Judge Hotchkiss retires from Plainfield Municipal Court
Plainfield Municipal Court Judge Richard Hotchkiss received a glass plaque from Police Chief Aaron Kumferman as a token of appreciation from the village. Judge Hotchkiss retired in April after 13 years...
View ArticleLillian Jamz wins Grand Champion Steer at Spring Fling
Lillian Jamz, Slinger, and her cross-bred steer took home Grand Champion Steer at the Central Wisconsin Spring Fling Beef Show on May 7 at the Waushara County Fairgrounds, Wautoma. Pictured with Jamz...
View ArticleWautoma votes to end free lunch and assess activity fees and assess activity...
With the recommendation from the Wautoma Area School Board Finance Committee, the school board approved to end the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), which provides free breakfast and lunch to...
View ArticleCommunity garden sites available
A growing number of consumers are showing renewed interest in gardening. This interest may be to connect with others in their community, to engage in physical activity, to grow chemical free produce,...
View ArticleSheriff’s Office to enforce Click It or Ticket campaign
The Waushara County Sheriff’s Office will join hundreds of other law enforcement agencies throughout Wisconsin for the annual Click It or Ticket safety belt enforcement campaign from May 23 to June 5....
View ArticleWautoma Memorial Day Program moves indoors
A representative of Wautoma’s Wolman-Minskey Post 317 has announced that the main Memorial Day program is being planned as an indoor event this year on May 30.This is a change to previous years, which...
View ArticleLovin’ Our Livie Benefit to be held this Saturday
Almond-Bancroft sixth grader Olivia Baumgartner, daughter of Brad and Margurite (Leary), was recently diagnosed with Stage 3 Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. In support of the Baumgartner family, a Lovin’ Our...
View ArticleWautoma council gets update on street projects
MSA Professional Ser-vices Physical Engineer Todd Trader attended the May 9 regular Wautoma Common Council meeting to give an update on city street projects, summarizing recent activities and plans for...
View ArticleCentral Wisconsin Spring Fling held in Wautoma
Seven-year-old Nolan Goehring, Random Lake, took first in the Pee-Wee Division at the Central Wisconsin Spring Fling Beef Show on May 7 at the Waushara County Fairgrounds, Wautoma. To view more,...
View ArticleI-39 lane closures scheduled to begin on May 16 in Waushara County
Beginning Monday, May 16, motorists can expect to encounter singe lane closures and a reduced speed limit of 55 MPH on I-39 throughout Waushara County.The lane closures are necessary for bridge...
View ArticleOlsen receives $1,000 scholarship from United Cooperative
Hannah Olsen, Berlin, received a $1,000 scholarship from United Cooperative, a farmer-owned cooperative based in Beaver Dam with locations throughout Wisconsin, awarded forty-five $1,000 scholarships...
View ArticleWe Really Kare Fishing Club receives state recognition
On May 14, the State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Management Program Bureau Director Justine Hasz (center) presented the We Really Kare Fishing Club the External Partner Award...
View ArticleHancock community members build first playground
On May 13, many Hancock community members gathered to begin building a playground and basketball court at the Hancock Community Center, 420 N. Jefferson Street. With over 130 donors and 38 volunteers...
View ArticleAfter 55 years in the automotive industry, Reilly Motors owners decide to sell
On May 24 it will be end of an era for Reilly Motors in Wautoma as they have sold their business to Jay Hartz For Harv Reilly, owning his own dealership, and calling it Reilly Motors was a dream of his...
View ArticlePublic meeting scheduled to discuss WIS 21 access
WisDOT studying access in Adams, Waushara Counties The Wisconsin Depart-ment of Transportation (WisDOT) is conducting a public involvement meeting to discuss an access management study of WIS 21...
View ArticleArea residents see increase in IRS phone scams
According to Waushara County Sheriff Jeff Nett, in the last few days there has been a very large increase in calls from people claiming to be the IRS.“From what we are gathering these are automatic...
View ArticleDrug investigation and arrests made in Mt. Morris
On April 9, in the early morning hours, the Waushara County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch center received a call from a male subject from an address on State Highway 152 in the Town of Mt. Morris, that a...
View ArticleColoma Supermarket meeting to be held May 19
The Coloma Supermarket will be the topic of a special meeting at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 19 in Room B at the Coloma Community Center/Library, 155 N. Front Street.Arden Bandt, village president, said a...
View ArticleMaliyah Monacelli fundraiser this Friday
A dance party fundraiser will be held in honor of Maliyah Monacelli at Riverview Elementary School, Wautoma, on Friday, May 20 beginning at 6 p.m. The event will include food, raffles, bake sale and...
View ArticleFire causes structural damage to Wautoma Taco Johns
According to Wautoma Area Fire Chief Mark Putskey, shortly after 1 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18, the Wautoma Fire Department was called to a structure fire at the Wautoma Shell/Taco Johns. The fire...
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