Category Archives: Local News
Washington County Records 7th 2025 Traffic Fatality on Friday
It's been a deadly year on Washington County roads as their 7th traffic fatality of 2025 was recorded on Friday. Multiple 911 calls came in shortly before 11 AM after a van apparently slammed at highw...
Dec 15, 2025 Washington County Sheriff
First Arctic Blast Reveals Degree of Demand for Shelter Services in Sheboygan
The first arctic blast of the season has revealed the level of demand for shelter by Sheboygan's homeless population. The Sheboygan County Warming Center sent out an urgent call for help on Saturday w...
Dec 15, 2025 bazil / Depositphotos.com
Former Sheboygan Area Firefighter Dies in Indiana Traffic Accident
A former Lieutenant with the Town of Sheboygan Fire Department has lost his life in the line of duty. Tom Diener was serving with the Oshkosh Fire Department traveling for work related to public safet...
Dec 15, 2025 Tom Diener. Photo Courtesy of the Oshkosh Fire Department
A Cold Weather Advisory Now Extends From Midnight Tonight Until 10 AM Sunday
The National Weather Service is advising of a brutal influx of arctic air, and has issued Cold Weather Advisories for southern Wisconsin including Sheboygan County. The advisories are in effect from m...
Dec 12, 2025 NWS Graphic
Anticipation of Cold Weather Prompts Cancellations, Requests
In the face of a bitterly cold weekend, the community is beginning to take steps to protect against the weather. First, the Village of Adell has decided to cancel the Christmas parade that was schedul...
Dec 12, 2025 F01photo / Depositphotos.com
Plans for Sheboygan Craft Distillery Approved in Committee...Now On to Council
The City of Sheboygan may be getting a new craft distillery. Eucatastrophe Distilling and Botanicals presented their proposal for transforming a building currently used for vehicle storage into a full...
Dec 12, 2025 Architectural Drawing Submitted to Sheboygan Plan Commission by Eucatastrophe Distilling
Bitter Cold Settling In for the Weekend
The National Weather Service is out with advisories for cold weather in Wisconsin this weekend. Bitter cold arctic air has begun entering the area, sending this morning's lows into the single digits a...
Dec 12, 2025 NWS Graphic
NWS: Prepare Now for Bitter Cold This Weekend
The Wisconsin public is being advised to be prepared for an onslaught of arctic air this weekend by the National Weather Service. Expectations are that highs will be limited to the single digits on Fr...
Dec 11, 2025 NWS Graphic
State Rep. Sheehan Introduces Bill to Bolster Special Ed Reimbursements
A bill that would ensure a sum-sufficient special education reimbursement rate of 42% in the 2025-26 school year, and 45% for 2026-27 has been introduced in the assembly by Sheboygan Representative Jo...
Dec 11, 2025 Joe Sheehan
Well-Known Lakeland U. Fine Arts Professor Remembered
Followers of Lakeland University are remembering Dr. James Crawford, known as "JC" to those who knew him, who passed away on Friday, December 5th. Dr. Crawford spent thirty years behind stage producti...
Dec 11, 2025 Dr. James Crawford
