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State: Judge's Order To Curb Lincoln Hills Abuses Is Challenging
A state lawyer says it's been difficult to obey a federal judge's order to reduce punishments against teen inmates at Lincoln Hills. Federal Judge James Peterson ordered the state in July to reduce it...
Oct 11, 2017
Major UW Restructuring To Be Announced
University of Wisconsin President Ray Cross is expected to announce a major restructuring of the state's 26 campuses to cut costs and deal with declines in enrollments. It would not close any campus -...
Oct 11, 2017
Sheboygan Man Shoots Himself While Cleaning Handgun
A Sheboygan man was taken to a hospital after accidentally shooting himself while cleaning his handgun. Police responded to a call about a shooting in the 900 block of High Ave yesterday. Upon arrival...
Oct 11, 2017
Sheboygan Falls Teacher Named Finalist for Teaching Excellence Award
A construction and technology teacher at Sheboygan Falls High School has been named one of the 10 finalists for the 2017 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. Ed Hughes was n...
Oct 11, 2017
Manitowoc County Housing - Part 2
Local building professionals are beginning to work with school districts to try and address the 'shortage' of skilled workers in the residential construction industry. In part-2...of our story with Ma...
Oct 11, 2017
Manitowoc County Housing Starts
New housing starts in Manitowoc County increased from 49 in 2015 to '68' last year, according to figures from the Wisconsin Builders Association. Mike Check is the current President of the "Manitowoc"...
Oct 11, 2017
Manitowoc Man Overdoses, Then Threatens Officers
A 66 year old Manitowoc man is in police custody after a suspected heroin overdose, and threats to police. Police responded to the potential overdose report in the 1300 block of Martin Street yesterda...
Oct 11, 2017
Sitkiewitz to Challenge Ziegelbauer for County Executive
Manitowoc Alderman Eric Sitkiewitz announced yesterday during a press conference that he will be challenging current County Executive Bob Ziegelbauer for his seat in the 2018 spring election. Sitkiewi...
Oct 11, 2017
Former Leaders Claim State Unit Closed Because They Did "Too Good"
Leaders of a state corrections' internal affairs unit said it was shut down because they "found out too much" about abuses at Lincoln Hills, and it made the agency look bad. The Office of Special Oper...
Oct 11, 2017
Former Elderly Hartford Couple Dies In Wildfires
A former southeast Wisconsin couple has died in the northern California wildfires. The New York Times says 100-year-old Charles Rippey and his 98-year-old wife Sara died together as rapidly moving fla...
Oct 11, 2017