Category Archives: State News
MPSD Board Hires new Superintendent
During the Special Meeting of Manitowoc Public School District's Board of Education Tuesday night, Board members voted to select the current Interim Superintendent James Feil to serve as the next perm...
Nov 23, 2022
Opening Weekend Successful for Wisconsin Hunters
It was a successful opening weekend for Wisconsin's nine-day gun deer season. The state Department of Natural Resources reported a total of 102,347 deer were registered statewide during the opening we...
Nov 23, 2022 Martin Jambon / CC
John Michael Kohler Arts Center Receives Grant
The John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wis., announced today that it has received a $1 million grant from Ruth Foundation for the Arts. The grant will support general operations such as exh...
Nov 22, 2022 Ruth DeYoung Kohler
New CEO at Kwik Trip
There's a change coming to the top of Kwik Trip. CEO and President Donald Zietlow yesterday said he will retire at the end of the year. He's been the boss at Kwik Trip for the past 22 years but has be...
Nov 22, 2022
New Abortion Law Won't End All Court Challenges
Wisconsin's attorney general says a new abortion law in the state would scuttle his lawsuit over the state's near-total ban on abortions, but it wouldn't end all legal challenges. Attorney General Jos...
Nov 22, 2022 Jernej Furman / CC
Drunk Driver Blamed for 2-Deaths
The sheriff in Outagamie County is blaming a drunk driver for starting a series of crashes that left two people dead and sent nine others to the hospital. It started Sunday afternoon on I-41 near High...
Nov 22, 2022
New Manitowoc Visitors Center
Visit Manitowoc has announced the opening of its new visitor information center and office at 824 S 8th Street in downtown Manitowoc on Wednesday, November 23. To celebrate the milestone for th...
Nov 22, 2022
Former School Board Leaders Urge National Search for Superintendent.
Five former presidents of the Manitowoc Board of Education are urging the current board to conduct a "full, open, and transparent national search for our new superintendent." In a news release deliver...
Nov 22, 2022
Gasoline Prices Down, Still Higher than a Year Ago
Wisconsin gas prices are down big time to start Thanksgiving week. Triple-A says the statewide average is three dollars and 36 cents a gallon, down over 30 cents from this time last week. In Manitowoc...
Nov 22, 2022 Robert Geiger / CC
Wisconsin Election Canvas Complete
The November election is all but over. The Wisconsin Elections Commission yesterday said all 72 counties have completed their vote canvasses. That means the local votes have been counted and sent to t...
Nov 22, 2022
