The Monroe County Board has a hot topic with the county landfill that has sent the board into a whirlwind of conversations and a flurry of meetings, with both state and federal legislators. Board …
Marianne Rice believes we have to get past the resistance we have to our individual callings. “What if Beethoven never tried music, or Rembrandt never tried painting?” Rice spent decades …
15 year old detained after firing shots before a nearly five hour standoff in rural Tomah. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call at a rural Tomah residence Thursday evening at …
Sparta High School Senior, Henry Jerome, knew at age 16 what he wanted to do after graduation. Now, chosen as the September 2022 Kiwanis Student of the Month, Jerome is clearly on the right …
Every year, in October, pumpkins, witches, skeletons, ghosts and goblins travel to the front-and-center of community attention, especially the youth. Bags and buckets filled with candy dance in their …
The Kiwanis Club of Sparta topped its 100-year anniversary celebration with a dinner-dance for more than eighty members and their guests on Friday evening, October 14, at the American Legion …
At last Monday’s Tomah School Board meeting, Michelle Clark, Business Manager for the Tomah School District, said to the board, “We are going to need to decide if you want to keep the …
With winter looming, the Sparta Farmers Market has brought their season to an end. But volunteers from the Farmers Market group have formed a new club, to help maintain, beautify and bring back the …
On October 6, 2021 Harper Lorenz, of Leon was diagnosed with leukemia, which is a type of cancer of the blood cells, and she has been battling ever since. The Lorenz family has traveled back and …
Lori Lazzari, teacher at Saint Pat’s School, located in Sparta, surprised her students when she turned her second and third grade classrooms into a StarBOOKs café. The event took place …
Just after 5 p.m., on the 8th of October, the Sparta fifth graders took the gridiron and the big stage: Sparta Stadium. The temperatures were cool for those in the stands, but perfect for the young …
With three words, Sylvia Goede summed up the energy of The Sparta Garden Club, “We have fun!” The club held its first “Branching Out” meeting Wednesday night, September …
On Tuesday night, the Annual Meeting and Budget Hearing was held, for the 2022-2023 Sparta Area School District year. Held in the cafetorium, at Meadowview Middle School; it would be a three-hour …
A two vehicle crash on State Highway 27 sent one person to the hospital and caused the highway to be shut down for more than three hours. At about 5:15 pm Friday, September 30th, a 2013 …
On Saturday, October 1st, Saint Luke’s Evangelical German Church, in Elroy, held a celebration for having made both the National (August 14th) and State (May 17th) Historical Register, back in …
One Sparta organization hopes to help individuals dealing with breast cancer. They are "Save Second Base," and they raise the money through their softball tournament fund raiser. Jodeane Diercks …
On the last day of September, the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) of Monroe County and the Monroe County Health Department held a joint open house, at their shared building, located at …
The bridge over Moore Creek on County Trunk Highway U (South Water Street), 0.2 miles east of State Trunk Highway 71 in the Village of Norwalk, has been ordered closed effective immediately. The …
Shortly after 12:00 pm on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, the Monroe County 911 Communication Center received a 911 call about a motorcycle crash with injuries. The crash occurred on State Highway 71 near …
Crews were on scene until 6 a.m. the morning of Dec. 16, after a call came in about 2 a.m. regarding a house fire on Mascot Avenue in the town of Jefferson. The Monroe County Sheriff’s …