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Rural Health Ambassador Award Presented To St. Joe's Team Member

The Rural Health Ambassador Award is an annual award through the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative (RWHC) aimed at recognizing the efforts of those who have gone above and beyond to support rural …

Local Students Get Hands On Driving Experience

If there’s one thing Wisconsin’s known for—besides cheese and the Packers—it’s beer. Bars and taverns are commonplace throughout the state, and we’re home to more …

Kendall To Allow Sale Of Fireworks

Independence Day cheer just became a little easier to come by in Kendall. At meetings in May and June, the village board voted to allow the sale of fireworks in the village limits and finalized the …

Local Father Surprises Son With Visit From The General Lee

Hillsboro area resident Brandon Gillingham and his son, Noah, have spent quite a bit of time bonding over YouTube videos of cars carrying out impressive stunts. This activity soon led them to videos …

Area Resident Continues Family Charity Efforts

On Saturday, June 10, area resident Missy Herek will be leaving for her third trip to Africa. With her, she will be carrying four suitcases filled entirely with donated school supplies bound for a …

Valton And Hillsboro Wesleyan Churches To Merge

The Valton and Hillsboro Wesleyan congregations have announced that they will be consolidating their respective churches into one individual congregation. This new church, dubbed Solid Rock Wesleyan …

Hillsboro Native Donates Book of Artwork To Local Museum

Born and raised in the Hillsboro community, Paul Downing developed an interest in art by watching his grandfather create. Downing’s grandfather had taught himself how to type, paint, and draw, …

Elementary Students Learn About Waste Collection

Part of the Wisconsin elementary curriculum for fifth grade students includes a unit on recycling and the environment. During this unit, students learn more about what happens to our trash after we …

Sun Shines On Royall Groundbreaking

Members of the Royall school board and ranks of its staff may have donned hard hats and tossed dirt with golden shovels on Monday to celebrate the groundbreaking of the $11 million referendum …

Club Scrub Provides Look Into Medical Careers

For 20 years, Gundersen St. Joseph’s has been hosting a ‘Club Scrub’ program aimed at getting middle school students interested in and exposed to a variety of medical careers. …

Area Communities To Celebrate Memorial Day

Memorial Day weekend is practically upon us, with this weekend as the final weekend of the month. The United States will be observing Memorial Day on Monday, May 29. Local communities are planning …

Wonewoc Teacher Set To Retire This Summer

After 45 years teaching at St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Wonewoc, Valerie Hagemann has decided that the time has come for her to retire from the classroom. Hagemann began her career in …

Hillsboro Students Make A Czech Connection

Hillsboro has long fashioned itself as the Czech Capitol of Wisconsin, celebrating the area’s significant number of Czech immigrants who relocated here in the late 1800s and early 1900s. We can …

Local Business Makes Power Move

Last summer, Kevin and Yariba Gonzalez Cerda opened their new business, The Power Station, in what was formerly The Kitchen and, prior to that, Holvy’s Café. The Power Station is a …

1895 Rebel BBQ Returns For 2023 Season

After a successful opening season last year, 1895 Rebel BBQ will be returning this May to satisfy the apparent local craving for good barbeque. Brian and Ellen Byington had opted to convert one …

Fundraising Efforts Continue For Cheyenne Settlers Gazebo

Back in 2019, the Cheyenne Settlers Heritage Society (CSHS) began fundraising efforts to build a gazebo in Cheyenne Settlers Park here in Hillsboro. The gazebo is designed to emulate the round barns …

Hillsboro Grad Returns Home As New Part-Time Officer

During their May 9 meeting, the Hillsboro City Council was introduced to a new part-time officer who will be joining the Hillsboro Police Department. Elle Kinnison is a 2019 Hillsboro graduate. …

New Winter Parking Ordinance Passes Hillsboro City Council

Over the past year, city officials in Hillsboro have discussed the possibility of changing the city’s winter parking ordinance. In the past, Hillsboro has operated on an alternate side parking …

Farmers' Market To Kick Off In Hillsboro May 27

In February, the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce announced plans to host a farmers’ market over the summer. At the time, details were still being finalized, though organizers had indicated that …

Three Arrests Made In Connection To Hillsboro Break-Ins

On Friday, June 30, the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office received a call at approximately 8:30P.M. reporting a break-in occurring at a residential property along County Highway F, just north of …

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