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The family of the late Kent Joranlien of Poynette, Wis. has pledged $125,000 to the Kelch Aviation Museum at Brodhead Airport. The funds will be used to build the “Kent E. Joranlien Memorial Fellowship Hall in the new museum facility planned for construction in 2018. Kent Joranlien was a founding […]
By Derek Hoesly, Correspondent – A handful of brilliant individual performances propelled the Cardinal girls to fourth and Cardinal boys to fifth place at the Rock Valley conference meet last Thursday. The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater hosted the meet. The Cardinals had two runers finish in the top 10 in the […]
By Derek Hoesly, Correspondent – In a steady downpour the East Troy Trojans picked up a 34-0 Rock Valley victory over the Brodhead-Juda (2-7 Rock Valley, seventh place) Cardinals in the regular season finale last Friday. The Trojans marched 68-yards on six plays on the opening drive of the game […]
By Ryan Broege, Editor Brodhead resident Kim Johnson has penned a collection of religious devotionals titled, “Shut Up and Listen!: Lessons God was Teaching Me When I Didn’t Realize I was Learning.” The book, just over 200 pages, is a collection of experiences drawn directly from Johnson’s life that was […]
By Ryan Broege, Editor The former fitness center at 804 23rd St. in Brodhead is uniquely suited to meet the city’s needs for a senior center, as well as host of other needs, according to members of the senior center committee, some of whom were part of the original committee […]
John A. Komperda, born July 12, 1954 in Chicago, Ill., died Oct. 2, 2017, in Albany, Wis. John attended Catholic schools in Chicago and was a life-long learner: a knowledgeable fan of history, rock n roll, movies and American culture from all decades of his life and could converse about […]
Brodhead – Earl L. Tate, 85, of Brodhead, passed away on Friday at his home. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 11, 2017, at the D.L. Newcomer Funeral Home, Brodhead, Wis. Visitation was held from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, October 10, 2017, at the funeral […]
Attention youth hoopsters: Attention young hoopsters in grades four through eight, if you want to play traveling basketball this winter, registration will be held at the Brodhead High School gym on Monday, Oct. 16 and Wednesday, Oct. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. This will be the time to pay […]
Derek Hoesly, Correspondent – The Evansville-Albany Blue Devils (5-3 Rock Valley, fourth place) dominated the third quarter in route to a 35-7 Rock Valley victory over the Brodhead-Juda Cardinals (2-6 Rock Valley, seventh place) last Friday. The Cardinals got deep into Blue Devil’s territory midway through the first quarter. Sophomore […]
Ryan Broege, Editor – The jig was up as soon as Brodhead resident David Davenport looked at his ringing phone around 11 a.m. last Wednesday. The call, according to the caller ID, originated in Jamaica. “As soon as I saw it was coming from Jamaica, I knew it was (a […]
