Archive for: December, 2021

School district phasing in new mask policy

By Tony Ends, Correspondent Brodhead schools’ mask policy changed last week for extra-curricular activities and events, but the change for normal school hours is delayed until 2022. The Brodhead School Board voted Dec. 8 to change from “masks required” to “masks highly recommended” for holiday concerts, sporting events, and activities […]

 
 

CHRISTY DIANNE BARNES

CHRISTY DIANNE BARNES

Jefferson/Brodhead– Christy Dianne Barnes, age 52, passed away on December 6, 2021 at the Fort AtkinsonHospital in Fort Atkinson, WI. > > Christy was born on February 18, 1969 in Monroe, WI, the daughter of Richard and Kathryn (Schoepfer) Olin. She was a Brodhead High School graduate in 1987. > […]

 
 

12/8/21 Brodhead Shopper

12/8/21 Brodhead Shopper

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Bygone Brodhead

Bygone Brodhead

Brodhead Historical Society member Polly Weeden said Wisconsin was on the northern edge of covered bridges. According to the local historian, there were 60 bridges in the state when the first started going up in the 1830s. Romantic theories offered as to why they were covered, but roofs were built […]

 
 

JAMES ARLAN COMBS

JAMES ARLAN COMBS

James Arlan Combs, 85, died  peacefully on Dec. 3, 2021 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Janesville while surrounded by family. He was born on Jan. 7, 1936 in Kentucky to the late Roscoe and Eva (Feltner) Combs. He married Linda Klapp in Durand, Illinois on Feb. 9, 1957. He worked […]

 
 

12/1/21 Brodhead Shopper

12/1/21 Brodhead Shopper

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