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Manitowoc man is arrested for planking [photos]

Posted on December 9, 2011

19-year-old Alexander Hart of Manitowoc, Wisconsin was definitely into the planking craze.

Back in May, he and his 20-year-old brother, Ryan, took photos of themselves planking on top of an ATM, at Walmart and Lowe's, on top of a police car, and on top of a police memorial. Then they posted the photos to Facebook.

The cops got word of the photos and probably would've let them go...if the guys hadn't planked on the police car and the memorial.

They found that TOO disrespectful, so they tracked down Alexander and Ryan, and arrested them for disorderly conduct.

And this week, Alexander was found guilty. He was fined $303. Ryan's trial will be held next week.


SEE ALL OF HIS PLANKING PHOTOS HERE!

Filed under  //   Manitowoc   crime   photo   planking  

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Man steals lingerie and fishing equipment during burglary at Manitowoc Fleet Farm

Posted on April 7, 2011

Police were called to the Manitowoc store at about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday when an after-hours employee looking at a store monitor noticed a man walking through the sporting goods department. The store was closed and all doors to the business were locked at the time.

Officer Jeremy Weber and police dog, Aik, responded to the scene. As the suspect was about to leave through the front entrance, Weber pointed his weapon at him from outside the store and ordered him to the ground while waiting for police backup.

After he was taken into custody, the suspect said he watched enough television shows to know what dogs could do and he did not want to get bitten.

The suspect was in possession of less than $100 worth of merchandise including women’s lingerie and fishing equipment.

Filed under  //   Fleet Farm   Manitowoc   crime   fishing   lingerie  

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The AP spells out it out for readers: (MAN'-ih-toh-walk)

Posted on January 18, 2011

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President Obama is going to be in Manitowoc on Wednesday January 26, but even more newsworthy is the Associated Press had to phonetically spell out Manitowoc to let readers know how to pronounce it!

(MAN'-ih-toh-walk)

Related: You're probably from Wisconsin... Oconomowoc

 

Image from: http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_15980/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=W2cne9t3

Filed under  //   Manitowoc   Obama   President  

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Manitowoc's Most Wanted

Posted on October 1, 2010

The Manitowoc Police Department has updated the city’s most wanted list. Each person has a warrant out for his or her arrest on various charges and commitments. Anyone has information on the whereabouts of the following people, can call the Manitowoc Police Department at (920) 686-6500 or the Manitowoc County Crime Stoppers at (920) 683-4466 and remain anonymous. The warrants listed were active as of Aug. 26, 2010. Captured Count = 9
Kristi Ackley
Crescenciano Cosimiro Mendez-Garcia
Daniel Ciliberto
Gerson Daniel Valdez-Sandoval
Grant Patrick Ponder

Here's just a sample of the flagrant hooligans wanted in Manitowoc. Click the htrnews.com link above to see the complete list to help send these people to jail.

Filed under  //   Manitowoc   crime  

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Manitowoc's Sputnikfest on best funky festivals list

Posted on May 12, 2010

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Manitowoc's Sputnikfest is named among the top five best "funky festivals and eccentric events" across the country in the June/ July issue of Reader's Digest. 

 The festival commemorates the day in September 1962 that a glowing hot chunk of the Soviet satellite Sputnik IV landed in the middle of North Eighth Street, right in front of the Rahr-West Art Museum. The museum organizes the annual festival, which includes a Miss Space Debris contest and Artta This World art fair.

Read all about it

Image: Francesco Marino / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

 

Filed under  //   Manitowoc   Sputnik   festivals  

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Manitowoc Wisconsin Woman feeds bear at zoo & gets fingers bitten off

Posted on March 8, 2010

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A 47-year-old grandmother put her hand through a fence, ignoring all warning signs, to feed an Asiatic black bear at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, IL. Manitowoc, WI.

Tracy Weiler of Manitowoc, WI lost a thumb and forefinger in the incident. Her middle and ring fingers were also partially severed. Her boyfriend, Lawrence Bosworth, suffered minor injuries while attempting to free her from the bear's jaws. The woman's 3-year-old granddaughter was not injured.

Police say alcohol was a factor in the incident.

Read the story


Image: Michael Elliott / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Filed under  //   Manitowoc   animals   bear   wtf  

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