
Kohler Company is still looking to follow through with its plans to build a fifth golf course in Sheboygan County.
The Sheboygan City Plan Commission will meet today (November 12th) at 4:00 p.m., and one item of discussion and possible action is a request from the Kohler Company for an extension of their conditional use permit, which had previously been approved on December 15th, 2020.
The conditional use permit is to construct and run a new golf course on the shores of Lake Michigan north of Kohler-Andre State Park between Black River and the lake.
Since the original approval of the conditional use permit, seven lawsuits were filed and settled, with six decisions going in favor of Kohler.
In December of 2023, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld a decision denying the wetland permit Kohler had hoped to get from the DNR, effectively putting the project on hold for now.
There has been strong support for and against the idea of a fifth Kohler golf course in the county.
Kohler believes the operation of the course would bring $21 million in annual economic output for the state, while others, such as Wisconsin State Senator Chris Larson, feel it would be a “playground for the wealthy.”