Category Archives: Local News
Despite Government Shutdown, FoodShare members will Receive Their February Benefits This Month
Despite the federal government shutdown the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced today that funding for February benefits will be available for those who rely on government assistan...
Jan 16, 2019 jessica mullen / CC
Local Landscaper Comments on Light Snowfall
A local landscaping expert said yesterday morning that "winter can be a strange animal around here, and it has been this year." Jerry Haupt from Lakeland Landscape made an appearance on the WOMT 1240 ...
Jan 16, 2019 Joseph Varker / CC
Orion Lighting Secures $11 Million LED Retrofit Contract
Orion Energy Systems Inc of Manitowoc announced this morning that they have secured a letter of intent with an existing customer to retrofit a number of their locations with Orion's state of the art L...
Jan 16, 2019 Vanguard Conversions / CC
Freezing Drizzle Causes Accidents, but No Injuries in Manitowoc County
Freezing drizzle that hit eastern and northeastern Wisconsin last evening resulted in some treacherous street & highway conditions, locally. Deputy Inspector Jason Orth from the Manitowoc County S...
Jan 16, 2019
Barron County Homicide-Kidnapping Suspect Transferred To Another Jail
Barron County authorities confirm the man accused of kidnapping teenager Jayme Closs after killing her parents has been moved to another jail. Twenty-one-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson was moved to ne...
Jan 16, 2019
17 Year Old Shiocton Girl Dies in Crash Blamed on Icy Roads
Slippery roads are believed to have been the cause of a single vehicle crash in Outagamie County yesterday morning. Sheriff's Deputies responded to the Area of Thede Road south of Newland Road in the ...
Jan 16, 2019 Tony Webster / CC
Freezing Drizzle Possible For Manitowoc County Tonight
The National Weather Service in Green Bay has issued a weather bulletin for Manitowoc County until 11 pm Tuesday, January 15. Freezing drizzle could create slippery roads and sidewalks this afternoon ...
Jan 15, 2019
BBB Issues Tips on Data Privacy
We all share a lot of information when we use the internet. Our devices communicate with us - and with each other - for ease of shopping, banking, travel arrangements, and keeping in touch with friend...
Jan 15, 2019 John Jones / CC
Buechel to be Honored for Winning Wisconsin Fairest of the Fairs Competition
The Brown County Fair Association will have a public reception at the Wrightstown Village Hall, 352 High Street, Wrightstown, WI on January 17th from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and celebrating Meghan Bueche...
Jan 15, 2019
Sheboygan County Has Second Fastest Growing Gross Domestic Product in the State
According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Sheboygan County has the second fastest growing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Wisconsin. While the state as a whole only grew by 1.3% over the past year...
Jan 15, 2019 Pictures of Money / CC
