When I got on the phone with Tom Wheeler, CEO of Wigwam Mills in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, I couldn’t help mentioning that I was sure my six siblings and I helped their business thrive in the late 1970s ...

This story is part of a Streetwise series on “How It’s Made” in Sheboygan. The series will help give a behind-the-scenes look at how businesses and crafters across Sheboygan County make the goods you ...

Wigwam Socks wants to get a few steps closer to becoming a zero-landfill company and will to warm a few more feet in the process. The Sheboygan, Wisconsin-based mill -- which has been knitting socks ...

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SHEBOYGAN - Wigwam, a family-owned maker of premium socks, recently opened its first outlet store at its Sheboygan factory location. Thomas Wheeler, president and CEO of Wigwam, said the company had ...

SHEBOYGAN -- Brian Kramp spent the morning in Sheboygan at Wigwam Mills. Wigwam Mills has been knitting socks for more than a century. Brian is learning what happens on the factory floor and the ...

It’s not hard to imagine how sock-maker Wigwam Mills Inc. could have lost its footing. This is an old company in an old industry. The firm dates to 1905 and knits every one of its millions of pairs of ...

You know someone is starting to take a sport seriously when they start to take their socks seriously. Sure, it may not be the most exciting piece of gear you can purchase, but once you start wearing ...