Sheboygan Beacon
Sheriff clarifies role in local immigration enforcement
Even as the nationwide Im- migration Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdown continues to make headlines, fear of ramped-up ICE activity, sweeps and deportations seems to be outweighing any actual evidence of that here.
McKnight to play football at Ripon
Ethan McKnight played one year of football in elementary school and says he didn’t really like it.
Success in the pool
North’s swim team finished as conference runner-up and South’s Jesus Ramey Guadalupe set a pool record at the Fox River Classic Meet.
WIAA makes changes to football playoffs
The WIAA Board of Control approved a plan that replaces the 11-player and 8-player football playoff qualifying and seeding system at its February meeting.
‘Wild Horse Annie’ has deep roots in county
Travel north on State Highway 67 from Elkhart Lake into the Town of Rhine, and you may notice a weathered old barn on the left, with horses often out in front of it and once-red timbers now faded to a lovely pinkish gray.
James Madison Elementary earns national recognition
The school, located at 2302 David Avenue, is one of just 69 nationwide – there’s only one other from the state – to be named a 2024 National ESEA Distinguished School in recognition of its extraordinary success in improving student achievement.
Court Report – Feb. 25, 2025
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Wilderness Journal – Home for a weekend
The Polencheck family out of Glidden are good buds of mine and have been for about 25 years. We try to do something at least once a year, and this time it was two days of ice fishing, eating good food and giving each other a hard time.
A Look Back – Sheboygan Taxi Co.
When entrepreneur Al Fuerst (second from left) took over Sheboygan’s City Taxi Company from Ted Meinhardt one hundred years ago in 1925, he posed with his drivers and a bemused onlooker.