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Jerry Apps in Belleville
By Kim Tschudy Jerry Apps, Wisconsin's chronicler of all things rural in Wisconsin, was in Belleville this past Thursday night as a guest of the...
40th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Many people recall that cold and very windy Monday night, November 10, 1975, as we sat before our TV sets, the wind howling like a werewolf on Halloween and heard the following, "we interrupt this...
Faith Family Shredding Day
In his book, The Land Remembers, Ben Logan writes, once you have lived on the land, been a partner with its moods, secrets, and seasons, you cannot...
New Bridal Shop and Tea House Opens on Second Street in New Glarus
By Kim Tschudy A new bridal shop and tea house, Very Tres Chic and Paper Moon Tea House, opened recently in the former Disch Hardware building on the...
Turner Hall November Swiss Heritage Night, Within These Walls
What do Jack Dempsey, Lawrence Welk, John F. Kennedy, Susan B. Anthony and Marie Blumer-Hoesly have in common? The most likely answer is probably, “not much,” but in this instance they have much...
Elkins Canoe Trip - A Fundraiser to Support TBI Research
Sigurd F. Olson, a life-long teacher/writer/mentor, in 1946, wrote of the Quetico Superior Wilderness Area, “wilderness to the people of America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high...
A Salute to Vietnam Era Veterans
This Sunday, October 4th, the Behring Senior Center and Aging & Disability Resource Center will present A Salute to Vietnam Era Veterans, beginning at 1:30 p.m., at the Monroe High School, with doors...
Monticello Empty Stocking Benefit
Driving north on Highway 69, about one mile south of Monticello, an opening in the rolling landscape offers a brief and fleeting glimpse of what appea...
The New Glarus Historical Society Hosts Annual Capitol Area Local History Conference
For the first time in a number of years, the New Glarus Historical Society hosted the Capitol Region of Local History, Conference, a one-day seminar on local history which is held annually in various...
56th Annual Log Church Commemorative Service
The Swiss Historical Village on Saturday, August 15, 2015, hosted the 56th Annual Log Church Commemorative Service in the log church on the...
Car Wash and Laundromat Groundbreaking
Between Angela and Don Neff and their collective businesses, it could be said that they can help you fix it up or paint it with the stock at New...
Heavy Bombers Weekend
For the past three years, the Madison chapter of the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Assn) has hosted Heavy Bombers Weekend, a week ahead of the annual...
Rededication of the Green County Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Monticello
5:45 a.m., July 12, 2015. Unlike the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, which is best viewed the first time at night for reasons that...
Single Oak Farm Country Garden Stroll
Driving north on HWY 92 toward Mount Vernon on Sunday afternoon, the sun was positioned just perfectly, casting its light upon the farmland ahead....
Primrose Lutheran Church 165th Anniversary
The day began cloudy and overcast with a threat of rain, but as you stepped into the Primrose Lutheran Church this past Sunday morning, it felt as if...
Edelweiss Cheese Authentic Wisconsin Opens in New Glarus
Downtown New Glarus has a new business that recently opened. Edelweiss Cheese Authentic Wisconsin is now open from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., each day, located in the New Glarus Hotel building on the first...
Green's Prairie Cemetery Memorial Day Program
A disturbing phone call in early April told of vandalism at the Green's Prairie Cemetery, just north of Postville. The caller related that one of the members of the Green's Prairie Cemetery Assn. had...
April 2015
April 2015 marks the end of two horrific blots on American history. April 9th was commemorated as the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, as General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General U....
Herbert Kubly Retrospective
Sunday, April 26, marks the 100th anniversary of New Glarus author, playwright, professor, and world traveler, born on the family farm, 1.5 miles east of New Glarus. Kubly holds the distinction of bei...
Primrose Lutheran Church begins 160th Anniversary Year
It stands at the top of a windy ridge in the Town of Primrose, on a road aptly named Ridge Drive, a mental hitching post to the past and also a beacon...
