A 2009 Albany High School graduate who worked in New Glarus and later repaired and refurbished computers and electronics, Whitehead is remembered by family and friends for his creativity, kindness, inventive spirit and sense of humor.
Drivers have a lighter construction week ahead on Highway 69, but the next major round is now slated for Oct. 19, when milling and paving between Monroe and Monticello are expected to bring flagging delays over several workdays this month.
Before professional haunted attractions, New Glarus organizations built their own scares from empty buildings, cardboard boxes, volunteers and imagination — raising money for the community while creating October memories that lasted for decades.
With Primrose now leaving for Sugar River EMS, Mount Pleasant is the last municipality still contracting with New Glarus Area EMS. Monday’s vote could decide whether the 51-year-old nonprofit enters 2027 with any municipal 911 coverage at all.
The Raiders will enter the Division 3 postseason with a familiar opponent waiting just down Highway 69, a nine-year conference title streak intact and a bracket loaded with teams that have already tested Sugar River hard this fall.
Warm, dry weather could give Green County farmers an important window to make progress on corn and soybeans, while motorists should expect more combines, tractors, grain trucks and other heavy equipment on rural roads in the days ahead.
Five New Glarus-Monticello girls finished inside the large-school division’s top 25, while Dylan Gardner and Benjamin Biank led a boys lineup that battled through a deep field Saturday at the Baertschi Invitational in Albany, Wisconsin.
Southwest Wisconsin’s measles outbreak has grown to 238 confirmed cases, but Green County still has none. A September wastewater detection in Monroe remains the county’s only sign of the virus as officials continue watching through Oct. 18.
Green County supervisors will take up one of the county’s largest proposed capital projects Tuesday, with competing committee recommendations, five construction options and a tax impact that could approach $201 a year on a $300,000 home.
A new SpaceX spectrum deal could turn Starlink from a dead-zone backup into a hybrid mobile network. For New Glarus, the bigger story may be what happens when phones, ambulances, farms and remote sensors no longer depend entirely on towers.
Four residents are seeking appointment to the Town Board on Oct. 14, while supervisors also face a slightly higher 2027 fire district budget, EMS resolutions, shipping-container rules and several decisions tied to the new town garage.
National Newspaper Week is a reminder that the stories closest to home often matter most — and that trust depends on reporting that is accurate, transparent, accountable and willing to show readers where the information comes from.
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