The town filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Sheboygan, Wis., alleging that the city “improperly annexed land from the town” in cooperation with Kohler Co. to develop the golf course. The town alleges the city improperly reached the land by a “balloon-on-a-string” annexation, seizing land that is not contiguous to the bordering area. Town of…

The company is proposing that 500 acres of land, which includes the site of a golf course it wants to develop along Lake Michigan, be annexed into the city of Sheboygan, Wis., from the Town of Wilson, Wis. “It is in the public’s best interest to have the project be located in a financially stable municipality like the City of Sheboygan, which is able to provide on a long-term basis the appropriate level of services to both the project and residents,” Dirk Willis of Kohler Co. said.