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Brodhead students hosting Wish Week Feb. 14-18. Fundraiser goal is to send Madison girl on dream trip to Hawaii

Brodhead students hosting Wish Week Feb. 14-18. Fundraiser goal is to send Madison girl on dream trip to Hawaii

By Maureen Vander Sanden, Editorial Coordinator The Brodhead High School Student Council is working on making an area girl’s wish to travel to Hawaii a reality. Fourteen-year-old Aidyn, who lives in Madison is living with a circulatory system disease. She wishes to travel to Hawaii and with Brodhead’s participation in […]

 
 

Kelch Aviation Museum will begin Phase III with major grant designation

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The Kelch Aviation Museum’s third phase will become a reality thanks to the recent grant designation an-nouncement from the The Wagner Foundation of Lyons, Wisconsin.

The Kelch Aviation Museum at Brodhead Airport announced last week the start of construction on its Phase III museum building project. Construction of “The Dick and Bobbie Wagner Atrium” is only possible due to a very generous financial commitment by The Wagner Foundation of Lyons, Wisconsin, according to Patrick Weeden, […]

 
 

District sees drop in quarantines since mask policy implemented. Green County Health hosting vaccine clinic at high school today

District sees drop in quarantines since mask policy implemented.  Green County Health hosting vaccine clinic at high school today

By Tony Ends, Correspondent Anyone from the public can receive a COVID-19 vaccination or booster in a clinic at Brodhead High School today, Wednesday, Feb. 2. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the school “auditeria,” Green County Health Department staffers will administer the vaccines. Students will not be in […]

 
 

Annual watershed meeting hosts specialists on cover crops

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By Tony Ends, Correspondent A Nebraska crop farmer and cover crop seed specialist headlines this year’s Farmers of the Sugar River annual meeting Tuesday, Feb. 15. Keith Berns will present “Carbonomics: The Economy of the Soil” in the morning session and on “Seven Things I’ve learned about Cover Crops” in […]

 
 

Mask policy mandated as virus impact spikes in schools

By Tony Ends, Correspondent A sharp rise in COVID-19 cases during Brodhead School District’s first week back in session, following winter break, has prompted the return of an in-school mask policy. Responding to virus number increases, on Jan. 12 the Brodhead School Board re-instituted a mask-required policy, which was suspended […]

 
 

From city hall-Spending has been cut by about 7.4%, referendum aims to preserve services

Last week, the City of Brodhead provided general information on the upcoming referendum question that will appear on the Feb. 15 ballot. This week, the city is providing more information on how services might be affected if the referendum does not pass. Most department funding requests have been cut in […]

 
 

Citizens sought to advise Green County on American Rescue Plan funding. Area will see more than $10 million in aid from effects of pandemic

By Tony Ends, Correspondent Green County is looking for residents interested in helping review ideas and develop proposals for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Elected county officials have set a session next Monday, Jan. 17, to inform citizens about serving on an ARPA ad hoc committee. The community educational […]

 
 

City clerk seeks write-in candidates

By Maureen Vander Sanden, Editorial Coordinator Alderman Casey Jones will be the sole name on the ballot in the April 5 election despite four open seats on City Council. Mayor Troy Nyman and aldermen Timothy Schadewaldt, Robert Moon and Casey Jones filed notice of non-candidacy papers with the clerk’s office. […]

 
 

Sheriff: Janesville man was victim in fatal crash

The Green County Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified the victim of the Christmas Eve crash that left one man dead and another severly injured. Santos Pascual Velasquez Lopez, 44, of Janesville, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Green County Coroner’s Office. Pick up the Jan. 5th print edition […]

 
 

Seats on Brodhead City Council wide open. Candidacy papers due today

The City of Brodhead will have a new slate of elected leaders in the spring, with the four incumbents up for re-elections, each filing notice of non-candidacy papers by last week’s Dec. 24 deadline. Candidacy papers are due at City Hall today at 5 p.m. Candidates for the open seats […]