Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Sheboygan, WI

Sheboygan is the county seat of Sheboygan County, located on the western shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Sheboygan River, about 50 miles north of Milwaukee.

The city was first platted in 1836, when investors laid out more than a thousand lots, and it was incorporated as a city on March 19, 1853.

One theory holds that the name Sheboygan comes from a Chippewa word for a waterway passing between lakes, while in the Menominee language the place was called Sāpīwǣhekaneh, meaning "at a hearing distance in the woods."

A wave of German immigrants fleeing the failed revolutions of 1848 made Sheboygan known for its German character by 1849, and Dutch, Irish, Slovenian and later Hmong and Latino communities followed.

The 2020 census counted 49,929 people in Sheboygan living in 21,041 households, and the wider Sheboygan metropolitan area held 118,034 residents.

Sheboygan is famous as the "Bratwurst Capital of the World," a title it celebrates every summer at Johnsonville Brat Days, which features the Johnsonville World Bratwurst Eating Championship.

Sheboygan also calls itself the "Malibu of the Midwest" for its freshwater surfing on Lake Michigan, with about two miles of sandy public beaches along the shore.

The Acuity Insurance flagpole in Sheboygan, dedicated on June 16, 2014, rises 400 feet — nearly 100 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty — making it the tallest flagpole in North America, flying a 60-by-120-foot American flag above a veterans memorial.

Downtown Sheboygan is home to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, a nationally known contemporary art museum celebrated for its artist-built environments, which opened a satellite space called the Art Preserve in 2021.

The University of Wisconsin–Green Bay maintains its Sheboygan Campus in the city, and Sheboygan's public high schools are Sheboygan North and Sheboygan South.