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‘Business’ as usual at Brodhead High School

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Students at Brodhead High School are getting a taste of the business world thanks to its Career and Technical Education (CTE) course offerings. Last month, educators celebrated CTE month by highlighting its program which included courses meant to prepare students for high-wage, high-demand careers. In addition to classes in fields […]

 
 

Banding together for some ‘fun in the sun’

BECKY MALKOW The Independent-Register

More than 260 students performed under the direction of Brodhead Middle School band director Beth Reisterer and High School director Jason Reisterer during the music department’s biggest production – Development of Bands Concert, held Sunday. The “fun in the sun”-themed show is part of Music in our Schools Month being […]

 
 

LORI SEICHTER

LORI SEICHTER

Lori Lee Seichter, age 48, of Brodhead, died while at home on March 3, 2022. She was born on May 15, 1973 in Janesville to  Clifford and Debbra (Wolter) Bollig. She married her high school sweetheart Timothy Seichter on March 15, 1995 and started a family, proving herself an amazing […]

 
 

ARLENE FISCHER

ARLENE FISCHER

Arlene Fischer, 91, of Pecatonica, Illinois died at 5:09 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022 after a lengthy illness. She was born on Feb. 14, 1931 in Dixon, Illinois to the late Fred and Dorothy (Kasper) Langholf. She attended grade school in Dixon through third grade and then attended Seward Grade […]

 
 

3/2/22 Brodhead Shopper

3/2/22 Brodhead Shopper

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McIntyre earns trip to state wrestling tournament

The sophomore wrestler qualified in the WIAA Individual State Tournament and was honored with a firetruck escort out of town to celebrate his achievement.

By Trenten Scheidegger, Correspondent Marcus McIntyre was the only Brodhead-Juda wrestler to reach the 2022 Individual Wisconsin State Wrestling Tournament. McIntyre posted a 30-3 record on the season as one of the best wrestlers Brodhead-Juda had to offer. After beating Tanner Paulson of Belmont-Platteville in the Division two Sectional round […]

 
 

March is Music in our Schools Month

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Middle School band students participated in a com-bined Pep Band at a recent basketball game. The per-formance was one of many enrichment programs the Brodhead music department puts on.

For more than 30 years, March has been officially designated by the National Association for Music Education for the observance of Music In Our Schools Month. The purpose of MIOSM is to raise awareness of the importance of music education for all children – and to remind citizens that school […]

 
 

Library’s virtual community meeting will help improve services, according to director

By Dan Moeller, CORRESPONDENT Organizers at Brodhead Memorial Public Library held a virtual community meeting last week as part of its strategic planning process. The virtual nature of the 90-minute meeting may have limited participation as fewer than 20 people took part. Still, Library Director Angela Noel said the meeting […]

 
 

CHARLYN SORENSON

CHARLYN SORENSON

Charlyn “Char” L. Sorenson, age 59, of Brodhead, died on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, at home. She was born in Janesville on Jan. 12, 1963, to the late Walter and Ruth (Drought) Walikonis. She worked for Uniroyal as a Quality Technician for the past six years. Prior to that, she […]

 
 

HAROLD SCHULTZ

HAROLD SCHULTZ

Harold Roy Schultz, age 89, died on Feb. 23, 2022 while at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. He was born on Jan. 22, 1933 in South Beloit, Illinois to the late Vernon Schultz and Elsie (Jensen) Cowell. He was a Brodhead High School graduate in 1951. He served in the […]