Category Archives: Local News
Two Rivers PD Celebrating National Night Out, Manitowoc PD Only Having Private Events
Tonight, all around the country, police departments will be celebrating National Night Out. According to the National Night Out webpage, the annual event was created in 1984 to promote police-communit...
Aug 03, 2021
C & S Wholesale Grocers to Purchase Piggly Wiggly Midwest
Piggly Wiggly will soon be under new ownership. C&S Wholesale Grocers has announced plans to purchase Piggly Wiggly Midwest which is headquartered in Sheboygan. With the deal, C&S would acquir...
Aug 03, 2021 Steve Snodgrass / CC
WOMT Radio to Experience Short Radio Outage, Online Streaming Will Remain Available
WOMT Radio is scheduled to go off the air sometime this morning for tower maintenance on another antenna co-located on the WOMT structure. The lightning and rainstorms of July 14th and 15th that rolle...
Aug 03, 2021
Brown County Man Charged with Starting Eight Fires Between 2018 and 2021
A Brown County man is facing charges after it was discovered that he allegedly started eight fires between 2018 and 2021. 24-year-old James Ambrosius was questioned shortly after a fire at Dedicated R...
Aug 03, 2021
Appleton Police Respond to "Situation, Possibly Involving a Weapon" Near Downtown
Details have not yet been fully explained, but the Appleton Police Department had officers near the downtown area yesterday (August 2nd) responding to a "situation, possibly involving a weapon." That ...
Aug 03, 2021
Manitowoc's Leede Research Expands Nationwide Landscaper Listing
A local research firm is expanding a national listing of landscapers and manufacturers of the equipment they use. Dean Halverson, CEO of Leede research says they started putting the listing together a...
Aug 02, 2021
Meetings Held for Bowhunting in Manitowoc
Bowhunting in the city of Manitowoc will be the subject of a pair of meetings at the city police department. The meetings will be held on August 18th at 11:30 AM and 6 PM. Both meetings will cover the...
Aug 02, 2021 Kathryn Decker / CC
HFM Lean on the Lakeshore Enrollment Now Open
Registration is now open for Holy Family Memorial's (HFM) Lean on the Lakeshore program. The 70-day community-wide health and wellness challenge provides individuals with the tools needed to eat healt...
Aug 02, 2021
Boys and Girls Club Announce Manitowoc County Location
The Boys and Girls Club of Manitowoc County announced today the location for the county's first-ever Boys and Girls Club, with plans to open later this year. The location will be at 3651 Dewey Street ...
Aug 02, 2021
WEDC Deputy Secretary to Visit Manitowoc
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Deputy Secretary and COO Sam Rikkers is scheduled to be in Manitowoc later this week. Rikkers will start his visit on Thursday (August 5h) at PetS...
Aug 02, 2021
