Opponents Take A Swing At Kohler Golf Course Plan

Critics well outnumbered supporters at a state Department of Natural Resources hearing in Sheboygan Falls on Wednesday night, as dozens testified on a state review of the Kohler Co.`s plan to build an elite golf course on its property along Lake Michigan just north of Kohler-Andrae State Park, in the Sheboygan County Town of Wilson.

But town resident James Tobin said his community isn`t looking for economic development at the expense of the environment.  

"The Town of Wilson doesn`t want to be a world class destination," Tobin said. "It would rather be like the fictional Lake Wobegon, a little town the world forgot."

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Ken Notes: The courses are not a bad use of land. I wonder if we could trade a shoreline trail for the park impact...