Category Archives: Local News
Entries welcomed for Manitowoc St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Entries are now being accepted for Manitowoc County's 22nd annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday, March 14th. The popular downtown event will start at 1:30 pm and all parade entries must have a ...
Feb 23, 2020
Woodland Dunes Nature Center to Host Press Conference This Week
The Woodland Dunes Nature Center will be holding a press conference this week to update the public on the status of the nature center expansion project. Several local leaders will be on hand on Thursd...
Feb 23, 2020 Photo John Rohrer
Environmental Advocates: Trump Budget Would Harm Great Lakes
"One step forward, three steps back." That's how an environmental group describes the Trump administration's budget proposal and how it affects clean drinking water and the Great Lakes. The president'...
Feb 22, 2020 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CC
Manitowoc Kiwanis Club Wins Prestigious Contest
The Kiwanis Club of Manitowoc's Car and Motorcycle Show was recently chosen as the winner of the Tier One-Wisconsin-Upper Michigan District Signature Project Contest. This local event prospers from th...
Feb 22, 2020
Manitowoc Common Council Continues City Government Leadership Discussion
The Manitowoc Common Council continued its discussion this week on whether to possibly switch to a "City Manager" leadership form of government as they have in Two Rivers. Mayor Justin Nickels admits ...
Feb 22, 2020
Butala, Lettermen to Receive Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
The founder of The Lettermen, Tony Butala, will be flying out to southern California this weekend to be part of a 'huge' honor. The Manitowoc resident tells Seehafer News. "We were very, very thrilled...
Feb 22, 2020
Local and Wisconsin Housing Market
Sales of existing homes and the median price for those properties are both 'up' in Manitowoc County, according to the latest information from the Wisconsin Realtors Association. The median price rose ...
Feb 22, 2020
Crash Temporarily Closes Highway 10 Friday Evening
Highway Ten was temporarily closed at the Manitowoc and Calumet County Line last evening following a crash. Authorities say the incident occurred about 6:45 p.m. near Long Lake Road. The cause of the ...
Feb 22, 2020
Car Versus Pedestrian Accident Injures One
An individual suffers what has been termed as "life-threatening" injuries as the result of a car vs. pedestrian accident last night in Brown County. Lt. Jason Katers of the Sheriff's Office says that ...
Feb 22, 2020
Manitowoc Police Detective Talks Human Trafficking/Prostitution Numbers
"Most human trafficking cases are designed to be out of sight and are internet-driven." That comment from Manitowoc police detective Erik Kowalski, who works in the sensitive crimes unit involving tra...
Feb 22, 2020
