Category Archives: Local COVID-19 Updates
Sheboygan County Sees Largest Spike in COVID-19 Cases Since the Outbreak, Manitowoc County Remains Stagnant
Manitowoc County may have not reported any additional cases of COVID-19 yesterday, but their neighbors to the south sure did. Sheboygan County saw the biggest spike in cases since the outbreak began, ...
May 07, 2020
Manitowoc Records First Recovered Case of COVID-19, Sheboygan County Confirms Four More Cases
Some good news and bad news regarding COVID-19 locally. The Manitowoc County Health Department has officially reported it's first recovered case of COVID-19. The Health Department decided to only coun...
May 04, 2020
Lakeshore Foster Families Assist During COVID-19 Pandemic
Lakeshore Foster Families and Friends responded to the COVID-19 state of emergency in an impressive way. Spokesperson Molly Stolp says a plan was developed to distribute groceries & other much-nee...
May 02, 2020
Brown County Surpasses 1,000 Cases of COVID-19
There was another massive jump in confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brown County yesterday, as 81 more people tested positive. With this latest jump, there are now 1,049 cases in the county, with 40 people ...
May 01, 2020 sergio santos / CC
City of Manitowoc Cancels Memorial Day Parade
Mayor Justin Nickels announced today that the City of Manitowoc Memorial Day Parade has been canceled. Nickels said, "After several discussions, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the Memor...
Apr 30, 2020
Lincoln Baseball Coach Organizes Drive-Thru Dinner Fundraiser
Manitowoc Lincoln High School varsity baseball coach Bruce Steinbecker has organized a special event at Municipal Field one week from this Saturday. It's called a "Drive-Thru Ships Baseball Dinner", a...
Apr 30, 2020
Maritime Metro Transit To Have Soft Reopen Monday
Maritime Metro Transit will resume service with limitations on Monday, May 4. Manitowoc Mayor Justin Nickels said, "We are only going to be running routes 1, 2, and 3 on an hourly schedule. Some of th...
Apr 28, 2020
Brown County Has Highest COVID-19 Infection Rate In Wisconsin
Brown County now has the dubious title of having the highest infection rate for COVID-19 in the entire state of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reports Brown County has 298-poin...
Apr 27, 2020
UW-Green Bay Furloughing 227 Employees Due to COVID Shortfall
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is putting 227 employees on furlough as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. The school says it lost three-million dollars in revenue in the last month. The furl...
Apr 26, 2020
Manitowoc County Confirms First Death from COVID-19
The health department confirmed that one person from Manitowoc County died late Saturday from the novel coronavirus infection. "We are saddened by this death and our hearts go out to the family, frien...
Apr 26, 2020
