Category Archives: Local News
Wisconsin Legislature Adopts Rep. Tittl Penned Bear Bait Bill
Manitowoc County's local representative in the Wisconsin Assembly has announced that a bill he and the Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association collaborated to create has been adopted. As the current law re...
Mar 18, 2021
Manitowoc Community Partnership Provides Easter Baskets for Foster Children
Lakeshore Foster Families & Friends and CASA are partnering with Discovery Toys Independent Consultants Kris Buege and Lauren Daun to provide educational Easter baskets for children living in fost...
Mar 18, 2021 Wicker Paradise / CC
Green Bay Man Leads Police on a Short Chase Through Downtown
St. Patrick's Day nearly turned deadly in Green Bay, as a man reportedly fled from police last night (March 17th) in the Downtown area. An officer on patrol saw the 21-year-old man driving into oncomi...
Mar 18, 2021
MPU to Participate in Great Lakes Utility Meetings
Manitowoc Public Utilities will be using video conferencing today (March 18th) to join in a series of meetings with the Great Lake Utilities. The first will begin at 10:00 this morning, where they wil...
Mar 18, 2021
Manitowoc Candidate Forum Taking Place Tonight
The candidates looking to either join the Manitowoc Common Council or serve as Mayor will be taking part in a forum this evening (March 18th). The Citizens Advisory Committee will be hosting the forum...
Mar 18, 2021
Manitowoc County to Begin Vaccinating People with High-Risk Health Conditions
The Manitowoc County Health Department will begin to offer appointments next week to individuals with health conditions that put them at high-risk for severe COVID-19 disease. High-risk health conditi...
Mar 18, 2021
One More COVID-19 Related Death Reported in Manitowoc County
One more person has died in Manitowoc County due to complications brought on by COVID-19. The Health Department no longer reports on the age or location of the deaths, so we do not have any of that in...
Mar 18, 2021
Appleton Police Respond to Rise in Violence Against Asian Americans
Throughout the country, violent crimes against Asian Americans are on the rise. This came to a deadly climax in Atlanta earlier this week when a man killed eight people at spas in the city, with six o...
Mar 18, 2021
Trial Ordered in Fatal Green Bay Hit and Run Case
The man who was driving the car that killed another man in Green Bay last year will stand trial. 63-year-old John Parnon was reportedly driving his vehicle near the Austin Straubel Airport in Green Ba...
Mar 18, 2021
Response Good to MPSD’s First Listening Session on Referendum
Manitowoc Public Schools Superintendent Mark Holzman says the response was good during last night's public input session on a referendum that will appear on the April 6th Spring General Election Ballo...
Mar 17, 2021
