Category Archives: Local News
Woman Turns Herself in to Manitowoc Police for Involvement in Stabbing Incident
The woman that was believed to have been involved in a stabbing incident late Tuesday afternoon, is now in police custody. Police began a search for Jasmine Walker after they were informed by Holy Fam...
Jan 17, 2019
Grothman Speaks on The Border Wall
Sixth District U.S. Congressman Glen Grothman spoke with Seehafer News this afternoon on the prolonged partial federal government shutdown centered on the funding for a border wall between the ...
Jan 16, 2019
Manitowoc County Emergency Services Director Talks About Dispatch Center
No one wants to be involved in an emergency situation. That being said, if the time were to come that such a situation were to arise in Manitowoc County, the first people to hear about it tend to be t...
Jan 16, 2019 Nathan Oakley / CC
Shopko Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Updated Ashwaubenon-based retailer, Shopko has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Manitowoc location will be one of 38 additional stores to close as part of its restructuring plan. Court ...
Jan 16, 2019 Bobby P. / CC
Manitowoc City Meetings 1/16/2019
There is a pair of meetings scheduled for today in the city of Manitowoc. The Rahr-West Art Museum Board will be up first at noon, emanating from the Museum. The only major item on the agenda is a clo...
Jan 16, 2019
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
