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From the April 7, 1933 Telegram: "Hundreds were on hand to welcome the beer. Cars lined Third street for three blocks on both sides of the street. Hundreds of cars drove back and forth in front of the warehouse carrying persons who stayed up to celebrate the occasion."
Megan Anne Turner of Esko; naturalist, adventurer, collector, and lover of all critters, died May 29, 2022. She was born July 22, 1951 in Bloomington, Illinois to Frank and Rosaire Turner. Her family moved to Sheboygan, Wisconsin when she was 12 years old. She was a 1970 graduate of Sheboygan North High School. Megan graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Superior and attended graduate school at the University of Minnesota. She worked a variety of jobs, including repairing watches, buying and selling antiques and collectables, and being a job counselor at AEOA. She was an advoc...
William Ho's of Shorewood might have been the longest-lasting area restaurant that said goodbye this year. But several others had decades of service, too.
The Soup House, a downtown fixture for more than 20 years, is in its last week of business. It will be open Tuesday through Thursday, serving bowls of Buffalo chicken on Tuesday, a new barbecue chili on Wednesday and beer cheese chowder on Thursday, among others, and then close for good. The restaurant, at 324 E. Michigan St., usually was busy with downtown workers at lunchtime. Many offices, however, continue to have their employees work from home because of the pandemic. "Downtown is such a ghost town now," said co-owner Ruby Erickson, who noted that the weekday, lunchtime business and...
It relied heavily on downtown office workers, a scarce commodity once the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in March 2020. The restaurant regularly operated only on Tuesday through Thursday with lunchtime service. It will continue those hours for its final week. The Soup House will offer four house-made soups Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. through 2 p.m. Carryout and dine-in service are available. Standard offerings of chicken and creamy tomato will be available on a rotating schedule, as will two new soups: BBQ chili (Wednesday only) and carrot coconut curry (Thursday). The popular b...