Category Archives: Local News
No Sharp-Tailed Grouse Season This Year
by Kevin Zimmermann (WHBL) - You likely don't know much about the Sharp-Tailed Grouse. The native bird enjoyed wide distribution in Wisconsin in the 1800's, but populations of the popular game bird we...
Jul 29, 2020 Sharp-Tailed Grouse - pic courtesy of Rob English
Sheboygan's Newly Formed Pet-Friendly Task Group to Meet
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - Pets are good for people and improve the quality of life, but is the City of Sheboygan a pet-friendly city? Mayor Mike Vandersteen pondered that question aft...
Jul 29, 2020 NatalieMaynor / CC
Census Moves to In-Person Visits to Non-Responding Households
by Kevin Zimmermann (WHBL) - If you've not yet responded to your U.S. Census survey, you can expect a knock on the door from a census-taker soon. Sheboygan County is among 15 in eastern Wisconsin that...
Jul 29, 2020 EpicTop10.com / CC
Sheboygan County Adds Another 18 Covid Cases, 14 More Recover
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - Another 18 cases of COVID-19 were added to Sheboygan County's pandemic total, raising that figure to 584. The active number of cases, though, rose only 4 to ...
Jul 29, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Groundbreaking Wednesday For Educational Building at Marsh
by Kevin Zimmermann (WHBL) - A years-long fundraising effort will see first fruits Wednesday afternoon as ground is broken for a new multi-purpose educational building at the Broughton Sheboygan Marsh...
Jul 28, 2020
SCEDC: Local Jobs Picture Shows Strong Recovery
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - After the coronavirus pandemic forced over 10% of Sheboygan County to file for unemployment compensation, a robust demand for workers makes a full recovery a...
Jul 28, 2020 Sheboygan County Economic Development Authority Logo
UPDATE: Fire at Nemak
UPDATE: The fire at Nemak overnight was centered in the roof vents. The Sheboygan Fire Department says they responded around 12:30 Tuesday morning to fire in the ceiling of the plant on Gateway Drive....
Jul 28, 2020 liz west / CC
90 New County Covid Cases Since Friday, Positive Rate Over 6%
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - Even with weekends "off" for the Sheboygan County Division of Health Services reports on COVID-19, Monday's addition of 90 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since ...
Jul 28, 2020 sergio santos / CC
DNR Hearing Whether to Reconsider Changes In Deer Quotas
by Kevin Zimmermann (WHBL) - The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board will hold a virtual meeting on Thursday to decide if it will reconsider some major changes to antlerless deer harvest quotas made dur...
Jul 27, 2020
Red Cross: Emergency Shortage of Plasma, Blood Supplies
by Kevin Zimmermann (WHBL) - A potentially life-saving treatment for COVID-19 patients is partly behind an emergency shortage of plasma and blood supplies according to the American Red Cross, and dono...
Jul 27, 2020
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