Category Archives: State News
Four Year Old Dies in Fireworks Accident
Four Year old Alyssa Chimielewski of Clintonville died after an accident involving fireworks. Monday night at around 10:30, the girl's father placed a number of "sparkler type" fireworks into a metal ...
Jul 12, 2017
Report: Illinois' Budget Pickle To Cost Wisconsin $51 Million
Illinois' budget problems will cost Wisconsin an extra 51-million dollars in the next two years. Illinois is raising an extra five-billion dollars in taxes to catch up on its pension obligations to go...
Jul 12, 2017
Wisconsin Home Foreclosures Lowest Since At Least 2001
Wisconsin homeowners are much better at keeping up with their mortgages, as shown by the lowest number of foreclosure cases in at least 17 years. The U-W Whitewater Fiscal and Economic Research Center...
Jul 12, 2017
Oshkosh Clears Hurdle To Make Military Vehicles For England
Wisconsin's maker of military vehicles is one step closer to doing business with England. The U-S State Department has given the Oshkosh Corporation the okay to pursue a one-billion dollar contract wi...
Jul 12, 2017
Bucks To Play Sacramento In NBA Summer League Consolation Bracket
The Milwaukee Bucks will play Sacramento tonight (Wednesday) in the consolation bracket of the N-B-A Summer League in Las Vegas. The Bucks are 1-2 after the preliminary round -- not good enough to mak...
Jul 12, 2017
Car & Home Vandalisms in Manitowoc
The Manitowoc Crime Stoppers along with the Manitowoc Police Department is offering up to a $500.00 cash reward through the Crime Stoppers Program for information concerning vandalism to parked vehicl...
Jul 11, 2017
Governor Walker Kicks of Farm Technology Days
Governor Scott Walker kicked off Farm Technology Days this morning during the opening ceremony in Algoma. The three-day event highlights the latest developments in production agriculture and is held i...
Jul 11, 2017
FSA County Committee Looking for Nominations for Election
The Farm Service Agency's committee election for the Manitowoc County townships of Cato, Franklin, Manitowoc, Manitowoc Rapids, Maple Grove and Rockland will be held this fall. The farmer-elected comm...
Jul 11, 2017
Downtown Fire in Manitowoc
No one was injured early this morning when 'fire' broke out in a downtown Manitowoc retail and residential building. Chief Todd Blaser tells the call came in from 816 S 8th Street, just after 3 am. Bl...
Jul 11, 2017
Elderly Manitowoc Man Struck by Motorcycle
A Manitowoc man was struck by a motorcycle on Memorial Drive yesterday afternoon. At around 1:35 PM, the 75 year old man was riding his bicycle across the street, when the motorcycle, driven by a 20 y...
Jul 11, 2017
