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By Ryan Broege, Editor – City Council has opened budget talks for the upcoming year. The city is faced with a proposed $1,989,487 budget, but must find $145,000 of savings. The proposed budget does not include proposed wage increases, the largest share of which will almost certainly emerge from labor […]
By Dan Moeller, Correspondent – The Brodhead library board is considering a different way to invest some of the library’s funds. The board last week heard from Mark Ibach, a representative of the South Central Library System. Ibach confirmed that the library has more leeway in investing donated funds than […]
By Derek Hoesly, Correspondent – The Brodhead-Juda cross country program will be well represented at the 2017 WIAA Division 2 State meet on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. Cardinal girls 1st, 3rd Freshman Madelynn McIntyre and seniors Madee Harding and Michael Hatter will participate […]
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Bonita “Bonnie” E. Solchenberger, age 67, of Brodhead, passed away at her home on Saturday, October 14, 2017. She was born on February 21, 1950 in Hillsboro, WI, the daughter of Martin and Mabel (McNamer) Connors. She married Dennis D. Solchenberger on March 16, 1973 in Kenosha, WI. Bonnie owned […]
By Ryan Broege, Editor – Dr. Ray Pawlisch of the Brodhead Veterinary Clinic has been named the 2017 Wisconsin Veterinary Technician Association “Veterinarian of the Year.” Pawlisch was nominated by two Certified Veterinary Technicians who have been working side-by-side with Pawlisch for decades, Laurie Exum and Laurie Ganshert-Slusser. The two […]
The family of the late Kent Joranlien of Poynette, Wis. has pledged $125,000 to the Kelch Aviation Museum at Brodhead Airport. The funds will be used to build the “Kent E. Joranlien Memorial Fellowship Hall in the new museum facility planned for construction in 2018. Kent Joranlien was a founding […]
By Derek Hoesly, Correspondent – A handful of brilliant individual performances propelled the Cardinal girls to fourth and Cardinal boys to fifth place at the Rock Valley conference meet last Thursday. The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater hosted the meet. The Cardinals had two runers finish in the top 10 in the […]
By Derek Hoesly, Correspondent – In a steady downpour the East Troy Trojans picked up a 34-0 Rock Valley victory over the Brodhead-Juda (2-7 Rock Valley, seventh place) Cardinals in the regular season finale last Friday. The Trojans marched 68-yards on six plays on the opening drive of the game […]
By Ryan Broege, Editor Brodhead resident Kim Johnson has penned a collection of religious devotionals titled, “Shut Up and Listen!: Lessons God was Teaching Me When I Didn’t Realize I was Learning.” The book, just over 200 pages, is a collection of experiences drawn directly from Johnson’s life that was […]
