Get all of today's Manitowoc news, business, government, and crime updates with the Herald Times Reporters breaking news coverage at www.htrnews.com. http://www.packersnews.com en-us Copyright 2013, packersnews SaxoTech Online Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:21:46 -0500 15 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/130518023 Roncalli takes on Manitowoc Lincoln during their girls soccer game at Roncalli High School on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Manitowoc. Matthew Apgar/HTR Media Sat, 18 May 2013 19:41:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/130518023 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/130518021 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:40:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/130518021 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/305190139 The city of Manitowoc on Monday will close a portion of the Mariners Trail at the wayside parking lot south of Waldo Boulevard and north of the Little Manitowoc River, according to Gregory Minikel, interim director of public infrastructure. Sat, 18 May 2013 14:55:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/305190139 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/305190134 The Wisconsin 4-H Foundation has awarded $10,000 in scholarships to a dozen exemplary 4-H youths, including two from Manitowoc County, according to a news release from the foundation Sat, 18 May 2013 14:55:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/305190134 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/305190133 The Coast Guard Station Aids to Navigation Team of Two Rivers will hold its annual open house from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Sat, 18 May 2013 14:55:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/305190133 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/305190132 Cheap, junk food is not the only reason for a doubling of obesity in Wisconsin but it doesn't help reduce the devastating economic toll of overweight children and adults statewide. Sat, 18 May 2013 11:07:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/305190132 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/305190117 Enter here to view the photo gallery. Sat, 18 May 2013 09:29:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/305190117 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/305180274 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:10:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/305180274 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130518/MAN0101/305180265 The cost of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to reject federally funded Medicaid expansion and instead tighten income eligibility for the program has gone up. Sat, 18 May 2013 07:24:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130518/MAN0101/305180265 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/130517051 Minnesota native Claton Johnson built the 1/50th scale model of Vasa in 7.5 years. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:21:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130518/MAN0101/130517051 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180168 Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a bill benefiting the military-style amphibious vehicle known as the Wisconsin Duck. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:19:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180168 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180167 When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the yellow lab who was his constant companion that he'd look her up when he returned home. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:18:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180167 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180174 A Humvee carrying six Navy SEALs and two other sailors overturned during a training exercise at Fort Knox in Kentucky, killing one of the SEALs and injuring the others, military officials said Friday. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:16:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180174 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180201 The state Department of Natural Resources has lifted a statewide burning ban. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:14:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180201 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305180205 A foster care information session will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on June 11 at Manitowoc County Human Services Department, 926 S. Eighth St, Jay Street entrance. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:04:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305180205 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305180206 The Lakeland Care District's Board of Directors will hold a public hearing from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the LCD's Manitowoc office, 3415 Custer St., Suite C. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305180206 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180199 Patients at Wisconsin hospitals had a lesser chance last year of getting two types of major infections than patients nationwide, according to a state report. But their chance of getting a third type of infection was greater. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:02:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180199 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180204 A federal grand jury has indicted a Milwaukee spinal surgeon on 13 counts of federal health care fraud. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:02:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180204 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305180203 During World War II, Al Albrecht of Two Rivers was a ghost. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:59:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305180203 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305180202 The Manitowoc Fire Department announced the following promotions, which followed recent retirements. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:57:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305180202 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305180193 A 16-year-old boy was taken into custody Monday night after he allegedly began strangling a female employee of a Manitowoc group home where he was living. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:52:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305180193 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305180192 Nearly 20 years ago, Polly Ziniti of Two Rivers lost her 17-year-old daughter, Karen, to suicide. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:50:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305180192 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180187 Gov. Scott Walker on Friday signed into law a bill creating a program that gives employers an alternative to laying off employees when work slows. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:44:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180187 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305180186 The final phase of the Rouse-Simmons dedication is coming to a close with the unveiling of a copper and stainless steel fisherman statue Sunday at Rogers Street Fishing Village. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:43:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305180186 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180179 In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:27:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180179 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180178 In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:26:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180178 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180177 Sean Collier, the MIT officer slain in the days after the Boston Marathon bombings, allegedly by the suspected bombers, liked a lot of things - hiking, country music and good beer, The Boston Globe reports. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:24:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180177 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180175 Gov. Rick Perry says the tornado-wrought devastation in a North Texas neighborhood is almost incomprehensible. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:22:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180175 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180173 It's not just the highways: With the summer recreational boating season just getting underway, several states are moving to cut down on boating under the influence. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:18:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180173 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180170 A look at events leading to the disclosure that the Internal Revenue Service placed conservative groups under special scrutiny for 18 months before the 2012 elections, a practice that has prompted congressional inquiries and a Justice Department criminal Fri, 17 May 2013 17:17:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/305180170 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/130517055 The second phase of the Rouse-Simmons dedication will take place Sunday with the unveiling of a statue at the Rogers Street Fishing Village in Two Rivers. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:11:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/130517055 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/130517039 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:22:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/130517039 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/130517023 A tea party group says the Internal Revenue Service asked about its involvement in efforts to verify signatures in the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Fri, 17 May 2013 09:21:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130517/MAN0101/130517023 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/130517021 Paul Hornung has been going to the Kentucky Derby since he was a kid growing up in Louisville. Fri, 17 May 2013 09:17:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/130517021 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305170285 Showers are likely in the Manitowoc area today, mainly before 1 p.m., according to the National Weather Service of Green Bay. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent, with new precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Fri, 17 May 2013 08:57:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305170285 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305170270 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:58:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/305170270 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/130516043 Thu, 16 May 2013 21:33:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130517/MAN0101/130516043 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/305170167 Work on the Capitol Civic Centre's $1.2 million renovation began this week. Thu, 16 May 2013 19:04:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/305170167 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/130516051 Gov. Scott Walker's administration reported Thursday that Wisconsin added more than 62,000 private sector jobs over the first two years of his term, less than a quarter of the 250,000 he promised to create by 2015. Thu, 16 May 2013 18:19:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/130516051 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/130516040 Citing the need to attend to family concerns, Jamie Weibeler has resigned as president and chief executive officer of Felician Village, according to a press release. He had joined the organization in January after succeeding Pat Kaldor who retired after eight years in the position. Thu, 16 May 2013 18:18:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/130516040 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170181 While hiding in a boat before his capture last month, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man later charged in the Boston Marathon bombings, allegedly scrawled a message on an inside wall of the vessel in which he claimed responsibility for the attacks, a law enforcem Thu, 16 May 2013 18:08:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170181 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170180 One of the last people seated in the witness box at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's murder trial was a character witness for a co-defendant, and had nothing to do with Gosnell's abortion clinic. Thu, 16 May 2013 18:08:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170180 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170178 Government information leaks and collisions with the media date back decades and decades. Think back to the Pentagon Papers. Thu, 16 May 2013 18:03:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170178 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/305180070 Asparagus may be the only vegetable available when the Farmers Market opens Saturday at 8 a.m. in the downtown Quay Street parking lot across from the Manitowoc Public Library. Thu, 16 May 2013 17:54:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/305180070 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/130516042 More than 850 Manitowoc County second-graders attended a mock trial at the county's courthouse where the wolf was charged with destruction of property and trespassing. Thu, 16 May 2013 17:52:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/130516042 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305180102 The House and Senate Agriculture Committees laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm bills that would shrink food aid and alter the way people qualify for it. Thu, 16 May 2013 17:50:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305180102 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/130516049 Investigators say a large wildfire caused by logging operations in northwestern Wisconsin wasn't intentionally set and criminal charges aren't expected. Thu, 16 May 2013 17:42:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/130516049 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/130516048 A mining company has reduced the number of test holes it plans to make for a proposed iron ore mine near Lake Superior. Thu, 16 May 2013 17:39:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/130516048 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170170 A school bus carrying severely disabled students home from a trip to the zoo rolled over Thursday on a highway near Indianapolis, injuring a dozen people, including five children, state police said. Thu, 16 May 2013 17:16:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170170 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/130516041 The Muscular Dystrophy Association announced that more than 200 residents and business leaders from the Lakeshore area will be participating in the Manitowoc Lock-Up to benefit MDA on May 29 at Rock N' Blues Haus, 939 S. Eighth St. Thu, 16 May 2013 17:05:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/130516041 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170154 A lawyer who has hounded O.J. Simpson for years to collect a multimillion-dollar civil judgment testified Thursday that items taken in the Las Vegas hotel room heist that put Simpson in prison didn't really belong to him. Thu, 16 May 2013 16:53:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170154 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170161 A man is recovering from injuries suffered when he was attacked by a black bear in Marinette County. Thu, 16 May 2013 16:52:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170161 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170155 The jury deciding the fate of convicted murderer Jodi Arias heard dramatic and emotional testimony Thursday from the family of the man she killed as they described how their lives were ripped apart by his death. Thu, 16 May 2013 16:49:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170155 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170168 A group of current and former Green Bay Packers is set to visit cadets at the Wisconsin National Guard's Challenge Academy. Thu, 16 May 2013 16:47:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170168 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170159 The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused of political meddling and bias. Thu, 16 May 2013 16:44:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/305170159 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/130516033 Thu, 16 May 2013 14:09:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/130516033 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/130516032 The Powerball jackpot jumped to $550 million on Thursday - the third largest lottery in history - as dreamers in all but the seven states where the game isn't played snatched up tickets for the minuscule chance at a life on easy street. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:13:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/130516032 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/130516031 Gov. Scott Walker's administration reported Thursday that Wisconsin added more than 62,000 private sector jobs over the first two years of his term, less than a quarter of the 250,000 he promised to create by 2015. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:09:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130516/MAN0101/130516031 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/305160224 The Manitowoc-area forecast calls for mostly sunny skies today, with a high near 64 degrees and north-northwest winds from 7 to 10 mph becoming east-northeast in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service of Green Bay. Thu, 16 May 2013 08:03:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/305160224 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/305160232 Thu, 16 May 2013 08:03:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130516/MAN0101/305160232