Category Archives: Local News
Local Gardening Expert Speaks About Tomato Problems
A local gardening expert says blossom end-rot on plants, especially tomatoes, is not unusual this time of year. Tom Hartman of Hartman's Towne and Country Greenhouse said on WOMT's Be My Guest, the pr...
Jul 26, 2018 Mike Mozart / CC
Rubick Field Receiving New Turf this Week
The renovation project at Rubick Field is continuing to chug along, and this week, the field itself will be installed. The project is being completed by the Rettler Corporation out of Stevens P...
Jul 26, 2018
Taco Bell Salsa con Queso Recall
While stores are still sending back cases of goldfish crackers, there are now an additional 7,000 cases of Taco Bell Salsa con Queso dips being recalled as well, due to a botulism risk. According to t...
Jul 26, 2018 Mike Mozart / CC
Motorcyclist Seriously Injured on Highway 57 Tuesday
A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash Tuesday afternoon on Highway 57 in Sheboygan County. The 41 year old female biker was heading north on Highway 57 at around 6:00 PM, when a car pulled o...
Jul 26, 2018 Till Krech / CC
Third Man Involved in 2017 Beating Has Sentence Stayed
Marnie Ferry, the third man involved in the beating of a 57 year old man last year, had his prison sentence stayed yesterday in Manitowoc County Circuit Court. The 29 year old Chicago man, along with ...
Jul 26, 2018
Highway 28 Construction Scheduled for Monday
Work is scheduled to start on Monday for a stretch of Highway 28 between Highway 57 and Prange Road in Sheboygan County. Governor Scott Walker approved $2.2 million to improve the stretch in an effort...
Jul 26, 2018 Marco Verch / CC
Neighbor Calls Police On Manitowoc Woman Searching Backyard For Drugs
A Manitowoc woman has been arrested for being under the influence of drugs while on bail. Sheila Van Wagner was taken into custody by Manitowoc police on Tuesday after a neighbor complained of ...
Jul 25, 2018
Tribute To Ron Kaminski
During a formal program one speaker after another recalled the father, grandfather and friend with serious and funny anecdotes. One thing all seemed to be saying is that his departure from this earth ...
Jul 25, 2018
Memorial Golf Outing
A reminder that the 14th annual Linda Dworak Memorial Golf Outing is scheduled for August 18th at Wander Springs. The event will benefit the "Pink Heals of Manitowoc County" and local families current...
Jul 25, 2018 Taken at the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic
Manitowoc City Meetings 7/25/2018
The Manitowoc Board of Public Works and Planning Commission will both be occupying gathering spaces in City Hall this evening. The former will begin at 4:00 PM in the First Floor Hearing Room, with ta...
Jul 25, 2018
