One hundred years ago this summer – on Sunday, August 15, 1926 – about 100 newsboys who delivered papers for the Sheboygan Press relished one of the rare perks of their profession: their annual picnic at what was then called Lake View Shooting Park.
Continued from last time. Eighty-six and ten, Eighty-six and eleven, Eighty-seven dozen. I was hours into picking – and counting – sweet corn at Bing Drewry’s farm, many years ago now on a hot summer day.
KOHLER – When planning for a family vacation, most kids want to take a trip to Disney World to see their favorite characters come to life. That’s not the case for five-year-old Joey from Fort Wayne, Indiana. His ideal family vacation is in Kohler– specifically the Kohler Design Center, home of the company’s bathroom design showroom. With the help of a few new friends, Joey was able to live out his dream vacation.
Plymouth resident Jordan Bradley and Josh Genske of Howards Grove recently helped save a man’s life from 56-degree water off the shore of Sheboygan.
The resort destination Kohler, Wisconsin announced the reopening of Woodlake Market on July 17. The renewed market brings together premium groceries, elevated prepared foods, wellness-minded products, café, gathering spaces, and an artisanal chocolate boutique under one roof.
“Remember when Kmart told everyone they could ‘ship my pants’? Well, we almost did while trying to keep this a secret”, says Adam Kroener, “because we bought the Kmart building.” After sitting vacant for more than a decade, one of Plymouth’s most recognizable commercial properties is getting a new purpose.
“You can make only one mistake with dynamite,” legendary explosives expert George “Dynamite Bill” Gardner told the Plymouth Kiwanis Club in the summer of 1943.
I can still remember the first time I went to Bing Drewry’s farm to help him harvest sweet corn. It was more than a decade ago, when I was a young farmer and Bing was an old man living on the Drewry homestead down on Winooski Road. He was a nice neighbor who I was just getting acquainted with, and our shared love of growing vegetables led us to become good friends in his last years of life.
South recently hosted the 2026 Redwing Pride Assembly to honor many students and staff members at South High School. The awards included areas of academics, athletics, and fine arts.
About 12 years ago, a group of concerned parents in the area met at a coffee shop to discuss how to keep their children safe from human trafficking. In 2017 it evolved into a volunteer-based nonprofit called Freedom Cry, which recently opened its first office at 124 East Mill Street in Plymouth.
