“I wish I would have started a journal about the types of calls that we took in the course of the day.
“I probably could have written a book.”
30-year dispatcher could have written the book on close calls
Craft store opens in Memorial Plaza
Two retail spaces located in Memorial Plaza on Wilgus Avenue in Sheboygan have undergone major changes. One will be occupied by craft store Michaels, which was on target for a July 19 soft opening, and the other is available for another retailer.
Visit Sheboygan launches surfer selfie station
Visit Sheboygan announces the installation of a permanent, dynamic, interactive marketing piece along the lakeshore.
Brat Days returns with a festive menu of family activities
Come celebrate the 71st Annual Johnsonville Brat Days presented by the Sheboygan Jaycees on Friday, August 2 and Saturday, August 3 at Kiwanis Park!
South students, staff honored at Redwing Pride Assembly
Sheboygan South High School recently hosted the 2024 Redwing Pride Assembly to honor many students and staff members at South High School.
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input sessions was any indication, one part of the Sheboygan Area School District’s plan to rebuild the aging and outdated Urban and Farnsworth Middle Schools may be more controversial than the other – although there is organized opposition to both.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.
