By Derek Hoelsy Correspondent BRODHEAD – Lady Cardinal girls basketball team (13-2 overall, 9-1 Rock Valley Conference) had no problem beating Evansville 75-40. The Rock Valley crossover contest was held last Thursday. Brodhead set the tone, jumping out to an 8-0 lead three minutes into the game. The Cards’ deadly […]
By Tony Ends Editor BRODHEAD – Chamber of Commerce members drew together for their 68th annual meeting and banquet last week. President Michele Benesh welcomed the capacity crowd to the main dining room at Fib’s North on Exchange Street. The board honored outgoing board members Shirley Liska, for her service […]
By Tony Ends Editor BRODHEAD – Motorists will have to take it easy for awhile crossing the West 3rd Avenue railroad tracks west of the fire and police stations. City attorneys, following Common Council action last week, are pressing harder on Wisconsin and Southern Railroad to speed up repair. Public […]
The student councils at Clinton Middle School and Clinton High School sponsored food and toy drives to benefit needy families and organizations in the area. Students and staff at Clinton Middle School collected and donated over 350 food items to the Clinton Community Outreach. Students at Clinton High School also […]
ROCK COUNTY – On Tuesday, Jan 5 at 3:36 p.m., Deputies from the Rock County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a car vs. school bus crash on W. USH 14 approximately .6 of a mile west of N. Fox Road in Center Township. Fire/EMS personnel from the Village […]
By Tony Ends Independent Register Editor BELOIT – A pair of 210,000-lb. fermenting tanks made their way out of the west along State Highway 11 Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20. Taking up both sides of the two-lane highway, they crawled along at about 10 mph, in an entourage of support vehicles […]
By Mary Ann Inman Reporter Robert Jensen passed away about a year and a half ago, but his memory lives on through many cards, books and paintings he created over the years. His artistic, one-of-a-kind, stylized artwork made his cards very special for sick children, elderly, and others celebrating events. […]
By Derek Hoesly Correspondent BRODHEAD- In a classic battle Brodhead (3-2 overall, 1-2 Rock Valley) let one slip away as McFarland overcame a 10-point deficit with four minutes left to beat Brodhead, 90-85, in double overtime in a Rock Valley crossover matchup Thursday, Dec. 17. The Cardinals came out red-hot […]
By Tony Ends Editor BRODHEAD – A pair of 210,000-lb. fermenting tanks made their way out of the west along State Highway 11 Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20. Taking up both sides of the two-lane highway, they crawled along at about 10 mph, in an entourage of support vehicles and police, […]
By Tony Ends Editor MADISON – A proposal that cripples Wisconsin’s most democratically controlled government body is poised for a hearing in the first weeks of 2016. Assembly Bill 582 has nine elected supporters in the 99-member state house of representatives, three in the 33-member state senate. It is before […]