With Highway 69 and County C/Urban Road open again, crews are expected to begin milling and paving Monday from Monticello toward New Glarus, with flaggers controlling traffic and delays expected through the workday until Friday noon.
Long before Swiss settlers arrived in 1845, the ground beneath New Glarus passed through French and British claims, overlapping Virginia and Massachusetts claims, four U.S. territories and two counties before Green County finally appeared on the map. And then it kept changing.
New Glarus rolled through five matches Saturday at the Brodhead Volleyball Invite, sweeping Monroe, Turner and Albany before winning three-set battles with Evansville and host Brodhead to finish a perfect 5-0 on the day in impressive fashion.
Monroe-New Glarus finished third among seven teams Saturday at the Lodi Co-Op Invite, powered by four individual victories, a runner-up relay finish and another wave of season-best and lifetime-best swims for the CheeseKnights team.
A goal just 4:30 into Saturday morning’s match proved to be the difference as Sugar River fell 1-0 to Edgewood in Madison. The Raiders stayed within striking distance behind 10 saves from Taydon DeRouin and return home Tuesday to face Waupun.
Freshman Sadie Mitchell and senior Holly Maynard finished just seven seconds apart to lead the New Glarus-Monticello girls Saturday at the River Valley Blackhawk Invitational, where the varsity girls placed 10th among 19 large-school teams.
Organizers are seeking volunteers for New Glarus Oktoberfest Sept. 24-27 to help with setup, teardown, beer pouring and token sales. Volunteers will receive a free T-shirt or Oktoberfest stein, and a separate paid trash crew is also needed.
Swiss Church will bring its annual Kilby celebration to New Glarus on Saturday, Sept. 26, during Oktoberfest weekend, with Kilby Express take-out dinners and a Taste of Kilby food stand featuring Swiss meatballs and traditional favorites.
Long before Oktoberfest filled downtown New Glarus, Kilby brought worship, reunions, mutton and honey, shooting contests, baseball and all-night dances to the village. The Swiss tradition has survived here in a quieter form for more than 160 years.
Belleville resident Katherine “Kathy” Weaver, a former co-owner of the Town Edge Restaurant in New Glarus and a member of Green County Home and Community Education, received an Honorable Merit Award at the 2026 Great Wisconsin Quilt Show in Madison this week.
Humanoid robots still sound like science fiction, but Tesla, Nvidia, major banks and the federal government are preparing for them now. If even a fraction of their forecasts prove right, the effects could reach nearly every corner of New Glarus.
Cars and trucks will fill New Glarus on Sunday, Oct. 4, for the annual Car & Truck Show. The rain-or-shine event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with free entry, dash plaques for the first 100 entries and awards presented at 3 p.m. that day.
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