I collected my mail yesterday and found correspondence from the Department of Transportation advising me it was time to renew my automobile registration. Opening the letter,…
The Periscope Group
A recent article in the Herald Times Reporter (linked below) once again highlights what is believed to be “bizarre” behavior by Manitowoc Alderman Rhienna Gabriel. The…
As an interested citizen and a member of THE PERISCOPE GROUP, on another snowy night in Manitowoc, I visited the Capital Civic Center, along with…
The Scope is getting a little bit closer to the answer on Kamogawa funding for elected officials. After getting next to zero cooperation from the City…
A few weeks ago we published an article entitled “Digging Deeper into the Kamogawa Sister City Relationship—Part I” (https://theperiscopegroup.org/kamogawa-part1) This article obviously implied a Part II…
The Periscope Group recently had the opportunity to sit down with Manitowoc County’s new Sheriff, Dan Hartwig. Sheriff Hartwig was sworn in on Monday, January…
A recent Facebook post asked who pays for the mayor and aldermen to travel to Manitowoc’s sister city of Kamogawa, Japan? In typical Facebook fashion,…
The slate of candidates for Manitowoc City Council has been set. The election will be held on Tuesday, April 2. In Manitowoc, there are 10…
The two basic types of government structures allowable in Wisconsin cities are the mayoral system and the city manager system. The mayoral system (also known…
At its upcoming December 18 meeting, the Manitowoc County Board will consider selling 93.48 acres that it owns in the Town of Newton to a…