The New Glarus Police Department handled 302 calls for service in November, nearing last year’s annual total. Traffic stops, parking citations, and arrests all contributed to another busy month.
Lila M. Saunders, 97, of New Glarus passed away December 7, 2025. A longtime farm steward and church member, she was known for her devotion to family, faith, and a life rooted in the land west of New Glarus.
The Town of New Glarus Board will meet Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 6 p.m. at Chalet Landhaus to swear in a new clerk-treasurer and discuss recycling rules, ordinances, election staffing, and 2026 service costs.
County officials marked the opening of Green County’s new Highway 39 garage west of New Glarus, a satellite facility aimed at improving road maintenance and winter operations in northern Green County.
The final day of Christkindli Market closed with fresh snow and a downtown full of pride. Photos by Becky Degenhardt capture the crews, crowds, and community spirit that made the weekend a New Glarus triumph.
Today if you took a stroll down 4th Avenue on the west side of town, drove past the part where the road narrows just a bit, and then stopped at Edelweiss Court, you might never know that once this quiet corner of New Glarus was the backdrop for a full-
Veterans and freshmen powered the Sugar River Raiders wrestling team at the Stoughton invitational, piling up pins and fast falls to open the season with momentum and depth across the lineup.
Crews cleared streets and vendor huts before dawn as a fast-moving winter storm dropped several inches of snow across southern Wisconsin, setting a crisp, wintry scene for the final day of Christkindli Market.
Balanced scoring, physical defense, and gritty performances from veterans and freshmen lifted the New Glarus Glarner Knights past River Valley, protecting home court in a hard-fought nonconference girls basketball win.
A Switzerland-based genealogy project is reconnecting New Glarus families to their 19th-century roots in Canton Glarus, mapping hundreds of thousands of descendants and tracing how Swiss emigrants spread across Wisconsin and the Midwest.
The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for New Glarus and Green County as a late-evening storm is expected to bring 3 to 6 inches of snow and potentially slick, hazardous travel overnight.
Freshman pins and steady senior leadership highlighted Sugar River’s dual-season opener at the Mineral Point Quad, as the Raiders showed promise and depth despite close losses to Middleton and Mineral Point.
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