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Inspired by a trip to Argentina in which artist Brian Carlson learned about the victims of the decades-ago genocide in the country, Carlson has set towards helping to set the record straight.

Maritime Ford is proud to offer four incredibly stylish and capable Ford vehicles for drivers in the Manitowoc area.

The lead sponsor of the food stamp legislation which would mandate recipients buy healthier food says he'll lobby the federal government if the bill passes the state Senate.

While an official welcome home ceremony for the S.S. Badger Car Ferry is scheduled for later this month, a crowd welcomed it to port Monday for another season of sailing.

A new study shows many high school football players say they'd continue to play even if they had a possible concussion.

The S.S. Badger is marking 60 years of linking Manitowoc, Wis. and Ludington, Mich.

The state pays some landlords significantly higher rent than average to house some sex offenders, a practice that has prompted a legislative audit on the supervised released program.

Since 1992, the S.S. Badger car ferry has transported more than 2.5 million passengers between Manitowoc and Ludington, Mich.

As the effect of the Kewaunee Power Station closing ripples out from the shore of Lake Michigan into the community, Fat Boyz 2 bar and grill, five miles away in Tisch Mills, will be one of the first businesses to feel the impact.

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TV in Milwaukee reports the state is paying $1,500 a month for a 480-square-foot house in Manitowoc -- about five times the going rate.

The Manitowoc-area forecast calls for a 50 percent chance of rain today, according to the National Weather Service of Green Bay.

Eau Claire police say a kayaker made up a report of two missing canoeists that prompted a search of the Chippewa River.

Tuesday, police and rescue crews in Eau Claire began a multi-agency search in the river, after a kayaker called police.

I cannot disagree that Manitowoc culture tends to lean on the alcoholic side of things, but assuming the efforts to save the Budweiser tower are fueled by our uncontrollable urge for alcohol consumption is ridiculous.

When the movie "The Producers," written by comedian Mel Brooks, came out in 1968, the late movie critic Roger Ebert called it "one of the funniest movies ever made." The laughs continued when Brooks later re-tooled the movie into a musical play, which ran for 2,502 performances on Broadway and won a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards.

Judging by what's been happening to our nation recently, this certainly seems like an appropriate time to pray for our country.

Season-ticket brochures for the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc Lakeshore Wind Ensemble and Lakeshore Big Band's 2013-2014 concert series were mailed to patrons last month.

The film is being shown in both 3D and 2D. Rated PG-13. 2 hours, 10 minutes. "Pain and Gain" -- Three bodybuilders get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes awry.