Category Archives: Local News
Manitowoc County Health Department Reports a COVID-19 Related Death for the Second Consecutive Day
For the second day in a row, the Manitowoc County Health Department has reported a death linked to COVID-19. This latest fatality raises the death toll up to 49. The individual was from Manitowoc and ...
Dec 18, 2020
Sheboygan Police Asking for Help in a Robbery Case
The Sheboygan Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying an individual who broke into a gas station last month. The incident took place on November 20th at the Clark Station on N...
Dec 18, 2020
Former Green Bay School Counselor Sentenced in Secret Video Taping Case
The former high school guidance counselor who secretly recorded video of students and staff in the bathroom has been sentenced. 55-year-old Todd Naze will be spending 15 years in federal prison after ...
Dec 18, 2020
Former Malcolm’s Restaurant And Bar Building to be Razed
A building that formerly housed Malcolm's Bar and Restaurant on Manitowoc's near northside is in the process of being torn down. Manitowoc Community Development Director, Adam Tegen said the structure...
Dec 18, 2020
LeMahieu Pushes for Change in Wisconsin's Absentee Ballot Voting Law
The incoming Republican majority leader in the Wisconsin Senate wants to pass a bill early in 2021 to change state law to allow for the counting of absentee ballots before Election Day, a change he tr...
Dec 17, 2020 Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu
Justin Nickels Files Papers for Another Term
Manitowoc Mayor Justin Nickels made it official this afternoon by filing nomination papers to run for a fourth 4-year-term. In a statement Nickels says "I was overwhelmed by the support I received get...
Dec 17, 2020 Manitowoc Mayor Justin Nickels
The Lakeshore's "Mr. Baseball" Has Passed Away
The man known affectionally as 'Mr. Baseball" on the Lakeshore has died. According to his family, Jim Fuhs entered eternal life peacefully Monday at the age of 83. A 1954 graduate of Oshkosh High Scho...
Dec 17, 2020
UW-Green Bay’s Wisconsin Caregiver Academy Works to Provide Virtual Training to Caregivers
Not that long ago, CNAs and other caregivers, including home health care aides and resident assistants were required to attend in-person classes to receive their credentials through the Wisconsin Depa...
Dec 17, 2020
Manitowoc Recycling Center Accepting Unwanted or Broken Christmas Lights
As people begin to, or continue setting up Christmas lights, they may discover the lights they have either don't work, or they simply want to buy new lights. If that is the case, you can turn any unwa...
Dec 17, 2020 LASZLO ILYES / CC
Manitowoc’s Newest Bar and Restaurant to Hold Ribbon Cutting Today
The newest addition to Downtown Manitowoc is celebrating its grand opening tonight. Brix, which is located on the northeast corner of South 8th and Washington Streets, will be holding their ribbon-cut...
Dec 17, 2020
