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Jori Kapla

$200,000 given ROOTS to replace damaged trees

VOLUNTEERS MEASURE the circumference of an ash tree in the town of Holland as part of an effort to mitigate the impact of emerald ash borer beetle infestations.

The U.S. Forest Service is awarding $200,000 in grant funding to mitigating the impact of the Emerald Ash Borer with Restoration Of Our Trees Sheboygan, the local program known as ROOTS. 

Watering the yard in the winter

I’d probably have the same response as 6-year-old Kaleb Allen if I had a mini hockey rink in my backyard.

“It’s really, really, really, really fun,” he said.

My father, however, wasn’t born in Vancouver like Sheboygan’s Brian Allen was.

“Growing up in Canada, that’s all you did after school is play street hockey,” he said.

One game left for Thompson

The high school football season has been long over, but Sheboygan South’s Laine Thompson still has one game left.

The junior nose guard/defensive tackle will compete in the USA Football International Bowl at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Arlington, Texas.