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Highlights this issue:
Summer Fun & Entertainment – Special Section – pg. 27
Health & Financial Wellness – Special Section – pg. 32
County now spraying most roadsides – pg. 2
Locals win national title – pg. 6
No safety review, little public notice for county herbicide program that now covers most roadsides
In an expansion of a more narrowly-targeted invasive species control program that started five years ago, the Sheboygan County Transportation Department is now spraying most county roadsides with herbicides or growth inhibitors, according to county Transportation Department officials.
Locals win national title in soccer
Four girls who attend high school in Sheboygan helped the Lakeshore United FC U18/19 win the United States Youth Soccer Presidents Cup: Lutheran’s Keeran Blattner and North’s Harper Igowsky, Kimiko Lee and Anna Revelis.
Sheboygan advances to state tourney
From just five wins to a spot in the state tournament, Sheboygan needed just one year to turn things around.
Steldt reaches 800 hits for A’s
Harry Steldt took another step up on the Sheboygan A’s all-time leaderboard when he collected his 800th hit in a 9-6 win at Appleton on Thursday.
Oostburg’s Scholten gets second win in Plymouth
Repeat winners, commanding performances, and a last-lap showstopper highlighted Plymouth Dirt Track Racing action on July 18.
Woodlake Market holds grand reopening
Community members gathered inside Kohler’s reimagined Woodlake Market on Friday, July 17, to celebrate its grand re-opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. The event featured complimentary tastings, live music, giveaways, artisan chocolates, and more.
A Look Back – at the annual newsboys picnic
One hundred years ago this summer – on Sunday, August 15, 1926 – about 100 newsboys who delivered papers for the Sheboygan Press relished one of the rare perks of their profession: their annual picnic at what was then called Lake View Shooting Park.
Counting Corn part 2 – The Veg Patch Dispatch
Continued from last time. Eighty-six and ten, Eighty-six and eleven, Eighty-seven dozen. I was hours into picking – and counting – sweet corn at Bing Drewry’s farm, many years ago now on a hot summer day.
As You See It: Detecting mental illness
One of the biggest challenges about serving in a war like Iraq was our enemies did not wear a uniform.