becomes critic...
Oct 21, 2020 Covid Testing
HSHS St. Nicholas, Others Go "No-Visitor"
by Kevin Zimmermann (WHBL) - Hospital Sisters Health System facilities including Sheboygan's St. Nicholas Hospital have restored a "no-visitor" policy effective Thursday in order to control the spread...
Oct 21, 2020 HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital
Manitowoc County Metro Drug Unit Nabs Narcotics
by Kevin Zimmermann MANITOWOC, WI (WHBL) - Manitowoc County has filed charges connected to large-scale narcotics distribution from Milwaukee for the second time in less than a week. Sheriff Dan Hartwi...
Oct 21, 2020 Fentanyl seized in clothing in October 2020 - pic courtesy Manitowoc County Sheriff.
