Category Archives: Local News
Sheboygan Fire Department Conducting Vehicle Extraction Training with Help from Acuity
The Sheboygan Police Department is in the midst of their annual Vehicle Extraction Training, and this year they have better vehicles to practice with. Typically, they use vehicles that are headed for ...
Oct 25, 2018
Two Polling Places Changed in Manitowoc
A couple of polling places have changed in the City of Manitowoc. According to City Clerk Deborah Neuser, residents in district 6 will now be voting at Lincoln Park's Cabin number 1, located at 1215 N...
Oct 25, 2018 Brett Neilson / CC
Farm implement fire in Two Creeks
A piece of farm machinery is described as a total loss following a fire in the Town of Two Creeks late yesterday afternoon. Fire Chief Mark Johanek tells Seehafer News the call came in about 4:00 o'cl...
Oct 25, 2018 Mahesh Kularatne / CC
Local Unemployment Rates Continue Downward Trend
Unemployment rates dropped last month in both the city of Manitowoc and Manitowoc County. According to a news release yesterday from the State Department of Workforce Development, the city's rate impr...
Oct 25, 2018 Scott Lewis / CC
More information Available in the Death of the Three Year Old in Manitowoc
More information has become available in the case of the death of the 3 year old in Manitowoc back in July. The new state report alleges that 46 year old Eduardo Gamez and 38 year old Jamie Shrank wer...
Oct 25, 2018
Sheboygan Man Charged with Strangling Girlfriend, Starving Dogs, and Abusing a Minor
A Sheboygan man is facing ten felonies and four misdemeanors after he got into a fight with his girlfriend. 38 year old Lewis Funches Sr's girlfriend called the police after a fight on Monday, claimin...
Oct 25, 2018
Investigators Receive Autopsy Report on 7-year-old Newton boy, Criminal Charges Possible
Manitowoc County Sheriff's Investigators have received the autopsy report on Ethan Hauschultz, the 7-year-old boy from the Town of Newton who passed away this spring. Deputy Inspector Jason Orth says ...
Oct 24, 2018
Home Catches Fire Near Elkhart Lake
A home near Elkhart Lake caught fire last night. The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department received a call reporting the blaze shortly before 6:00 PM. Crews were then dispatched to the home located on...
Oct 24, 2018 Mahesh Kularatne / CC
Manitowoc City Meetings 10/24/2018
The Manitowoc Board of Public Works will be closing out the week of city meetings this evening. The Board will be gathering in the Council Chambers in City Hall at 4:00 PM. Several items will be discu...
Oct 24, 2018
Man Faces Possible 152-Year Sentence In Sex Trafficking-Drug Conviction
Authorities in Outagamie County say a case there shows human trafficking is no longer a big city issue. A 39-year-old man faces a possible 152-year prison sentence after his conviction. Willie Allison...
Oct 24, 2018
