Sarah Hall

So much for the good old days: Some of Sheboygan County's most haunting crimes, bold thefts and brutal murders were also its earliest. And as graphic and sometimes sensationalized old newspaper accounts attest, appalling felonies were as likely to unfold in small towns, farm fields and out in the countryside as in the bustling heart of the city. For example,

At the Nov. 18 school board meeting, Elkhart Lake Glenbeulah senior Kaylen De Rouin and junior Peyton Ward, along with English and social studies teacher Amy Wohlers, told the board of their experiences at the Model United Nations simulation on Nov. 1 at Carthage College. Nine ELGHS students were among the more than 400 who attended and learned about diplomacy,

At the November Plymouth Board of Education meeting, Plymouth High School business education teacher Todd Williams and three of his students offered a first glimpse of the new, online Panther Pro Shop. “This year, my marketing class has taken on the challenge of developing an online apparel store,” Williams told the board. “You can thank (high school principal) Mr. Brandl […]

Labour Warrington South MP Sarah Hall discusses the assisted dying bill in this week’s column.

One of Sheboygan County's strangest mysteries of all time involved poisoning with strychnine, which was once commonly used for pest control. Katie Dippel Reilly, lead researcher for the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, described this and other notorious crimes of the 1800s and early 1900s at the latest presentation in the popular History on the Move series, held November 12 ... Full Story

Expanded Plymouth School District child care for infants, toddlers and preschoolers – which is in high demand – took a step closer to becoming reality this week, as the Board of Education and administrators assessed costs and logistics. The current lack of child care availability at those age levels is widely viewed as a bottleneck contributing to declining Plymouth Schools

Getting a $39.6 million school building referendum passed was only the first step. The Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah Board of Education spent much of its December 16 meeting poring over what comes next: a multitude of design and financing decisions over the coming months. Superintendent Dr. Adam Englebretson told the board that a site survey and then an internal graph of current

At the Plymouth School board's most recent meeting Board President Bob Travis praised efforts at Riverview Middle School – described during the “Panther Spotlight” portion of the meeting – to engage students in extracurricular activities, which studies have shown can improve both academic achievement and mental health. “In the fall, we offered 13 different student opportunities... and overall, we had

The history of Elkhart Lake as a resort destination is in many ways a tale of rivalry, and of newcomers grabbing up prime real estate and striving to outdo each other. But they created a magic which endures today and reached new heights in the late 1800s, when Mattthias Gottfried – a beer baron from Chicago – built what local […]

IN this week’s column, Warrington South MP Sarah Hall discusses the recent floods in the town.