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Aviation’s “golden era” destined for Brodhead

TONY ENDS PHOTO Independent Register
Kelch Aviation Museum’s Phase I groundbreaking drew a crowd last Friday in support of the board’s lifting gold-painted shovels to preserve a “golden era of aviation” at Brodhead Airport.

By Tony Ends, Correspondent – Several hundred people gave a very warm July welcome to Kelch Aviation Museum’s groundbreaking last Friday morning south of Brodhead. With clear skies and temperatures soaring into the 90s, the crowd gathered round Kelch Foundation board members at the 2.5-acre site adjacent Brodhead Airport. Armed […]

 
 

CAFO 2016 manure spill settled despite unsettling state trend

COUIRTESY PHOTO Independent Register
A photo from 2017 on-site inspection of Emerald Sky Dairy's 2016 manure spill shows the stub end of a yardstick, almost fully submerged in a portion of the spill that totaled an estimated 275,000 gallons. The manure from a cracked transfer pipe sat unreported more than 3 months in a ditch, wetlands and pond at the 1600-cow dairy operation.

By Tony Ends, Correspondent – Picture for a moment what you love about the land we call Wisconsin. Plunging into a cool, clear pond after a long, hot day putting up hay. Wading into a marsh and casting for bass or bluegill as cranes wing noiselessly across a setting sun. […]

 
 

Brodhead Garden Club donates plant sales proceeds

JEREMY GOKEY PHOTO Independent Register
Mayor Doug Pinnow accepts a check from Brod-head Garden Club representatives Diane Anderson and Joyce Nipple to use toward replanting trees in the city parks.

By Jeremy Gokey, Correspondent – Brodhead Garden Club donated the proceeds from their annual plant sale to the city to use toward replanting trees after the loss of the ash trees last year. Diane Anderson and Joyce Nipple presented Mayor Doug Pinnow with a check for $803 to use toward […]

 
 

Brodhead FFA members attend Washington Leadership Conference

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Cody Baxter and Skylar Stanley of the Brodhead FFA Chapter attended the Washington Leadership Conference the third week of June.

Cody Baxter and Skylar Stanley of the Brodhead FFA Chapter attended the Washington Leadership Conference the third week of June. Washington Leadership Conference (WLC) is the highest leadership conference you can attend as an FFA member and is facilitated by National FFA staff members, most of them having served as […]

 
 

Brodhead Dairy Queen passes crown

Hello, my name is Rileigh Powers and I am the 2018-2019 Brodhead Dairy Queen. I would like to say a few Thank You’s and give a brief synopsis of my year as I pass the crown to Samantha McGuire Brodhead’s 2019-2020 Dairy Queen. Thank you to the Green County Ag […]

 
 

Brodhead schools areas of focus end of year update

By Lenny Lueck, Brodhead School Superintendent – At the beginning of the 2017-18 school year the Brodhead School Board developed “Areas of Focus” for the District and these continued for the 2018-19 school year.  The Board identified three Areas of Focus: Student Achievement, Service, and People.  Through the use of […]

 
 

Paying respects to a Brodhead sports hero

By Trenten Scheidegger, Correspondent – The Brodhead community lost a tremendous sports advocate, and even better man during the past week.  Tom Nipple has nearly impacted every single Brodhead citizen’s life in one way or another.  Tom was involved in the Brodhead sports community for perhaps longer than anyone else.  […]

 
 

Newspaper office to move across the street

Newspaper office to move across the street

Change is effective June 27 The office of the Brodhead Independent Register and Shopping News will move to a new location as of Thursday, June 27. But we’re not moving far. The newspaper office will move across the street in downtown Brodhead to 917 W. Exchange St. Readers may stop […]

 
 

Nursing Assistant class offered at Brodhead High School

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Nursing Assistants
With a shortage of CNAs, and many healthcare ma-jors requiring prior healthcare experience, this new venture presents a wonderful opportunity for Brod-head High School and Blackhawk Technical College  students. We would like to recognize and congratulate the following individuals: front row: Kaylee Homerding (Monroe High School), Rhianna Teubert, Hailey Hartwig; back row: Laura Powers BSN, Morgan Heinle, Addison Ommodt, Abbey Johnson, and Payton Hauser. Students with questions may contact Jennifer Flory, Brodhead High School Counselor.

Brodhead High School and Blackhawk Technical College partnered together to offer a Nursing Assistant class at Brodhead High School, an exciting first for BHS. The course was offered in hybrid fashion, meaning that the bookwork was done online, with the lab and clinical portions being taught in person. While students […]

 
 

Graduate program announces awards for teaching and mentoring

ROBIN DAVIES PHOTO Independent Register
Evan Glasgow of Brodhead shown on the right and mentoring a student received the 2019 Denton Award for Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring

The Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) is pleased to continue its commitment to teaching and mentorship by announcing the 2019 graduate student awards that celebrate these important aspects of the program. The awards were given out at the IPiB Summer Reception on Friday, June 7. Evan Glasgow of Brodhead and […]