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CWD Testing Site Returns To Hillsboro For Third Year

Deer hunting is one of Wisconsin’s longest-standing outdoor recreational traditions. Most of us either hunt deer ourselves or know people who do, perhaps even members of our own family. Some …

Fifth Grade Students Gather For Performing Arts Festival

Each year, the Hillsboro School District hosts the performing arts festival. This festival is part of the annual programming through the Mississippi Valley Gifted and Talented program. Schools within …

Trick-Or-Treat Hours Announced For Local Communities

As October enters its final days, the bright fall colors are beginning to fade as the trees continue to lose their leaves. A chill begins to work its way into the air, and while the previous weekend …

Gundersen St. Joseph's To Host Free Health Screenings In Elroy

It’s good to be aware of your health, and it’s even better to try and keep on top of it. Preventative care can help you avoid long-term health problems, ranging from high blood pressure …

Elroy To Feature In First-Ever Juneau County Housing Development Tour

Access to affordable housing has become an increasingly prominent issue these days, regardless of the community. In neighboring Juneau County, the Juneau County Health Department partnered with the …

Hillsboro Pool Manager To Offer Private Swim Lessons

Every summer, local swimming pools aim to offer swimming lessons to students of all ages. Learning how to swim can help protect children when recreating outdoors on Wisconsin’s waterways, …

Tomah Man Charged In Connection To 1985 Homicide

A young woman returns home from working her night shift at Piggy’s, where she works as a bartender. Her home, a trailer located in Barre Mills, is one she shares with her boyfriend. Her …

Wellnes & Wine Event Set For October 24

It seems like every time we turn around, a new contradictory study has come out about the impacts of wine on the body. One study will claim that the alcohol is bad for you, another will say certain …

Three Royall Alumni Inducted Into Hall of Recognition

As part of the Homecoming celebrations, the Royall Alumni Association takes the week as an opportunity to recognize outstanding Royall alums. Each year’s inductees are presented with a plaque, …

Wonewoc-Center Celebrates Homecoming 2024

Wonewoc-Center is celebrating their 2024 Homecoming Week this week, September 30 through October 5. The week will be full of fun activities for students to participate in, such as dress-up days, and …

Royall Celebrates 2024 Homecoming

Royall High School will be celebrating their 2024 Homecoming Week this week, with the big game set for Friday, October 4. To kick off the week, students at Royall went to school in their pajamas …

Local Family Grows A New Business

In January of 2019, Tori and Trever Farrar decided to purchase a property located just east of Hillsboro. The property was an old homestead, and had sat unoccupied since 1954. The remaining buildings …

Gundersen St. Joseph's To Offer Drive-Thru Flu Shot Clinics

The fall equinox has come and gone, school is back in session, and you might be noticing some of the leaves starting to change. October is less than a week away as of this printing, and before we …

Elroy Quilt Show Looks To Grow In 2024

More than a decade ago, Elroy area residents Gale Hitchcock and Jean Morton decided they wanted to establish an annual quilt show in Elroy. They partnered with the Elroy Area Advancement Corporation …

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 …

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