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Latest Issue e-Edition: Feb 10-23, 2026
Three-sport athlete Spielman is also an author
Not only is Ella Spielman a three-sport athlete at North, the senior is an author, too.
Gilliam’s injury contributes to future career
A foot injury is not stopping South’s Sierra Gilliam from competing on the gymnastics team.
Sports review/preview – In case you missed it… and so you don’t
It’s been at least 15 years – likely the most ever – since the Sheboygan co-op hockey team had this many goals.
New free state-funded 4K program announced
Sheboygan County child- care providers are excited to announce a significant development in early childhood education. The State of Wisconsin has recognized the critical value of early childhood education by introducing a new initiative, the Get Kids Ready program.
Sheboygan North grad wins award for children’s book
Sheboygan North graduate Jennifer Brandt can’t believe it.
“I was initially shocked, because I wrote this book more for fun,” she said. “Like, I’m not an author by trade. So it was kind of a side project. And it was an accomplishment in itself just to publish it.”
Obituary – Louise Rostkowski
Louise Rostkowski, 74, passed away Wednesday morning, January 28, 2026 at her home in Sheboygan Falls.
A Look Back… on the trolley tragedy 115 years ago
On February 9, 1911 – a most ordinary Thursday morning 115 years ago this week – three local women boarded a Lake View streetcar on North 8th Street in Sheboygan. Minutes later, as one of the saddest tragedies in Sheboygan history unfolded, they lost their lives in the frigid, iced-over Sheboygan River.
Lakeland faculty member to speak on MLK Jr. and Malcom X
Patrick Parr, an author, historian and Lakeland University-Japan faculty member, will deliver a talk about Malcom X and Martin Luther King entitled “The Individual and the Community” in the Campus Center Event Space on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. The talk is free and open to all.
Step Afrika! to perform at Kohler in April
This April, Kohler will welcome Step Afrika!, the nation’s first professional dance company dedicated to the tradition of stepping.
Sheboygan South HS 2025-26 Scholar Athletes list released
Provided is a list of students that should be congratulated on earning the first semester Scholar Athlete Award.
