By Jean Seegers, REPORTER The controversy surrounding the proposed 260 mile, multi-billion-dollar Great Lakes Basin Railroad (GLBT) alternative route continues to rage. Last September, the privately owned GLBT submitted a proposal to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that laid out a route that would run along the west side […]
By Celeste Lightner-Greenwalt, FOR THE CLINTON TOPPER The November meeting of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce was held at Boxcars Pub and Grub. There was no Secretary’s Report offered. The Treasurer’s Report was offered; a motion to approve the report was made by K.Collins, and seconded by Chief Hooker. Motion […]
By Derek Hoesly, Correspondent The Cardinals (1-4 overall, 1-3 Rock Valley) dropped a thriller to the McFarland Spartans 69-65 in a Rock Valley crossover matchup last Tuesday. The Spartans raced out to an 8-2 lead to snatch the early momentum. McFarland’s leading scorer, Annalise Demuth, sparked the hot start as […]
Charlene Juanita Gilbertson, 92, died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. at St. Elizabeth Manor in Footville, Wis. She was born Jan. 8, 1924, in Mt. Pleasant, Wis., the daughter of Henry and Cecil (Anderson) Disch. Charlene married David Kettle on May 22, 1940, in Dubuque, Iowa. He preceded her […]
By Derek Hoesly, Correspondent The Brodhead-Juda wrestling team dominated the Big Foot Chiefs en route to a 60-12 Rock Valley South dual meet win last Thursday. “There were only five matches, but the kids who wrestled all came out ready to wrestle and all wrestled well,” coach Bill Davis said. […]
To combat drunken driving, the Brodhead Police Department will join other law enforcement agencies throughout Wisconsin in participating in the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” national campaign from now through Jan. 1. “Although drunken driving is 100 percent preventable, on average, someone is killed or injured in an alcohol-related […]
At the Green County Board of Supervisors meeting last week, a Citizen’s Award was presented to Mr. Michael A. Krause of rural Brodhead. This is in recognition of his pulling three children from headwaters to Decatur Lake on Sept. 8. The proclamation presented at the meeting read: Pick up this […]
By Siara Schwartzlow, Editor Sixteen-year-old Tristan Hendler bowled his first-ever perfect game at Cardinal Lanes during the Saturday league earlier this month. “It was the third game,” Hendler said. “I was just expecting it to be an ordinary game because my other two were normal.” As his game progressed and […]
By Scott Cernek, HARVEST HILLS CHURCH When I was a kid the last few days before Christmas seemed like they were an eternity. They just seemed to drag on and on, and the calendar moved at a snail’s pace. The presents under the tree were screaming at us to shake […]