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By Tony Ends, Correspondent Brodhead schools’ mask policy changed last week for extra-curricular activities and events, but the change for normal school hours is delayed until 2022. The Brodhead School Board voted Dec. 8 to change from “masks required” to “masks highly recommended” for holiday concerts, sporting events, and activities […]
Jefferson/Brodhead– Christy Dianne Barnes, age 52, passed away on December 6, 2021 at the Fort AtkinsonHospital in Fort Atkinson, WI. > > Christy was born on February 18, 1969 in Monroe, WI, the daughter of Richard and Kathryn (Schoepfer) Olin. She was a Brodhead High School graduate in 1987. > […]
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Brodhead Historical Society member Polly Weeden said Wisconsin was on the northern edge of covered bridges. According to the local historian, there were 60 bridges in the state when the first started going up in the 1830s. Romantic theories offered as to why they were covered, but roofs were built […]
James Arlan Combs, 85, died peacefully on Dec. 3, 2021 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Janesville while surrounded by family. He was born on Jan. 7, 1936 in Kentucky to the late Roscoe and Eva (Feltner) Combs. He married Linda Klapp in Durand, Illinois on Feb. 9, 1957. He worked […]
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RVP staff, Brodhead School District scored lower on its state report card than in 2018-19, when schools throughout the state were last rated. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction published public and choice school and district report cards for the 2020-21 school year Nov. 16, as required by federal and […]
By Independent-Register Staff, After a two-week supply drive to benefit the thousands of Afghan refugees temporarily housed at Fort McCoy, Brodhead Middle School students got word that donations they recently collected were distributed among those in need. Wisconsin National Guardswoman Sage Harper, who graduated from Brodhead High School in 2018, […]
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SSM Health Monroe Hospital and Monroe Clinic Medical Group began suspending select, non-urgent medical procedures beginning Monday, citing an all-time high of COVID patients. “Like many other healthcare facilities, SSM Health is experiencing extremely high patient volumes,” according to a press release from the health group. “While our staff has […]
