A change may be brewing among planning leaders of Sherwood. Among some, there is a desire to require stricter building standards so Sherwood looks more appealing. On the other hand, those stricter standards do come at a higher building cost.

In the hours since being elected Sheboygans new mayor, Terry Van Akkeren has been a busy man.

The reasons forwarded for the robbery at the Roman Catholic Church in Diepsloot, which resulted in the killing of one of its leading priests, ranged from a suggestion “that they should fetch the money which people donated on Sundays”, to a plan to “rob people so that they could obtain money for beer.”