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"Twisters" ready to terrify a new generation just like "Twister" did for my generation in 1996.
Over the years, I've had (fictional) people as me, "Jon, what was the scariest movie you saw growing up?" Had to be something like Nightmare on Elm Street, or The Exorcist, or Polar Express*, right? Wrong. The most terrifying movie I saw growing up was this bad boy right here: Nightmare fuel. What's weird is that ...
5h ago
The Defense has it's day
We've heard from just about everyone outside of the returning veterans as the 2024 Green Bay Packers year takes root with the planting of the off-season program. That may have to wait until the Organized Team Activities bring the vets onto the practice field with the new arrivals in a couple of weeks. The Rookies had the...
May 09, 2024
Kaufmann Stadium: A Review.
My wife and I continued our quest (it's a quest for fun!) to make it to all of the MLB ballparks with a trip to Kansas City during the latest Brewer road trip. It's a stadium that we've wanted to get to for a long time, and one that I think looks really cool anytime I see a TV broadcast of a Royals game (which happens with ...
May 09, 2024
Offensive minded
The Green Bay Packers march toward the 2024 season is just getting started. The coaching staff changes and promotions have been made, the roster has been settled with free agency and the draft and the rookies were in for their mini-camp last weekend. Phase two of the off-season program will bring the rookies and vetera...
May 08, 2024
Local News
NFL Sending Football Milwaukee-Green Bay via "Pedal to the Draft" Bike Relay
Honoring a tradition unique to Green Bay within the NFL, a football symbolizing the transfer of the NFL Draft from Detroit to Green Bay will be delivered to Lambeau Field via bicycle relay from Milwaukee. The first hand-off will be at Milwaukee's Lake Express Ferry Terminal as Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer will hand th...
9h ago
Midnight Piper Remembers Fallen Officers
The plaintive strains of "Amazing Grace" could be heard above the wind in Sheboygan as clocks chimed midnight last night. The presentation was part of a statewide "Midnight Piper" event that remembers and honors fallen law enforcement officers as part of National Peace Officer Memorial Day. In Sheboyga...
9h ago
Flags Ordered to Half Staff to Honor Hmong-Lao Veterans Day
Governor Evers has ordered the Wisconsin and US Flags to be flown at half-staff today in honor of Hmong-Lao Veterans Day. The observance recognizes the thousands of Hmong-Lao people who fought alongside the United States and, following the end of the Vietnam war, faced harsh retribution from the Vietnamese and Lao governme...
9h ago
Sheboygan Stabbing Suspect Sentenced
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - It'll be 7 years in prison for Daquan Jackson, the Sheboygan man charged with Attempted first degree intentional homicide for stabbing his mother in April of 2022. Judge George Limbeck handing down that sentence in Sheboygan County Court Monday afternoon. Jackson had entered a guilty plea to the fel...
11h ago
State Stewardship Grant Sought to Improve Rocky Knoll Bike Trail System
Sheboygan County is hoping that a state grant will improve the experience for those seeking a thrill by visiting a nursing home. That does sound ironic, but in fact, Rocky Knoll - the iconic Sheboygan County Health Care facility tucked into the fringes of the Kettle Moraine, has three mountain bike trails winding through t...
May 13, 2024
Entertainment News
Sony rethinking its bid for Paramount, CNBC reports
(Reuters) - Sony Pictures is rethinking its bid for Paramount Global, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing sources, sending the shares of the U.S. media company down more than 7%. Sony and Paramount did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for c...
2h ago
Factbox-Cannes 2024: Who are the jury members presided by Greta Gerwig?
CANNES (Reuters) - Almost as prestigious as winning the Palme d'Or, the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, is being on the jury that picks the winner. Artists from around the world who have made a name for themselves in their respective field are pi...
8h ago
Cannes festival director laments focus on controversies rather than cinema
CANNES (Reuters) - Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux lamented on Monday an increased focus in recent years on political and social issues in the movie industry, which he said came at the expense of the actual films. "In the past, people...
May 13, 2024
Director Mohammad Rasoulof flees Iran ahead of Cannes premiere
CANNES (Reuters) - Mohammad Rasoulof, a celebrated Iranian director whose latest film is competing in the Cannes Film Festival, has fled Iran after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging. In a statement dated Sunday, Rasoulof said he...
May 13, 2024
'Downton Abbey' to return with a third movie
LONDON (Reuters) - The fictitious Crawley family and their servants running a sprawling English country estate in the early 20th century are returning for a third "Downton Abbey" movie, which will feature old and new faces. The award-winning "Downt...
May 13, 2024