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Bruce A. Wagner, formerly of Brodhead, died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Aug. 3, 2022. He was born to Arthur F. Wagner and Elsie M. (Beckman) Wagner on Oct. 18, 1947. He is survived by his wife Jo of 51 years; daughters Jenna (Tom)Tasto, and Dana (Griffin) […]
Olga Zavodny, 93, formerly of Brodhead, passed away on Aug. 1, 2022. She was born on Jan. 9, 1929, in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of Daniel and Susan (Zeman) Panik. She graduated from Harrison High School (Chicago) in January 1947. On Nov. 15, 1947, she married Milan Zavodny at Saints […]
Catherine Corry Blakemore of Albany, Wisconsin, died on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. She was born on December 21, 1933, in Springfield, Ohio. Born Catherine Stewart Corry, she was the daughter of Home and Cornelia (Black Adams) Corry. She graduated from Laurel School in Shaker Heights, Ohio in 1951 and was […]
Hubert Alan Creed, 85, passed away on July 30, 2022 at the Riverwalk Assisted Living in Waterloo, Wis. He was born on Sept. 7, 1936, in Coretta, West Virginia, the son of Shade and Selma Creed. He married Rozella Kennedy on Feb. 3, 1962, at the Truax Airbase in Madison. […]
Dr. Theodore Joseph Mertens, DVM, 72, of Brodhead, passed away on July 21, 2022, in the Cloud Peak Wilderness in Buffalo, Wy. He was born Easter Sunday morning, April 9, 1950, to Clement T. and Ida Mae (Stockman) Mertens. He was proud to have been raised on a dairy farm […]
By Michele Benesh, Wildflower Festival Chair Banners are flying in Veterans Park in Brodhead. They’re signaling the area to mark the calendar and prepare shopping lists for an annual summer event that’s fast approaching. Veterans Park will transform into an impressive art gallery from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, […]
By Tony Ends, Interim Editor Scott Knowlton of Toronto flew his homemade plane for the first time last week on a trip he’d made 10 hours by car for years to Brodhead. One of his mentors, Dan Helsper, flew in hours ahead of him that Thursday from Anamosa, Iowa. They […]
Clerk Nikolai Wahl told the council in their July 18 meeting that he had received three resumes for the Alder position. They were Nick Burkhalter, Joseph Clark, and Johanna Major. Nick Burkhalter and Joseph Clark were in attendance in the meeting and were questioned by the council. There was then […]
By Dan Moeller, CORRESPONDENT The Brodhead Memorial Public Library Board decided last week to make some changes to its COVID policy. The library will no longer require masking for patrons when COVID levels reach a high level. Masking is now optional for patrons at any COVID level. The staff will mask […]
By Tony Ends, Interim Editor Firebolt Stone Oven Pizza and Coffee, which is unquestionably Wisconsin’s only Harry Potter-inspired pizza and coffee café, put me under its spell a month ago. When DeeAnna Straub and her daughter Karrissa Porterfield opened the themed eatery and coffee café at 1002 First Ave. in Brodhead, […]
