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Color Run Encourages Community To 'Live Life In Color'

Each month, the staff at Milestone Senior Living select a theme to base the month’s activities around. For September, they selected the theme ‘Live Life In Color.’ A fun theme to be …

New Documentary Details Closures Of Two-Year Campuses

In November of 2022, Richland Center residents learned that that the UW – Richland campus was to be axed by the state university system. Jay Rotham, president of the UW System, had issued a …

Historic Preservation Efforts Aim To Restore A Piece Of Local History

Over the past year, Wonewoc area resident Richard Kilmer has been working to restore a piece of the village’s history: a nondescript little wooden shack located hardly a hop and a skip away …

Annual Fire Run Results In Donation To Local Fire Department

Community support is what enables local volunteer fire departments to continue to serve. This support can range from attending or participating in events hosted by the local fire department to …

Library Program Teaches Traditional Japanese Art Form

Ten years ago, Winona resident Dawn Tevis was looking to make a handmade book themed around the moon. She had been getting into book art, learning how to bind books and create unique covers, and her …

Stitching Together A Business Built On Passion

Originally from Pennsylvania, Rachelle Craig grew up in an area with a high Amish population. When her family relocated when she was a teenager, Craig decided to teach herself how to quilt, taking …
Obituaries
Christina K. “Tina” Yoder, age 37 years, of rural Hillsboro, Wisconsin, passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on …
Laura Myrtle (Kagsdale) Henze, age 79 of Elroy, WI., passed away on September 14, 2024 from cancer at her home in rural Elroy, WI. Laura was born on September 15, 1945 at the families farm in …
Vernon L. Urbanek, 85, of rural Cashton, died Sunday September 15, 2024 at his home. He was born April 4, 1939 to Albin and Julia (Bouda) Urbanek. He graduated from Cashton High School in 1957. …
Community News
An ATV Poker Run is planned as part of this year’s Party in the Park celebrations in Union Center, taking place on Saturday, September 14.
Union Center To Celebrate Annual Party In The Park
Union Center will be hosting its annual Party in the Park event on Saturday, September 14. This event first began with the Union Center Betterment Club, way back around the turn of the century. Over …
Erich Mobley and his band G.Y.O. will once again be serving as the opening act for this year’s Boro Block Party. They will be followed by the Spicy Tie Band, a rock n’ roll party band that plays a selection of popular hits from the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s.
Boro Block Party Set To Return September 14
Last fall, the City of Hillsboro hosted its first Boro Block Party. The event, which featured headlining act Chris Kroeze, was inspired by prior community-led discussions of organizing an event for …
Local kids have returned to school for the 2024-2025 school year. Access to hygiene supplies can help ensure that students are well-prepared to focus on their education this fall. In Hillsboro, donating to a Care for Kids box around town can help ensure that every Hillsboro Tiger is able to achieve good personal hygiene.
A New School Year Leads To Renewed Call For Local Charity
The calendar has now turned over to September. The summer has entered its final days, with the autumnal equinox set to occur on Sunday, September 22, marking the seasonal entry into fall. September …
Kids can go hunting for three Pickle Stones at this year’s Pickle Fest, happening in conjunction with Apple Dumpling Days on Saturday, September 7.
Pickle Fest Returns To Elroy September 7
Prior to her passing, Elroy resident Carla Von Haden had been an active member of the community. She had been involved with local organizations such as the Home Community Educators (HCE) and the …
As part of their Cucumber Crunch feast, students were able to try a variety of different items, including fermented produce they had made the week prior and a summer salad featuring cucumber, watermelon, and feta cheese.
Cucumber Crunch Celebrates Local Produce At Wonewoc-Center
The saying goes that if you teach a man to fish, you have fed him for a lifetime. Over at Wonewoc-Center, teachers Kristin Wolfe and Amanda Wafle have been putting their own spin on the saying by …
Members of the community are welcome to meet at 11:00A.M. on Saturday, August 17, at the shelter in Field Veterans’ Memorial Park to participate in this year’s Prayer Walk, organized by former Hillsboro resident Rudy Rott in partnership with the local Wesleyan churches.
Prayer Walk To Take Place August 17
In the spring of 2021, former Hillsboro resident Rudy Rott had set about organizing a ‘prayer walk’ around town. During the walk, participants would stop at a selection of places around …
Author Lindsey Zoeller (left) poses with Hillsboro Woman’s Civic Club member Carol Wolfenden (center) and Hillsboro Public Library director Jackie Pysarenko (right) as she and the Hillsboro Woman’s Civic Club donates a copy of her book, Busy Parents Happy Kids, to the library in memory of Barb Santas. The book is focused on ways to help improve executive functions in children and adults.
Local Author Focuses On Improving Executive Function
Growing up, Lindsey Zoeller had always been a pretty good student. She grew up in the Chicago suburbs and went to college at the University of Illinois, where she majored in psychology. However, she …
These two homes are being relocated to vacant lots elsewhere in town. The lots these homes currently sit on will be used to build a new helicopter landing pad for the hospital, putting the landing pad closer to the hospital’s emergency room—and ideally shaving off crucial life-saving seconds when transporting a patient by med-flight. The homes are expected to be moved by the beginning of September, though a set timetable has not been established.
Local Hospital To Re-Home Two Local Houses
Hillsboro residents may have noticed some changes going on near the Gundersen St. Joseph’s Hospital in town. Two properties, located to the east of the building, have been undergoing prep-work …

Hillsboro Library To Host Annual Summer Book Sale

Stop by the Hillsboro Library this Friday and Saturday to see what books are up for grabs! There should be a little something for everyone, and all items are selling for just $0.25!

The history of writing began thousands of years ago, along a strip of land in what we now call the Middle East. This arching stretch of land—known as the Fertile Crescent—gave rise to the …

Logan Henthorne Memorial Pull Rescheduled For September 14

While an unexpected deluge of rain resulted in the cancellation of the Elroy Fair’s scheduled tractor pulls, the Elroy Fair Board had planned to reschedule the Logan Henthorne Memorial Pull for a later date. The date has been determined as Saturday, September 14.

What’s the Elroy Fair without a little rain, right? This year’s Elroy Fair saw a tremendous amount of rainfall, which had the unfortunate side-effect of resulting in the cancellation of …

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Sports
Wonewoc-Center’s Kelsey Justman leaps up for a rebound of the Panther net between Royall’s Bria Gruen and Gracie Stanek.

Royall On A Roll

The Royall girls’ basketball team will carry a seven-game winning streak with them into the new month, which they will kick off with a shot at redemption in the most crucial game yet in the …

Hillsboro Girls Rebound From Back-To-Back Losses

Coming off back-to-back losses for the first time all season, the Hillsboro girls’ basketball team hoped for a return to form to put a bow on January. They got just that with an excellent …

Hillsboro Wins In OT Against Brookwood

The Hillsboro boys’ basketball team now owns a four-game winning streak following a week that saw them win a trio of contests. Late last week, the Tigers went on the road and scored a …

Wolves’ Win Sandwiched Between SBC Losses

The Wonewoc-Center girls’ basketball team suffered a pair of losses in conference play over the last week, but they did manage to sandwich a non-conference win between them. To end the …

Royall Completes Season Sweep Of Hillsboro With Home Win

The Hillsboro girls’ basketball team is through 14 games in the 2022-23 season with only two losses on the ledger. However, both of those defeats came at the hands of the same opponent: the …

Royall Cruises To Wins Over Wonewoc-Center, Brookwood

Heading into a key conference clash with Bangor in the race for the Scenic Bluffs boys’ basketball title, Royall appears to be firing on all cylinders. ROYALL 72    …
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