A picture-perfect Saturday brought big crowds, friendly faces and a festive atmosphere to downtown New Glarus. Oktoberfest heads into its final day Sunday with cheese tasting, wagon rides, a petting zoo and two more rounds of live music.
Tonight's Harvest Moon will rise over a New Glarus area countryside already deep into fall work, but the light that once helped farmers stretch the day now serves a different purpose: less necessity, more reminder of what harvest used to be.
As the World Dairy Expo returns to Madison this week, there is a new technology that is producing “whey” without cows. And it is also advancing toward cheese. For Green County, the question is not whether to cheer it on, but whether a changing dairy market could eventually reach our farms.
Forty years after Belleville turned a wave of unexplained 1987 sightings into a hometown tradition, UFO Days returns Oct. 30-Nov. 1 with a parade, music, haunted attractions and more — all during the village's 175th anniversary year.
Green County leaders will gather in New Glarus on Oct. 15 to look beyond the familiar story of an aging population and examine what happens as generations change, wealth changes hands and communities decide how to prepare for both shifts.
Measles virus turned up in a Sept. 16 Green County wastewater sample, bringing the signal closer to New Glarus as a southwest Wisconsin outbreak continues. DHS still has not listed a confirmed or probable resident case in Green County.
From a trail that begins right in town to ridge roads, quiet lakes and sweeping Driftless overlooks, some of southern Wisconsin's best autumn scenery is within an easy drive of New Glarus. Here are 12 places worth putting on your fall list.
On a near-perfect night for football, New Glarus turned defense, field position and a balanced attack into its most decisive win of the season, overwhelming Richland Center while building a 31-point lead before halftime at home Friday.
A tour of Phase 2 at the Glarner Community Complex will open Monday’s meeting before board members turn to student intervention data, a drug and alcohol policy update, staffing items and a report from a recent Village TID meeting.
The company is seeking $6,000 from the Village of New Glarus toward a roughly $14,625 project to repair deteriorated portions of the exterior at 421 Second St., a downtown building with roots dating back more than a century.
Drivers and nearby residents may encounter temporary disruptions next week as crews mill and repave failing asphalt at three New Glarus intersections and fully replace a deteriorated pavement section at a fourth location, weather permitting.
An annual Prairie Haus gathering brought tenants, caregivers and local first responders together for dinner, conversation and a close-up look at emergency vehicles — a community tradition that also reflects a practical part of the building’s mission.
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