Category Archives: Local News
Ripples from the Dunes: Kinglet Migration
The migratory flood gates are now open, and almost every day brings new bird sightings for the year. No matter your interest, there is a bird out there to match. This week hawks are migrating along wi...
Apr 02, 2021 Golden-Crowned Kinglet from US Fish and Wildlife Service
Brown County Library Plans to Roll Out New Bookmobile
The Brown County Library Board of Trustees recently voted to allocate $275,000 of its savings towards the purchase of a new Bookmobile. This new vehicle will replace the library's current Blue Bird bu...
Apr 02, 2021 Horia Varlan / CC
Local Congressman Voices Displeasure in Latest Book Ban
Amazon recently announced that they have banned a book entitled "When Harry Became Sally", a move Congressman Glenn Grothman does not support. The book discusses the science behind Gender Dysphoria an...
Apr 02, 2021
Manitowoc County Veteran Service Officer: “The VA Made a Great Big Mistake”
The VA has retracted a change they made during the COVID pandemic. While on WOMT'S Be My Guest Program, a listener asked Manitowoc County Veteran Service Officer Todd Brehmer, "Why is it that the VA h...
Apr 02, 2021 DVIDSHUB / CC
Sheboygan Assisted Living Facility Among 32 Organizations to Receive PSC Grant
The Sheboygan Senior Community is one of 32 organizations that are slotted to receive part of the latest round of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Energy Innovation Grant. The Sheboygan-base...
Apr 02, 2021 Pictures of Money / CC
UW Green Bay’s Institute for Women’s Leadership to Host Virtual Retreat in May
UW-Green Bay's Institute for Women's Leadership will be hosting an all-day virtual Women's Retreat in May. The local University describes the retreat as "an inspiring day of conversation, advice and s...
Apr 02, 2021
Alliance Laundry Systems Acquires Chicago Based Laundry Solution Business
Alliance Laundry Systems has announced their acquisition of distribution assets of Washburn Machinery Inc. The Chicago-based entity which opened in 1948 provides industry-leading on-premises laundry s...
Apr 02, 2021
Section of Highway 28 Closed in Sheboygan Falls Through June
A major construction project is now underway in Sheboygan County. The section of Highway 28 that intersects with Highway EE in the southeast corner of Sheboygan Falls is now closed, as work begins on ...
Apr 02, 2021
Kaukauna Police Call Recent Death “Suspicious”
Kaukauna Police are currently investigating a death which they are calling "suspicious". A man was found dead inside a home in the 100 block of West Division Street on Wednesday (March 31st), at aroun...
Apr 02, 2021 Tony Webster / CC
Over 600 More Vaccines Administered in Manitowoc County to Start April
The month of April started out pretty good for Manitowoc County on the COVID-19 front. Only three new cases were reported by the Health Department, bringing the pandemic total up to 7,362, while no ne...
Apr 02, 2021
