Category Archives: Local News
Reward for Information on Bald Eagle Shooting Has Increased
Law Enforcement has yet to find the perpetrator(s) who shot a bald eagle last December in Mishicot. Manitowoc County DNR Warden Alyssa Neff-Miller says the reward has increased from $3,950 to $5,000. ...
Aug 31, 2019 Brendan Lally / CC
Road Construction Projects to be Aware of
County Highway X in the Town of Centerville will close effective Tuesday, September 3rd for approximately two months. Manitowoc County Highway Commissioner Marc Holsen says contractors will be perform...
Aug 31, 2019 Ryan McKnight / CC
Aug. 26, 2019 Sgt. Dave Jones Takes Over as UW-Green Bay's Chief of Police
Sgt. Dave Jones, the emergency manager and investigative supervisor for UW-Green Bay Public Safety, has been named UW-Green Bay's Chief of Police, replacing Tom Kujawa who retired in April 2019. Lieut...
Aug 30, 2019 Photo from uwgb.edu
Puppets! And Musical Artistry at Art Slam
by Jody Kuchar for Lakeshore Artists Guild New to Art Slam this year, Twila Jean is a Milwaukee based Musician/Songstress. Twila Jean is a musician who practices with a stick-to-it-ness that creates a...
Aug 30, 2019
Red Light Running Deaths Hit 10 Year High in Wisconsin
More than two people are killed every day on U.S. roads by impatient and reckless drivers blowing through red lights, according to data analysis performed by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The...
Aug 30, 2019 Taber Andrew Bain / CC
Majority of Wisconsin Lung Disease Patients Who Reported Vaping Cite THC Products
According to an investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services 89% of the 27 people with lung disease who reported vaping interviewed so far reported using e-cigarettes or other vaping d...
Aug 30, 2019 Lindsay Fox / CC
14th Annual Kites Over Lake Michigan This Weekend
Thousands of people will be flocking to Neshotah Beach in Two Rivers this weekend for the annual "Kites Over Lake Michigan." Chow Chong, who owns Unique Flying Objects in the downtown area, is the org...
Aug 30, 2019 Pamela Carls / CC
Van Gruensven Named Interim Chancellor of UW-Green Bay
Earlier today, UW System President Ray Cross named Sheryl L. Van Gruensven as the interim chancellor of UW-Green Bay. Van Gruensven is the institution's current vice chancellor for business and financ...
Aug 30, 2019
Manitowoc’s 150th Anniversary Logo Unveiled
Mayor Justin Nickels unveiled the logo representative of Manitowoc's 150th anniversary to be celebrated next year. The winning design was created by Anita Stietz of Manitowoc and was chosen from a cit...
Aug 30, 2019
Woman Accused of Stealing Thousands of Dollars from Oshkosh Non-Profit
An Oshkosh woman is accused of stealing over $100,000 from a local non-profit organization over the past two years. The Solutions Recovery Center began to feel suspicion about Elyson Edwards, one of t...
Aug 30, 2019 cdogstar / CC
