Category Archives: Local News
Ripples from the Dunes: Lawn Management and Pesticides
The following article is written for the Ripples from the Dunes series by Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve by Jim Knickelbine, Executive Director. When I was young, growing up on the west edg...
Apr 30, 2021 Spring Peeper // photo courtesy of Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve
Meat Raffle this Saturday to Benefit Dogs 2 Dog Tags
Dogs 2 Dog Tags will be raising funds for their operations at a meat raffle event tomorrow (Saturday) in Sheboygan Falls. The raffle will be at Kamandas 416 Broadway St, Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085 from...
Apr 30, 2021
Manitowoc Receives Two Prominent Tree Awards
For a 38th consecutive year, the City of Manitowoc -in conjunction with Arbor Day- received its 2020 Tree City USA Award honoring the city's commitment to effective urban forest management. In additio...
Apr 30, 2021
Green Bay Preble Senior Earns One of Ten BBB Scholarships
The Better Business Bureau Serving Wisconsin has awarded ten $2,500 scholarships to Wisconsin seniors, and a Green Bay Preble student was included on the list. Robin VandenLangenberg received the scho...
Apr 30, 2021 Pictures of Money / CC
Former Kewaunee Assisted Living Home Worker Sentenced for Trafficking Opioids
A former worker at an assisted living home in Kewaunee has been convicted on drug trafficking charges. 41-year-old Lissa Miller was ordered to spend three months in jail yesterday (April 19th) after b...
Apr 30, 2021
Milwaukee Man Charged Following High-Speed Chase in Sheboygan County
A Milwaukee man is facing charges after leading police on a high-speed chase through Sheboygan County. An officer saw 22-year-old Charles Tyranne leave a gas station last Wednesday (April 21st) and bl...
Apr 30, 2021
Kaukauna Home Catches Fire Due to Stray Embers from an Outdoor Fire Pit
A Kaukauna home caught fire yesterday afternoon (April 29th) after embers from a nearby fire pit landed on the structure. The Kaukauna Fire Department received the call reporting the fire in the 500 b...
Apr 30, 2021 Ponas Jonas / CC
Green Bay Teacher Accused of Sexual Assault Bound Over for Trial
A former teacher at Baird Elementary in Green Bay has been bound over for trial. 46-year-old David Villareal was in Brown County Court yesterday where he waived his preliminary hearing. Villareal has ...
Apr 30, 2021
Algoma Mother Pleads Not Guilty to Child Neglect in Her Baby's Drowning Death
A young mother in Kewaunee County is pleading not guilty to a child neglect charge in her baby's drowning death. Cheyanne Wierichs is accused of leaving the seven-month-old child alone in a bathtub fo...
Apr 30, 2021
Two Sheboygan Residents Injured in Early Morning Fire
Two residents of a Sheboygan home were treated for minor injuries this morning (April 30th) after their home caught fire. The Sheboygan Fire Department was informed of the blaze in the 2500 block of N...
Apr 30, 2021
