United Way Worldwide announced the chair appointment of Cathy McRae – a part-time resident of Sheboygan and long-time United Way donor, volunteer and advocate – to the Women United Global Leadership Council.
Man charged with hit and run for pedestrian death
Michael Lee Bowen, a 37-year-old Sheboygan man, has been charged with felony hit and run resulting in the death of Mr. Jan Richmond, a 74-year-old Sheboygan resident who was out walking the morning of July 4. At the time of the incident, Bowen was supposed to be under a court-ordered Huber Law jail sentence which apparently was not imposed, and is now under review by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
Thrift store recycles its interior
A Plymouth store’s renovation is Lutheran High School’s gain.
Work was recently finished on Neat Repeats, a thrift store that opened in 2009 and has supported Lutheran ever since.
Grad aspires to a career in K-pop
Miriam Fabian has been learning the South Korean language ever since hearing K-pop (short for Korean popular music) as a freshman and “falling in love with the music.”
Garbage-to-gravel recycling plant proposal considered
Benjamin Horvat of Louis Structures made an appearance to deliver a presentation on his intentions to purchase the VanDerVart property at 180 Forest Ave. with the intention of utilizing the facility to repurpose unrecycled garbage into clean construction aggregate.
Kohler engineer secures patent to start an engine on a dead battery
How many people can say they have a patent?
Dustin Richards, who graduated from Plymouth in 2003 and lives in Waldo, can.
Wellness coach honored
The 75-year-old Sheboygan resident, who was inducted into the SHAPE (Society of Health and Physical Educators) Hall of Fame in New Orleans in 2022, will receive the Burt and Norma Altman Teacher Education Award at her alma mater UW-La Crosse.
Potential lethality of domestic violence topic of upcoming presentation
Safe Harbor of Sheboygan County is hosting two free community presentations, “Behind Closed Doors: Exposing Relationship Abuse and Lethal Consequences” in July and August.
Recycling cars and trucks into nuts and bolts
At their plant in Saukville, Charter Steel salvages steel from over 100,000 recycled cars and trucks every year.
Kids Bike Rodeo returns July 29
A little history on the event: This will be our 10th year, our last year was 2019 (due to the pandemic), and we have grown over the years from just having 10 kids, to over 100, and hope to continue to see it grow.