Over the past month, Sheboygan-based commercial print provider Franzen Graphics, known nationally for the production of point-of-purchase displays and high-volume printing, has engineered and converted a portion of their facility to the production of protective face shields. This effort comes amid a national outcry for personal protective equipment (PPE) by healthcare and front-line workers deemed essential during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prisons confront special COVID-19 challenges
One inmate has been tested for the coronavirus at the Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution in Plymouth, according to authorities. The test returned negative.
Drive-in services offer a smile, a wave, and a new form of hope and connection
For Trinity United Methodist Church in Waldo, offering drive-in services has been an ongoing experiment in finding an uplifting – if imperfect – new way to worship in a changed world.
The small congregation banded together to quickly put in place the technology, logistics and advertising necessary to offer its first outdoor, drive-in service at 9:30 a.m. on Palm Sunday.
Sheriff’s office trains to process undocumented criminals
The Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department is preparing to train deputies to hasten the deportation process of undocumented individuals incarcerated at county facilities.
Food donated by county Food Bank doubles
With the current State of Emergency, Sheboygan County Food Bank (SCFB) is closed to the public, but remaining open in service to partners who serve seniors, families, and children throughout Sheboygan County.
My sister’s overseas view of pandemic
My younger sister arrived in Thailand late last year.
She arrived before any concerns of the coronavirus existed around the world; when Jess left in October, nobody knew what a coronavirus was. But like in America and elsewhere in the world, the coronavirus has thrown Thailand – and my sister’s daily life – into uncertainty.
How a few of my friends are coping with virus restrictions
Our grandparents had the Flu of 1918 & WW I; our parents had the Great Depression, WWII, and the Korean War; we had the Viet Nam War, 9/11 and now the Coronavirus.
University to invest $26 million in new dorms
Lakeland University learned Thursday it has received a $35.4 million fixed-rate low interest loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development division that will finance the largest investment in its Sheboygan County-based main campus in the institution’s 158-year history.
Four lanes to Fondy restarted
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Northeast Region announces construction for the State 23 expansion project in Sheboygan County resumes Monday, Apr. 6.
COVID-19 emergency poses threat to food security
The COVID-19 public health emergency is creating an urgent food security challenge for households and communities in Wisconsin. Even before the pandemic, one in eleven households in the state were food insecure, meaning they didn’t have assured access to the food they needed. For poor and low-income households, the risk was already much higher. While it’s too soon to know how much worse the situation will get, there are reasons for concern – and for communities, the state, and the nation to take action.
