Emmitt B. Feldner

PLYMOUTH – The city is putting the final touches on a November referendum to expand the police department. The City Council Committee of the Whole heard final financial figures for the proposal from financial advisor Kayla Thorpe of Ehlers Tuesday. The council is expected to approve the final referendum question for the Nov. 3 ballot at their Aug. 24 meeting. […]

The most-watched state race in Tuesday’s partisan primary election ended in a whisker-thin margin of victory, but it was not close in Sheboygan County. Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley won the Democratic nomination for governor by a margin of roughly one-half a percentage point over Madison-area state Rep. Francesca Hong, but his margin was larger in the county, almost 10 […]

ELKHART LAKE – Recently opened civic improvements right outside their meeting room window were the focus of the Village Board Monday. The new playground equipment in the Village Square Park and the new Welcome Center next door were both addressed by trustees. Trustee Michael Wolf praised the new playground equipment, wryly noting that it is even drawing use by some […]

PLYMOUTH – The city would like to keep weekly recycling collection as part of any future garbage collection contract. That option, which the City Council Committee of the Whole endorsed Monday, would cost homeowners $24.60 more a year than an alternative of bi-weekly recycling collection. Public Works Director Cathy Austin updated the committee on the city’s next garbage contract. The […]

PLYMOUTH – City voters will have the final say in November on expanding the police department. The City Council Monday approved a referendum question for the Nov. 3 ballot asking voters to approve permanently adding $600,000 to the property tax levy to add three officers, a patrol car and equipment to the department, which hasn’t added an officer in nearly […]

PLYMOUTH – The city has another liquor license for a restaurant, bar or tavern available. The City Council Tuesday adopted a resolution increasing the number of class B liquor licenses by one, to 18. “When the city goes up by 500 in population, we’re able to go up one license,” City Administrator/ Utilities Manager Tim Blakeslee explained. The latest estimate […]

PLYMOUTH – The Plymouth Police Department uses automatic license plate recognition cameras as an investigatory tool and has limits in place for their use. Police Chief Kenneth Ruggles made that report to the City Council, meeting as a Committee of the Whole, Tuesday. “The ... department is proactively bringing its contract before the Common Council to provide information, answer questions, […]

PLYMOUTH – A small crowd heard Police Chief Kenneth Ruggles make the case for the $600,000 police department expansion referendum facing city voters on the November ballot. The first of three planned public information sessions was held Tuesday at City Hall. “Our staffing has been unchanged since 1997,” Ruggles told the dozen or so people, who included several City Council […]

PLYMOUTH – With earth already moving on both sites, the Plan Commission approved final plats for two residential developments on opposite ends of the city at their Oct. 1 meeting.Commissioners approved plats for phase 1 of the Heritage Grove subdivision at the intersection of State 67 and County E on the city’s southwest side and for the Scholar’s Ridge subdivision […]

SHEBOYGAN – “All major projects at the Veterans Memorial have been completed.” Sheboygan County Veterans Memorial Chairman Allen Nohl made that report Tuesday to the County Board. The memorial, which contains the names of more than 4,000 Sheboygan County veterans from all service branches is located in the county’s Taylor Park in Sheboygan. Nohl, a Vietnam War veteran, told the […]