News Digest
German Night in City Park Thursday
The City Park summer concert series will wrap up in grand style Thursday with the 32nd annual German Night concert.
The night will feature three different bands — the Plymouth Municipal Band in their last performance for the summer, the Plymouth High School Junge Kameraden and Dorf Kapelle under the direction of Ernie Broenimann.
The Junge Kameraden will begin the evening’s show at 6 p.m., followed by the Municipal Band at 7 p.m. and the Dorf Kapelle at 8 p.m., all on the bandstand on Grove Street in City Park.
To complete the evening the Plymouth High School Performing Arts Booster Club will begin serving authentic German food, including Spanferkel, bratwurst, German potato salad and more, at 3 p.m. The Municipal Band will present the beer garden on the west side of the bandstand.
Storm knocks out power in parts of city
Thunderstorms Wednesday night and early Thursday morning caused scattered and significant power outages in the area, Plymouth Utilities reported.
Some 80 customers in Plymouth — in the area north of Eastern Avenue including Highland Avenue, Kensington Avenue, Hilltop Lane, Bruns Avenue, Salem Drive, Bonnie Court, Bishop Avenue, Samuel Court and Douglas Drive — lost power at 12:40 a.m. Thursday when lightning knocked out a portion of an electrical distribution circuit. The outage also affected one of the city’s sewage lift stations located in the 400 block of Highland Avenue, but did not cause any sewage related problems.
The power was for two-and-a-half hours before a crew was able to safely energize the circuit by 3:10 a.m., according to Plymouth Utilities.
Another outage at 6:19 a.m. Thursday affected some 120 customers in Plymouth south of State 57 — including Milwaukee Street, Suhrke Road, Grove Street, Krumrey Street, Marshner Street, Victor Court, Edna Street, Forest Avenue, Caroline Street and Smith Street. The outage was caused by broken pole. It lasted until 7:30 a.m., when a crew was able to re-energize the line while work continued on replacing the pole.
Staff at the Plymouth Wastewater Treatment Plant reported that Plymouth received 2.65 inches of rain in the storm.
MFC to hold annual picnic
Military Families Connect (MFC) of the Family Resource Center of Sheboygan County invites everyone with a loved one in the Armed Forces (Reserve, Guard and active duty) and service members to their monthly meeting Monday, July 26.
This will be the annual MFC Picnic in the Park from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at the Plymouth City Park lower shelter, Grove Street, Plymouth.
The city of Plymouth is graciously providing a limited number of pool passes to be used on this date at the Aquatic Center. Tom and Jerry’s Mini Golf is also providing passes for 1 complimentary game of mini golf per member.
All passes will be available on a first come basis with pre-registration. They will be available at the Plymouth FRC location on Monday, July 26, from 1 to 3 p.m., and at the lower shelter after 4 p.m. Registration is required for complimentary passes.
This is a great opportunity to share and get to know other military families and friends from the area. The potluck meal will begin at 5:30 p.m. Please bring a dish to share and your own beverage. Plates, napkins and silverware will be provided.
Contact the FRC to register for the meeting or find out more information about this group at (920) 892- 6706 or by email at mfc@excel.net MFC meetings are held the fourth Monday of each month.
I-43 event ramp to be paved this week
Paving is tentatively set to begin later this week on the Interstate 43 town of Mosel event interchange, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation regional office in Green Bay.
The contractor plans to complete the marsh excavation and complete the base course early this week. The $670,000 project at Rowe Road involves grading, base aggregate, foundry sand, asphalt paving, pavement marking, a ramp gate, and incidentals to complete the work on the southbound on-ramp. It is scheduled for completion July 24.
Traffic will be reduced to one lane on I-43 southbound from Orchard Road to one mile south of Rowe Road from 6 a.m. Monday to 2 p.m. Friday. I-43 northbound will be reduced to one lane from one mile south of Orchard Road to Orchard Road from 6 a.m. Monday to 12 p.m. Friday. Rowe Road will remain open to traffic.
On State 23 this week, the contractor will continue shouldering, pavement marking, signing, and landscaping work along the eastbound and westbound lanes, as well as continue shouldering at the State 57 ramps at State 23 and the State 32 ramps at State 23.
The 10-mile, $4.9 million project from County P to State 32 involves concrete dowel bar retrofit warranted, concrete diamond grinding, concrete pavement repair, concrete pavement replacement, concrete approach slabs, culvert maintenance, sign removal and installation asphaltic shoulders, beam guard upgrades, traffic control, pavement marking sawing existing pavement and incidentals necessary to complete work.
Traffic is reduced to one lane in each direction along State 23 from County P to State 32. The State 32 ramps will be closed from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. for five nights starting Monday, July 19. The ramps will reopen Saturday morning, July 24.
