Andrea Linsmeier News Today

In 1899, a local barber and a local professor predicted the world would end on Oct. 13 and Nov. 13, respectively. They were both wrong.

German immigrants to Manitowoc in the 1830s and 1840s wrote home to entice friends and family to come to the promised land.

The flag was made by Manitowoc County women in 1861 to support men during the war. It included white silk donated by a Chicago woman.

While we often hear about the Gatsbys and the Roaring Twenties, heres what life was like for the average Manitowoc resident in the 1920s.

Heres a look at auto firsts in Manitowoc County, including the first train-car crash, the first car, the first speeding case and first two-car crash.

More than 7,000 workers in Manitowoc worked 7 days a week to build 28 submarines during the war. Others produced things like canteens and fuel tanks.