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By Ryan Broege, – EDITOR Jordan Douglas, 22, of Brodhead, is scheduled to appear before Judge Thomas Vale on Thursday, Dec. 21, for a preliminary hearing. Douglas faces a litany of charges relating to the manufacture of methamphetamine. The charges arise out of a sting operation conducted by the Stateline […]
Council minutes show district’s first proposal to council at Sept. 11 meeting. By Ryan Broege, Editor – A murky budgeting process was scheduled to reach a conclusion at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Captain Dick Pinnow pointed out that the Independent-Register’s Nov. 29, 2017 reporting on the Fire District’s budget proposal […]
By Ryan Broege, Editor – After the economic development meeting, the Independent-Register conducted brief interviews via email with Mayor Pinnow, Green County Development Corp. Director Cara Carper and Pinnow’s challenger, Tim Stocks. Answers have been edited for brevity and clarity, only where appropriate. Pick up this week’s print edition for […]
By Ryan Broege, Editor – Members of the Brodhead Economic Development Committee convened at 6:30 a.m. last Thursday, where they bid farewell to outgoing member Brian Raupp, The committee is in need of another representative – Mayor Doug Pinnow said the individual need not be a business owner, or experienced […]
By Ryan Broege, Editor – Both the Brodhead public safety and personnel committees convened last Wednesday. The public safety committee met first, where newly-appointed committee member Peter Bernstein answered a couple questions about trapping proposals along the Pearl Island Recreational Corridor. Pick up this week’s print edition for full story….
By Ryan Broege, Editor – After more than two years of wrangling with soil and drainage tests, the trading of letters back and forth through each party’s legal counsel, and miscommunications, or worse, between the Tuls outfit and Green County, it appears County Conservationist Todd Jenson, and the county itself, […]
By Ryan Broege, Editor – Brodhead native Robin Marsden has published a children’s book that sprung from words of comfort she tells her son every night before bed. Marsden’s work, titled “We Love You All the Time, Forever and Ever,” is a coloring book as well as a guide for […]
By Ryan Broege, Editor – The Adams Homemakers Club began gathering in 1942 to trade tips and learn the newest developments in homemaking from Extension agents responsible for distributing the university’s breakthroughs to rural communities throughout the state. Much has changed in the 75 years that have elapsed, but the […]
By Erica Gokey, Correspondent – A little over a year ago, Little Maya moved into Brodhead and provided the community with an alternate dining option. Oscar Leon, owner of Little Maya, also owns Luna Maya in Monroe, Wis. He entered the restaurant business 22 years ago in South Carolina. Leon […]
By Erica Gokey, Correspondent – Easland Tree Farm is nestled alongside County T South of Brodhead. Rick and Cheryl Easland reside in Oregon, Wis., they bought it from McClarens, and have no plans of slowing down. When Cheryl Easland traveled past the tree farm south of Brodhead with her husband […]
