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Kimberly-Clark Planning To Layoff At Least 5,000 Workers

Paper-maker Kimberly-Clark has announced plans to cut 12-to-13 percent of its workforce in a restructuring aimed at saving money. The Texas-based company also plans to close or sell 10 manufacturing p...

Racine Man Makes Threats Against Police

A 45-year-old Racine man is charged with making a threat against police. That city is on edge after an officer-involved fatal shooting last week. Witnesses in the emergency room at Ascension Hospital ...

Great Lakes Water Levels Predicted To Rise For 5th Straight Year

The U-S Army Corps of Engineers is predicting all five Great Lakes' water levels will continue a steady rise which started in 2013. The forecast for the next six months predicts the record-high level ...

December Local Unemployment Numbers

Unemployment rates for both Manitowoc and Manitowoc County "rose slightly" in December. Numbers released this afternoon by the State Department of Workforce Development show the city's jobless rate wa...

Beloit Teacher Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student

A 25-year-old teacher at the Beloit Learning Academy has been arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a teenage student. Jaron K. Dubose was arrested Tuesday. A student reported she had been sexual...

Kenosha Hero Helps Save Man Who Fell In Freezing Harbor

A Kenosha man says he was walking to work last Friday morning because his car wouldn't start. That was why he was in the right place at the right time to hear a call for help. Brody Chamberlain says h...

Governor Walker Delivers 8th State Of The State Speech

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is expected to announce his plan for stabilizing the Obamacare marketplace in Wisconsin when he delivers his State of the State address this afternoon. Walker will seek...

Suicide Rate Among Youth In Wisconsin Rising

A report from the Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health says the suicide rate among youth in the state is rising. The report reveals that the rate in 2015 was nearly double the rate in 2007. Of...

DNR Confirms Cougar Sighting In Fond Du Lac County

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has confirmed a cougar sighting in Fond du Lac County. D-N-R officials say trail camera photos from early January show a cougar near Rosendale. The agency...

Update on I-43 Snowplow Crash Yesterday

The Manitowoc County Sheriff's office today released names & details of a three-vehicle crash on I-43 near Cleveland late yesterday morning. Sheriff Rob Hermann said 69-year old John Ward..of New ...