Sheboygan South High School recently hosted the 2024 Redwing Pride Assembly to honor many students and staff members at South High School.
South students, staff honored at Redwing Pride Assembly
Historic soda returns to production
Welcome back, Hi-Ho Soda.
After a long hiatus, Hi-Ho Soda is returning thanks to Sheboygan’s Leo Bortsov and two other business partners.
South High casualties of Vietnam War honored
In observance of Memorial Day, The Beacon is continuing its two-part series, begun during Veterans Day month last November, to recognize local high school alumni killed in action during the Vietnam War. In this installment, we will focus on seven soldiers from Sheboygan South High School.
School building plans get mixed response
If the size and mood of the crowd at two recent community input sessions was any indication, one part of the Sheboygan Area School District’s plan to rebuild the aging and outdated Urban and Farnsworth Middle Schools may be more controversial than the other – although there is organized opposition to both.
Kaiser agrees to plea deal for theft
Krisi L. Kaiser, 43, formerly of Sheboygan, currently Waldo, agreed to a deal with prosecutors May 20 to plead no contest to one felony count of theft for stealing over $168,000 over the span of five years from the Sheboygan County Home Builders Association, where she worked as the association’s sole employee at the time.
Woman sentenced to 11 years in prison for homicide
Sheboygan woman Makita M. Jones, 26, was sentenced to 11 years in prison May 17 for causing the death of Angela Williams, 37, of Sheboygan, who was a passenger in Jones’s car when Jones drove off a North Ave., Sheboygan cliff last September.
New dam a major upgrade for old marsh
From a natural rock outcropping that blocked glacial melt waters eons ago, to a simple, concrete spillway that held up for 86 years, to a state-of-the-art, $3.7 million, crest gate structure that was just erected, the Sheboygan Marsh Dam has evolved over centuries.
Sheboygan police officer moves fawn to safety
Being on the job for only 10 months, Sheboygan police officer Ryan LeFebvre hasn’t saved anyone’s life or solved any murders. He has, however, rescued a baby fawn from perhaps getting run over on May 19.
Wilderness Journal – Never say never
Each May I go trout fishing somewhere in Wisconsin, so this week I headed down to Columbia County to fish Rowan Creek.
Foundation awards $1.2M scholarships
The Sheboygan Public Education Foundation (SPEF) recently awarded 95 scholarships, totaling $1.2 million, to 67 high school graduates at its 2024 SPEF Scholarship Night at the Stephanie H. Weill Center.
