Need to recycle TVs, light bulbs or electronics? You can at this Two Rivers event in June, plus more news in brief.
TWO RIVERS – Two Rivers Utilities will hold an electronics recycling drive from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 11 at the Electric Utility Office, 1415 Lake St., Two Rivers.
A fee will be required to recycle items such as TVs, monitors, fluorescent and incandescent light bulbs, and batteries.
No fee will be required for items such as electronics, rechargeable batteries and non-PCB ballasts.
Large appliances will not be accepted.
Visit www.two-rivers.org/trwl/page/recycle-event for more information and associated fees.
Two Rivers Utilities has collected more than 15 tons of recycling items during its electronics, bulb and batteries recycling collection events since 2010. Electronics are the fastest-growing segment of the municipal solid waste stream and may contain hazardous materials including lead, chromium and mercury. Keeping electronics out of landfills reduces negative impacts to both environmental and human health. In Wisconsin, certain items — including TVs, computers and cell phones — are banned from Wisconsin landfills under a 2009 law.
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Get ready for Clipper City Chordsmen's summer schedule
The Clipper City Chordsmen has unveiled its summer performance schedule.
The men’s a cappella barbershop singing group from Manitowoc was to kick off its summer schedule by performing at the Manitowoc County Peace Officers Memorial ceremony at 2:45 p.m. May 15 outside Manitowoc County Courthouse.
Next up, the group will perform May 27 at the city of Manitowoc’s Memorial Day Ceremony at the Veterans Memorial on North 18th Street. That ceremony begins at the conclusion of the Memorial Day Parade, which steps off at 9 a.m. downtown.
At 6 p.m. July 20, the Chordsmen will perform for the Schmitt Reunion Show on the Schmitt Brothers Stage at Central Park in Two Rivers.
And then at 6 p.m. Aug. 8, the group will be back on the Schmitt Brothers Stage for a Two Rivers Concert in the Park.
The summer season concludes with a performance Sept. 21 at a fundraiser to support music education at the Franciscan Center for Music Education and Performance, 6751 Calumet Ave., Manitowoc. Admission to this event is by free-will offering.
For more about the Clipper City Chordsmen, go to clippercitychordsmen.org.
Mark your calendar for Felician Village’s Summer Bistro Concert Series
Manitowoc’s Felician Village will host its first of four free summer outdoor concerts at 5:30 p.m. June 5 at the main entrance of The Bistro with Mission Karaoke singing summer hits.
Mystic Moods Polka Band will perform favorites from Romy Gosz, Gene Heier, Doleysh Bros., Wayne Johnson and more at 5:45 p.m. July 10.
A special show featuring Elvis tribute artist Alan Graveen will be held at 6 p.m. Aug. 5. Graveen started performing more than 20 years ago as an Elvis tribute artist.
The Bobby Darren & Sheila Marie Country Music Show, paying homage to the Grand Ole Opry legends, will close out the summer concert series at 6 p.m. Aug. 14.
Before each concert, brats and hamburgers with the fixings, along with refreshments, will be available for purchase from 5 to 6:30 p.m. A 50/50 raffle will also be held to help support the Felician Village transportation program, FV on the Go.
The Bistro is at 1700 S. 18th St., Manitowoc. Those attending should take a chair.
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UnitedOne Credit Union announces scholarship recipients
Dylan Johnston and Saryah Jacoby are the recipients of UnitedOne Credit Union’s two $1,000 scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year.
Johnston, a Manitowoc native and 2017 Lincoln High School graduate, earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from UW-Green Bay and is in the master of arts in counseling program at Lakeland University.
Jacoby, a Sheboygan native, is a senior at Sheboygan South High School. She will be attending UW-Whitewater in the fall to pursue a degree in education.
UnitedOne offers one scholarship to a Manitowoc County resident and one to a Sheboygan County resident each year. Johnston and Jacoby were chosen by an independent panel, which judged applicants based on a written essay.
Quality Roasting CEO joins Bank First board
Erin A. Davis, chief executive officer of Quality Roasting, Inc., has been appointed to the Bank First Board of Directors effective April 16.
Quality Roasting is a Wisconsin-based soybean processing company, manufacturing soybean products for the feed and food industries. Davis joined the company in 2016 as director of business operations. In 2020, she founded QR Transport, LLC, a bulk transportation company offering food-grade hauling services. Before her roles at Quality Roasting, she worked for Swedish-based company Tetra Pak, where she held various engineering, sales and management roles in their dairy food processing division.
Davis has also been nominated to the Board of Directors of Bank First Corporation, subject to a vote by the shareholders at the annual shareholder meeting June 17.
This article originally appeared on Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter: Two Rivers electronics recycling drive takes TVs, fluorescent bulbs
