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A host of emergency responders descended on the site of an early Tuesday morning fire in rural Sheboygan County, but not before the blaze caused severe damage. An emergency call came in at 2:13 a.m. from a home on Meadowlark Road around a half mile south of County Highway “J”. The Town of Sheboygan Falls Fire Department was quickly joined by a dozen more agencies to fight what started as a garage fire. That structure became fully engulfed in flames, destroying the garage, with fire then spreading to the northwest side of the residence which suffered severe damage before the fire was extinguished.

SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (WFRV) – A severe fire broke out in the town of Sheboygan Falls early Tuesday morning and took, reportedly, 13 different agencies to help get it under control and put it out. In a release sent to Local Five from the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office, officials...

SHEBOYGAN - A Sheboygan County judge has sentenced one man to prison and dismissed all charges against a woman in connection with the overdose death of a 55-year-old man. After the man’s death in Sheboygan last spring, prosecutors charged Jason Knoll, 46, with being party to a crime to first-degree reckless homicide involving drugs and charged Amy Jo Papendieck, 57, with delivering heroin and second-degree recklessly endangering safety.

SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. - Firefighters on Tuesday, June 6 responded to the scene of a fire on Meadowlark Road south of County Road J in Sheboygan Falls. The call came in around 2:13 a.m. Upon arrival, deputies found the garage was fully engulfed and spreading the northwest side of the...

An increase in 911 hang-up calls is becoming a major problem in Sheboygan County and throughout Wisconsin. It is all because of a feature on smartphones that let you dial 911 faster.

A total of 10 fire departments and several other first responders were called into action early this morning in Sheboygan County. According to Sargent Timothy McNeil with the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office, a call came in at around 2:15 a.m. regarding a structure fire at N6766 Meadowlark Road in the Town of Sheboygan Falls.

The 54-year-old Fond du Lac woman who was drunk when she hit a man walking his scooter across a street in Fond du Lac last September has pled no contest to an injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle charge. Terri Huettl was in Fond du Lac County court for a plea hearing last Thursday. A second charge was read into the record and dismissed. According to the criminal complaint when Huettl’s truck struck the 18-year-old Fond du Lac man on September 2nd he hit her windshield and flew into the air. Medical staff who treated him told police he suffered a fractured skull, traumatic brain injury, broken clavicle, and severe internal bleeding. A partial portable breathalyzer test administered at the county jail put Huettl’s blood alcohol concentration at nearly 2 ½ times the legal limit. She will be sentenced on July 19th.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - You might want to check your settings on your smart devices. Accidentally calling 911 is a bigger deal than you might think. Law enforcement in southeast Wisconsin and elsewhere have seen a huge increase in these "911 hang-up" calls. "It was because of my sweater," one caller...

KOHLER, Wisc. (WJFW)- The 2023 WIAA Boys State Golf Championship was held at Blackwolf Run Golf Course, in Kohler, Wisconsin for the second year in a row. This year two Northwood’s teams sent athletes to state. Lakeland Union has qualified for state, for six years consecutively. However, this is...

MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Steven Avery withdrew a letter to the court filed last week complaining about the lack of a decision on his most recent motion for a new trial. Avery is serving a life sentence for freelance photographer Teresa Halbach’s 2005 murder. Avery’s nephew Brendan Dassey was also convicted. Their cases received worldwide attention with the 2015 release of the Netflix series “Making A Murderer.”

The first-day leader in Division 1 at the WIAA State Boys Golf Tournament is Sheboygan North. The Golden Raiders top the large school team standings after shooting a 296 for an 8-stroke lead over Eau Claire Memorial on the Meadows Course at Blackwolf Run in Kohler. Individually, Aiden Cudney of...

Sheboygan County experienced strong performance from the tourism sector in 2022 according to data released on Tuesday by the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. The results were part of a statewide report that, according to WDT Secretary Anne Sayers, detailed a record-breaking year for Wisconsin’s tourism industry. The data, which quantified tourism’s economic impact, revealed $23.7 billion in total economic impact from a combination of direct visitor spending, employment within the sector, total labor income, and state and local taxes, increasing 13% compared with the previous year.

Founded more than a century ago in Sheboygan, Kohler Co. is known for its kitchen and bath products. This year, the company appointed its first executive dedicated to sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion. We speak with Laura Kohler about her new role.

(By Phoebe Petrovic | Wisconsin Watch) Nat Werth surveyed the "gender identity and theory" section of the handbook for his alma mater, Sheboygan Lutheran High School, with shock and sadness, according to Phoebe Petrovic with Wisconsin Watch. "This was not in the school’s handbook when I attended," the 2019 graduate...

Today: A few stray showers early, then turning more sunny and cooler with highs in the mid 70s and a light northeast breeze at 5-15 mph. Areas south of Green Lake to Fond du Lac counties could see a few pop up storms during the afternoon. Tonight: A few clouds,...

Four persons needed hospitalization following a crash in the Town of Belgium on Saturday morning. The Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office says they got the call at 7:37 a.m., reporting a collision on Ozaukee County Highway “D” east of Kay-K Road about three miles west of the Village.

Correction: This story has been updated from an earlier version with the correct expected changes to membership dues, not store prices. SHEBOYGAN – Goodside Grocery Co-Op of Sheboygan plans to revitalize after facing financial challenges the past year.   ...

FOND DU LAC - Two people were arrested early Friday morning after a traffic stop led to the discovery of illegal drugs in the vehicle that were sniffed out by a K-9 dog. According to a post on the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, the incident took place at about...

FOND DU LAC, WI — Two people are arrested and charged in connection with May shooting incident in Fond du Lac. A 16-year-old male and a 19-year-old man from Fond du Lac were taken into custody last Wednesday at a location in the 100 block of South Marr Street in the City of Fond du Lac. Both are charged with Attempted First-Degree Intentional Homicide (Party to a Crime). Those charges are in connenction with a shooting incident that occurred on May 23. Both suspects are being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail. The investigation is continuing.

SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Wis. - Firefighters on Thursday night, June 1 responded to the scene of a house fire on Sunset Drive in the Town of Lima – in Sheboygan County. The call came in around 9:30 p.m. Officials say a fire reportedly started in the garage and spread to...