Feb. 22. Mayor Bob Ryan ousted in Sheboygans first-ever recall election, and the man accused of causing a toddlers death heads to court. Produced by Janet Ortegon
Sheboygan Mayor Bob Ryan, whose public battles with alcohol made national headlines and punch lines and sparked the first-ever mayoral recall election in the citys history, was turned out of office by voters Tuesday.
Steven Lewicki narrowly outpolled write-in candidate Mary Lynne Donohue in the Fourth Aldermanic District primary on Tuesday. The two will face off in the April general election.
Sheboygan City Clerk Sue Richards said that voters came to the polls Tuesday ready to cast ballots in the mayoral recall election, with their photo identification in hand.
Terry Van Akkeren defeated incumbent Mayor Bob Ryan, 6,004 to 5,247, winning 53 percent of the vote Tuesday night in the historic mayoral recall election, according to unofficial returns. In the District 4 aldermanic primary, write-in candidate Mary Lynne Donohue came in second place to Steven Lewicki, advancing to the general election in April.
MILWAUKEE A new poll shows former Gov. Tommy Thompson is the Republican candidate with the best chance of beating Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsins U.S. Senate race.
MADISON (AP) A contentious bill to add rules for physicians treating patients who are seeking an abortion was blocked Tuesday at least temporarily by a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate.
MILWAUKEE (AP) Attorneys for Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin on Tuesday said state law prevents them from revisiting new elections maps they passed last year, adding another layer of uncertainty to an already confusing federal trial over whether the maps are constitutional.
An early morning fire on Sheboygans north side caused $60,000 damage Tuesday to a vacant house that was the scene of a dramatic rescue from another fire almost two years ago.
Seats are no longer available for this evenings Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerces second annual Chamber Champions Dinner and Awards Gala at The American Club in Kohler.
A 38-year-old Waldo man with a history of criminal charges for mixing his own chemical explosives was arrested Monday after authorities discovered homemade explosives inside his home, according to the Sheboygan County Sheriffs Department.
A 32-year-old Plymouth man has been sentenced to prison after being convicted of his seventh drunken driving offense following a December incident when police found him driving an SUV on three tires, according to court records released Tuesday.
A 36-year-old Sheboygan man has been sentenced to prison for stealing a van and driving drunk for the fifth time, according to court records released Tuesday.
Brad Prinsen scored 25 points in the first half as Oostburgs boys basketball team rolled to a 71-29 Central Lakeshore Conference win over Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah on Tuesday.
Holding a six-point lead after the first quarter, Sheboygan Norths girls basketball team outscored host Green Bay East 36-12 over the second and third quarters to pick up a 65-28 Fox River Classic Conference win Tuesday night.
Sophomore Justin Ward scored a game-high 24 points, including two key baskets down the stretch, to lead the Lakeland College mens basketball team to a 68-62 win over Concordia University Chicago in the Northern Athletics Conference Tournament quarterfinals Tuesday night in River Forest, Ill.
The Lakeland College womens basketball team plays host to the No. 5 seed, rival Concordia-Wisconsin, in the quarterfinals of the Northern Athletics Conference Tournament tonight at 7 p.m.
GREEN BAY Lynn Vreeke says she was outraged to learn last week that her disabled son likely wont be able to go to Green Bay Packers football games at Lambeau Field.
If the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association must move the boys and girls state basketball tournaments from Madison, then Green Bay makes the most sense at least as a temporary location.
Unless youre a king or a demigod or, as Mark Twain once wrote, somebody with a tapeworm, its usually a good idea to avoid referring to yourself with the pronoun we.
In reply to the letter by Joanne Scribner on Feb. 12, I realize we all have our own opinion and perceptions, but sometimes we get a little carried away.
Making Connections Women to Women is an outreach program developed through the cooperation and joint effort of the Wisconsin American Legion Auxiliary, Wisconsin American Red Cross-Western Region and the Madison Vet Center.
