The first groups to receive the vaccine are frontline health care workers providing direct care to COVID-19 patients and people living and working in long term care facilities.
Shortened quarantine standards implemented
The Centers for Disease Control has released options to reduce quarantine for contacts of persons with COVID-19 using symptoms monitoring and diagnostic testing. The new guidelines for quarantine options shorter than 14 […]
It’s Not Yours ’Til You Like It
Mention the name Prange’s and no matter your age from 40 to 90 you probably have personal memories of the legendary Sheboygan department store. Whether those memories are of the annual animated Christmas window displays and caramel corn, the use of due bills, charge-a-plates, layaways, will-call, the x-ray machine in the shoe department or the escalators, they are shared by many and are part of the cherished collective history of the H.C. Prange Company.
Couple carves over 100 Santas
On display at The Shops at Woodlake is The James V. and Helene Y. Siegl Santa Collection of over 100 hand-carved Santa Clauses, Mrs. Clauses and elves. The Siegl Santas are craft-ed […]
My Christmas tree house
Christmas trees hold a special place in my heart. Maybe it was seeing the love a Christmas tree could bring when my Grandpa bought a tree for $1.00 Christmas morning and decorated it beautifully by himself before he had helped Grandma out of bed on Christmas morning. That tree seemed so special to me and it was so lovely!
Sheboygan man wounded in vehicle shooting
On November 23, 2020, at approximately 4:26 a.m. Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the area of Ridge Road and West Church Street within the township of Mishicot with regard to […]
Santa, elves take to wheels bearing meals
Fresh Meals On Wheels Santas and elves will travel throughout the county Tuesday, Dec. 15 and Thursday, Dec. 17 spreading holiday cheer and delivering special gift bags to meal recipients at a […]
Payroll Protection Program intent being undermined
The coronavirus pandemic has laid much of the American economy on its back — but a bright spot made the disaster less crippling than it might have been. That is the Paycheck Protection Program, which funneled money to workers through small businesses.
WINTER OPTIONS: Migrate, hibernate, or stay active
Steely cold seeped through my gloved fingers as they gripped the lock on my front door. The chill of winter had found an easy path through this dense metal, and gave me a frosty preview of what waited outside.
County soldiers’ role in ‘The Forgotten War’ commemorated
Commonly referred to as the “Forgotten War,” the Korean War stands as one of the least recounted wars in United States history.
That is among the reasons why Sheboygan Falls resident Richard Stoelb set out to chronicle the Korean War in his newly released book “Sheboygan County’s Unforgotten-A Story of our Korean War Soldiers,” written from a distinctly Sheboygan County-oriented perspective.
