Category Archives: Local News

The following article was submitted by Meredith Gadzinski, an Adult Services Librarian at the Manitowoc Public Library. I'm really excited to share some of the new things we have done in our local his...

Families and individuals are invited out to the NEW Zoo and Adventure Park next week for the grand return of the Pumpkin Carving Event. The event will take place at the Pines Shelter, located off the ...

According to the CDC, 2.1 million people were diagnosed with opioid use disorder, and 100,000 died from a drug-related overdose in 2021. A non-profit named Start Healing Now is partnering with nationa...

The City of Sheboygan's Water Utility rates is expected to go up soon. The Board of Water Commissioners recently met, where they reviewed their rates and estimated costs for current and future project...

The jury has spoken, and a man accused of a 2020 murder has been found guilty. 31-year-old Waylon Wayman was convicted on a charge of 1st Degree Intentional Homicide following the jury deliberation ye...

MONDAY - How's everything going in Manitowoc's River Point District? Click here to see what Mayor Justin Nickles had to say. - The School of Agriculture at Lakeshore Technical College has been awarded...

Volunteers are out this morning cleaning up some of the gravesites of Civil War veterans in Manitowoc's Evergreen Cemetery. One of those grave sites is that of Private Johnathan "Leonard" Benkelman. L...

The Sheboygan Falls man killed in a motorcycle crash on Thursday has been identified as Todd A. Hitsman. Sheboygan Police say the crash happened just before 5 pm when the 40-year-old Hitsman rear-ende...

Felony Trey D. Denkins, 26, Manitowoc, Possess Fentanyl (second and Subsequent Offense), Possession of Methamphetamine on 5/29/21, Guilty due to no contest plea, on count 1, the defendant is sentenced...

Bail is set at $1000 recognizance bond for a 65-year-old Two Rivers man accused of soliciting prostitutes. Roger P. Smith is charged with that offense as Detectives began communicating with him last w...