Author Archive: RVPEditor

Still perfect Brodhead-Juda football team improves to 4-0

BECY MALKOW Brodhead Independent Register
	The Cardinals players lift head coach, Jim Matthys, in victory after earning their fourth win on the season last Friday.

Trenten Scheidegger, correspondent Brodhead-Juda head coach, Jim Matthys, has managed to keep his team atop the Southwest Wisconsin Conference as they picked up their fourth win of the season. For the third consecutive week, the Cardinals posted exactly 41 points in a victory.  The high-powered offense proved to be too much […]

 
 

Lady Cards off to dominant start. Volleyball team racks up 14 wins in first 16 games

BECKY MALKOW PHOTOSBrodhead Independent Register
	The Lady Cardinals won their own tournament on Saturday.  They went 4-0 in pool play and then beat Evansville in the semi-finals and New Glarus in the championship to go 6-0 on the day. Members of the team are (first row, from left) manager Landon Kam-merer, Jaelyn Hilliard, Gretchen Kammerer, Allie Dahl, Manager Bernice Bevars; (second row) Makenna Schoof, Kaidynce Bevars, Alexis Kammerer, Paityn Kail, Coach Richmond, Coach Johnson; (third row) Coach Erin Kammerer, Coach Brian Kammerer, Jerri-ca Schwartz, Jaelyn Jones, Addie Yates, Kirsten Fish, Abbie Dix, McKenna Young, and Coach Douglas

By Trenten Scheidegger, correspondent The Brodhead varsity volleyball squad hit the court running in 2022. The Cardinals’ hot play began near the end of August, when they competed in the Janesville Invite.  Brodhead was nearly perfect in the tournament, going 9-2 with their only two losses coming against the same Sauk […]

 
 

Ted F. Knight

Ted F. Knight, age 69, of Goldfield, Iowa, died on Sept. 1, 2022, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on Aug. 11, 1953, in Monroe, the son of Stan and Selma (Laube) Knight. He graduated […]

 
 

Library looks at funding cutbacks

SUBMITTED PHOTOBrodhead Independent Register
	Kyle Domer, who was hired Aug. 22 as the new di-rector of the Brodhead Memorial Public Library, began work on Sept. 6. Domer, 35, replaces Angela Noel who left in June to become the library director in Dodgeville.

By Dan Moeller, CORRESPONDENT The board of the Brodhead Memorial Public Library got its first look at the library’s 2023 budget last Thursday and it included possible cuts amid an uncertain revenue outlook. Former library director Angela Noel prepared the budget as part of her consulting duties for the board after […]

 
 

Robert LEE Thompson

Robert LEE Thompson

Robert Lee Thompson, age 77, passed away on Aug. 29, 2022, while at his home in Beloit. He was born on May 29, 1945, in rural Brodhead, the son of Ralph and Gene Delila (Bienemann) Thompson. He enjoyed watching all sports, including the Bucks and Packers.  He enjoyed taking rides in […]

 
 

Jean R. Johnson

Jean R. Johnson

JEAN R. JOHNSON Jean R. Johnson, 97, of Beloit, passed away on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at Willowick Assisted Living. She survived numerous health issues over the years, always with a positive attitude and smile. She was truly a cancer survivor. She was born Nov. 30, 1924 in Spring Valley […]

 
 

VICTORIA ANN ERICKSON

VICTORIA ANN ERICKSON

Victoria Ann Erickson, 75, of Brodhead, passed away on Sept. 4, 2022 while at her home surrounded by her family. She was born June 28, 1947, in Monroe, the daughter of Julian and Ruth (Wells) Rear.  She married Carlyle Erickson on Nov. 20, 1972, in Rockford, Ill. She enjoyed spending time […]

 
 

Cards, Matthys stay focused on improving de-spite 2-0 start

Cards, Matthys stay focused on improving de-spite 2-0 start

By Trenten Scheidegger, Correspondent Brodhead-Juda football is off and running in their 2022 campaign as they’ve extended their regular season win streak to 18 games after starting the year 2-0. The Cards kicked off their 2022 season with a home matchup against the Edgerton Tide on Friday, Aug. 19.  Although […]

 
 

Brodhead-Juda Cross Country teams run strong with five schools at invitational

Brodhead-Juda Cross Country teams run strong with five schools at invitational

Coach Curt Gratz shared Brodhead-Juda’s performance at its cross country invitational held last Thursday, Aug. 25. The Brodhead-Juda teams competed with Edgerton, Evansville, Holy Family, and Turner high schools, and the top Junior Varsity Girls runner was Emmet Sund of Edgerton, with a time of 2121. Running for Brodhead-Juda’s Junior […]

 
 

Edgewood grad to direct Brodhead library

Butterfly at the Library

By Dan Moeller, Correspondent Brodhead Memorial Public Library has found its new director. The library board held a special meeting last week and offered the position to Kyle Domer, who accepted. Domer replaces Angela Noel who served in the position for more than six years before leaving in June to become […]