5 May 2025

Green Lake Park scheduled to open May 24

It won’t be long and a popular park that was vacant for a decade will open for a second season. The Mountain Historical Society maintains Green Lake Park, located just south of Mountain on state highways 32 and 64. The society will reopen the park May 24, in time for the first busy holiday weekend of the tourist season. Visitors who checked out the park last year will see some major improvements, according to society President Brenda Carey-Mielke
5 May 2025
Fire chief cautions against burning when conditions are dry
Last week’s rain brought some relief from fire danger, but April was extremely dry, Gillett Fire Chief Kurt Hicks told the city council during its monthly meeting May 1. “My assistant chief and myself did a bit of cruising around town on our own, just kind of keeping tabs on things, and we did go to a number of homes where they had fires going,” Hicks said.
5 May 2025
Art restoration leads to discovery of murder
Rylie Dark has written many books but was unfamiliar to me when I selected “The Unknown Wife.” It is the second of her Aria Brandt mysteries. I have not read the first book, but I gleaned that Aria Brandt has established herself in the field of art restoration. She has a keen eye for detail that aids in her work but also puts her in danger.
5 May 2025
State milk production up slightly from a year ago
Milk production in Wisconsin during March totaled 2.78 billion pounds, up slightly from the previous March according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Milk Production report. The average number of milk cows during March, at 1.27 million head, was unchanged from the previous month but down 5,000 from March 2024.
5 May 2025
College News
UW-Whitewater Haley Ruehle, an art education major from Shawano, is a member of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women’s bowling team, which punched its ticket to the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Intercollegiate Team Championships after finishing fourth in the Addison, Illinois, sectional on March 7-9.
5 May 2025
Wittenberg Middle School honor roll announced
Officials at Wittenberg Middle School have released the second trimester honor roll. High Honor Roll Eighth grade: David Dillon, Robert Dombeck, Aakyah Fuhrman, Grace Hegewald, Phoenix Horacek, Reese Kasprak, Luke Olson, Addison Ostrowski, Rebekah Pockat, Monty Salveson, Adriana Schmidt. Seventh grade: Flynn Bushman, Arianna Centeno, Jose Cervantes, Bryson Depies, Maiyah Granquist, Nathaniel Horne, Korbin Kulas, Kendyll Ladwig, Blakely Larson, Co
5 May 2025
Bonduel High School third quarter honor roll released
The 2024-25 third quarter honor roll for Bonduel High School has been announced. High Honors (GPA 95.0 and higher) Seniors: Race Anvelink, Hailey Berg, Tucker Bosman, Lauren Brovold, Landon DeJardin, Jeffrey Dendler Jr., Addison Diemel, Teagan Engel, Adrian Ford, Laura Frea, Abbi Heller, Dylan Hillsberg, Annika Bianca Hinay, Rachyl Hutter, Sera Hyzer, Nicole Marquette, Lila Melchior, Taylor Rank, Isabella Roberts, Samuel Roberts, Dalton Schmidt,
Obituaries 5 May 2025
Marvin L. Beyersdorf
Marvin L. Beyersdorf, 81, of the Town of Wyoming, passed away May 2, 2025. Eberhardt-Stevenson Funeral Home and Crematory of Marion.
5 May 2025
Rainy weather hampers fieldwork statewide
Wisconsin had 3.3 days suitable for fieldwork statewide for the week ending April 27, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Another rainy week hampered efforts to begin widespread fieldwork statewide. Activities included manure application, tillage and planting as conditions allowed. Topsoil moisture condition rated 1% very short, 10% short, 65% adequate and 24% surplus.
5 May 2025
A sign of progress
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