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Wisconsin State Highway 67 speed limit set to drop to 35 MPH
KIEL, Wis. (WFRV) — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is lowering the speed limit of one state highway to 35 miles per hour, according to a press release. The Kiel Police Department revealed that State Highway 67 between County XX and State Highway 32/57 will have its speed limit reduced from 45 mph to […]
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Election results, a city manager’s exit and a store closing
My role at the Herald Times Reporter has changed a bit, and I now cover local government elections and the crime beat — in addition to writing business and feature stories. That means I’ll have a greater variety of news to share in these twice-monthly newsletters. Election results drew the most readers Y’all probably were aware there was an election a week ago. My two best-read stories were election results stories for Manitowoc County and Sheboygan County. Check them out if you’d like to see how people in those counties voted in national, state and local elections. Two Rivers city manager resigns We also did several stories about Two Rivers City Manager Kyle Kordell. We first reported last month that he was on leave from his administrative role while under investigation, but the City Council didn’t share much information. Then, Kordell was arrested three times on allegations of domestic abuse, leading him to resign from his city job. Rob’s Family Market to close Sadly, Rob’s Family Market is set to close at the end of the month. The owners decided to shutter the business after 22 years. Court appearances in Payton Vertz case I also wrote about the initial court
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Sheboygan's 80-ton Union soldier monument has stood since 1889 | Throwback
SHEBOYGAN – The Civil War left a deep impression on Sheboygan residents, and a push to build a monument followed in the 1800s. Members of the Grand Army of the Republic's Gustavus Wintermeyer Post decided at a regular meeting July 14, 1888, "That a monument be erected in some suitable place in the city of Sheboygan in honor and memory of all the fallen and dead heroes of the War of the Rebellion, from 1861 to 1865, and that efforts be made to raise the necessary funds." Read last week's column: How circuit riders led to a 175-year-old Sheboygan Falls church | Throwback The Grand Army of the Republic was a prominent fraternal and veterans' organization formed by Union Army, Navy and Marine Corps veterans after the Civil War. The organization, which dissolved in 1956 when its last member died, strongly advocated for pensions and other benefits for those veterans. A 1989 Sheboygan Press clipping, provided by the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center , said the park became known for patriotic events through the years. A memorial monument suited the park. Local committee builds monument under budget According to a 1937 Sheboygan Press clipping, the monument was built in 1889