A new nine-part bilingual leadership program will help adults and high school seniors in Green and Lafayette counties build communication, team management, civic engagement and community networking skills through practical training this fall.
A Volksfest backdrop first painted more than 35 years ago by Ernie Jaggi is being recreated by rural New Glarus artist Pamela Ruschman, who is preserving the familiar Swiss scene while giving it new color, stronger materials and new life.
After serving as president of the State Bar of Wisconsin, New Glarus attorney and Town of New Glarus Board member Dan Gartzke will remain involved in the organization’s leadership as past president through July 2027, with committee work ahead.
The restored 1902 Victorian restaurant at 119 5th Ave. now offers an upstairs dining room for private gatherings of up to 20 to 22 guests, along with full-building buyouts and flexible food, beverage, menu and service options for events.
New Glarus expanded its 4K program to a full-day, play-based model during the 2025-26 school year while adding two literacy curricula designed to build phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension and early reading skills for students.
A New Glarus sausage maker turned an old world Swiss snack into a familiar sight at checkout counters across Wisconsin, building Zuber’s Sausage Kitchen through ingenuity, endurance and a drive to make one niche product exceptionally well.
Reports from area scanner traffic during the past week included traffic complaints, fire calls, suspicious activity, medical calls, a dog bite, possible impaired driving, open 911 calls, animal complaints and other public safety responses in and around the New Glarus area.
The Village Board will hold a July 29 public listening session on whether ATVs and UTVs should be allowed within New Glarus, taking up an issue that has divided residents and already prompted action in the surrounding town and across Green County.
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Morning storms and wildfire smoke will give way to a conditional severe-weather threat late Monday, with damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes possible if sunshine allows the atmosphere to recover before evening storms develop.
Luke Burton and Will Pinnow represented New Glarus on the WFCA South Small School All-Star Team in Oshkosh, closing their high school football careers on one of Wisconsin’s biggest stages despite a difficult 41-0 loss to the North.
The Swiss Lanes sign remained standing as demolition crews dismantled the bowling alley Clayton and Betty Engen built in 1959, closing the book on more than half a century of bowling, league nights and community memories in New Glarus.
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