Emmitt B. Feldner

PLYMOUTH – Bowing to neighbors' concerns – with about two dozen of them filling their chambers – the City Council Tuesday blocked moves to clear the way for a proposed Dollar General store on the city's southwest side. After a public hearing which saw more than half a dozen people speak against the store plan and a convoluted series of

When the dust settles after Tuesday's general election, voters across the country will have elected a new president and residents of the Plymouth area will have selected a new representative in the state Assembly. In addition to voting for federal and state offices, voters in the Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Sheboygan Area and Sheboygan Falls school districts will be deciding referendum questions.

SHEBOYGAN – The County Board reviewed the first $200 million annual budget in the county's history Tuesday. Despite the 6.6 percent increase in spending in the proposed $204.1 million 2025 budget, it will produce a reduced property tax rate, dropping 7.9 percent from $4.27 per $1,000 of assessed valuation to $3.58 per thousand. “We can't guarantee your total tax bill

For the first time in more than a dozen years, a Democrat will be representing a portion of Sheboygan County in the state Assembly. Joe Sheehan’s narrow victory in the newly-drawn 26th Assembly District, comprised largely of the city of Sheboygan, was a rare blue spot in a night of red in the county Tuesday. Republican candidates won Sheboygan County […]

PLYMOUTH – Nutt Ski Hill on the city’s west side should be coming back to life next winter. The City Council Tuesday approved a five-year license agreement with Cheese Capital Winter Park Inc. to operate Nutt Hill as a winter sports park. The private non-profit entity would offer tubing, skiing and snowboarding on the hill, Joe Van Derven of CCWP […]

WALDO – Village Clerk/Treasurer Lisa Gillette informed the board that the state Department of Natural Resources has extended the deadline for a final decision by the village on the future of the Mill Pond dam to July 25. By a margin of better than two-to-one, village voters endorsed repairing the dam to meet DNR standards in advisory referendum earlier this […]

SHEBOYGAN – The County Board approved a $204.1 million 2025 budget that increases spending but cuts the property tax rate at their Nov. 5 meeting. Thanks to an 8.6 increase in total property values in the county, the county property tax rate will decline by 7.9 percent, to $3.58 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, down from $4.27. For the owner […]

PLYMOUTH – Sargento Cheese will be expanding the Leonard A. Gentine office building on its Persnickety Place campus. The Plan Commission approved the 9,100-square foot addition at their Nov. 7 meeting. The building currently features a one-story bump-out at the front of the building. That would be removed and replaced with a full two-story front that would run the entire […]

ELKHART LAKE – Trustee Terri Knowles reported that the Tourism Commission is hoping to attract some of the 250,000 or so people who are expected to come to Wisconsin next April when Green Bay hosts the 2025 NFL draft. “The feeling is that we're in range to attract people to our lodging,” Knowles told the board. She noted that The

PLYMOUTH – City taxpayers will see a slight increase in the city’s portion of their property tax bill next month. The City Council, at their Nov. 12 meeting, approved an $8,265,384 2025 budget which will require a 1.67 percent increase in the property tax rate to $6.06 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, up from the $5.92 rate in the 2024 […]