Manitowoc County News

MANITOWOC - No matter what form of federal health-care reform eventually emerges from Congress, Mark Herzog believes Holy Family Memorial is on the right path for future success.

One of the victims of the massacre at Fort Hood is from Kiel, Wisconsin in southern Manitowoc County.

Here are five ideas for things to do in Manitowoc County this weekend. For more, click on the 'Things to do' calendar on the Herald Times Reporter Web site home page.

Athletic directors at different schools in Manitowoc County plan to meet soon to see if they should make their athletic school codes stricter.

A shooting sent one woman to the hospital in Manitowoc. Manitowoc police say the woman was shot around 10 p.m. Wednesday on the 1700 block of Cedar Grove Dr.

REEDSVILLE - AMVETS Post 1032 will hold a Veterans Day program in the Reedsville Elementary School gymnasium at 10 a.m. Nov.

TWO RIVERS - A public hearing on rezoning a parcel of land at the southwest corner of 21st and Jackson streets will be held at the next regular City Council meeting, which is set for 6 p.m. Nov.

Two swine flu vaccine clinics are scheduled for Manitowoc County locations this week, according to a release from the Manitowoc County Health Department.

MANITOWOC - Public safety officials are saying that Halloween doesn't typically cause too many problems in Manitowoc County, but parents and children still should be mindful of some basic precautions to avoid a scare.

Here are five ideas for things to do in Manitowoc County this Halloween weekend.

The tax levy County Executive Bob Ziegelbauer proposed will shrink just a little more after five of the county's elected department heads announced earlier this week they will not accept their 3 percent pay raises scheduled for next year.

MANITOWOC - The early onset of a cloudy, rainy and cool autumn has left more corn standing in Manitowoc County fields than normal for this time of year.

Though only one Manitowoc County school has closed recently due to student-illness absences, few, if any, school districts remain untouched by flu-like illness.

I am submitting a letter I had written to Bob Zeigelbauer regarding another approach to saving the county money rather than doing a mass layoff.

Here are five ideas for things to do in Manitowoc County this weekend. For more, visit the Herald Times Reporter Web site home page and click on the "Things to do" calendar.

MANITOWOC - Wisconsin's public school funding system is "truly broken," said union bargainer Jim Carlson.

MANITOWOC - Still a somber remembrance of the 46 lives lost in Wisconsin last year to domestic violence incidents, Tuesday evening's domestic violence vigil at First Presbyterian Church took a more positive spin on the crime by recognizing those who work to end it.

Manitowoc County will receive approximately $2 million in federal stimulus money during the next 12 to 18 months, but four county highway road projects were not funded.

The Manitowoc County Coroner says Jefferson Haupt was not wearing a helmet when the accident happened Saturday at the family home near Kellnersville.

Surrounded by birch, maple and ash trees, Kevin and Kay Sonnenburg's recently completed back porch is the perfect spot for enjoying the fall colors.