Category Archives: Local News
Sheboygan Water Utility Reports $500,000 Drop in Revenue
The Sheboygan Water Utility is dealing with a huge loss in revenue this year. According to reports, the Utility reported that they have seen a $500,000 dip compared to last year, mostly due to how the...
Aug 25, 2020 Joe Shlabotnik / CC
Update on Blue Green Algae in Two Rivers
Last week we reported on a bloom of what appeared to be blue green algae in the East Twin River in Two Rivers. We have received word from Mary Gansberg from the Wisconsin DNR that their algae expert b...
Aug 25, 2020
Winnebago County Son Found Not Guilty By Reason Of Mental Disease Or Defect In Mother’s Death
Prosecution and defense agree on a verdict of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect for 36-year-old Bradley Boettcher. He pleaded no contest Monday to a reduced charge in his mother's death...
Aug 25, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Number of People Who Have Recovered from COVID-19 Has Surpassed Those Still Battling for the First Time
There is a bit of good news and a bit of bad news from Manitowoc County in relation to COVID-19. First the positive, as for the first time since the start of the pandemic, the number of people who hav...
Aug 25, 2020
State Representative Shae Sortwell Issues Statement on Kenosha Shooting
Shortly after Governor Tony Evers voiced his support for those protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, a local Representative expressed his opinion. In a post on Facebook, Representative Sh...
Aug 25, 2020
Protesters Gather in Manitowoc in Opposition to the Shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha
A group of roughly 50 protesters gathered on the steps of the Manitowoc County Courthouse yesterday evening to voice their opposition to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha on Sunday. The Lakeshore...
Aug 25, 2020
Home Explodes in Oshkosh, Near Merrill Middle School
An explosion in Oshkosh has left one person injured. Reports indicate that the explosion occurred at around 5:30 yesterday afternoon at the corner of West Custer Avenue and Kentucky Street. The blast ...
Aug 25, 2020 Dan Zen / CC
Matthew Beyer Appears in Outagamie Circuit Court
A 36-Year-old Manitowoc man pleads "not guilty" today (Monday) in connection to the deaths of his two children in Kaukauna earlier this year. Matthew Beyer was arrested in June after five-year-old Wil...
Aug 24, 2020 Rumble Press / CC
Craig Holtz Bail Hearing Monday
Bail is set at $500,000 cash for a 40-year-old New Holstein man in connection to a stabbing death last week in Manitowoc. Craig W. Holtz is charged with first-degree homicide in which a 32-year-old Ma...
Aug 24, 2020 Allen Allen / CC
Wisconsin Maritime Museum Offering up the USS Cobia as an Aribnb
The USS Cobia, which has been in the Manitowoc Harbor for 50 years, is now available to be booked for an overnight stay. Visitors can book a night stay in the best-preserved submarine in the country f...
Aug 24, 2020
