With Highway 69 now closed to through traffic, project officials say next week’s work will focus on culverts north of County NN and near Exeter Crossing, concrete at the County C roundabout and continued bridge and turn-lane work.
Before Wisconsin knew him as “Uncle Sol,” Solomon Levitan walked Green County’s farm roads with merchandise on his back, built a New Glarus store and forged the relationships that carried him into statewide office. His rise began here.
Belleville’s 75th annual Community Picnic returns Aug. 7-9 with fireworks, carnival rides, live music, tournaments, family activities, a rib contest, car show, chicken dinner and three days of events at Sugar River and Community parks.
Friday night’s tractor and truck pull brought horsepower, smoke and a distinctly rural kind of drama to the Green County Fair, where Ross Harried of Second Crop Creative captured the machines, drivers and determination that kept the grandstand watching.
New Glarus’ signature blues band begins its hometown summer schedule July 18 at the Blues, Brews & Food Truck Festival, then returns for two August shows at Ohana Kitchen during a wide-ranging tour across seven states through late August.
What began as a small 4-H project has become a thriving four-acre enterprise, with teenage sisters Belle and Stella Rolli growing thousands of ears of sweet corn, leading a young crew and building a business with roots across three communities.
Thursday night’s SWIRA Dirt Bike & 4-Wheeler Races brought speed, noise and clouds of dust to the Green County Fair, where photographer Ross Harried of Second Crop Creative captured riders pushing their machines—and themselves—around the dirt track.
While researching an entirely different story, New Glarus 360 recently stumbled across an old Illinois newspaper article that adds a remarkable new layer to one of the strangest mysteries in New Glarus history.
In-person absentee voting begins July 28 for the August 11 partisan primary, with schedules varying in the Village of New Glarus and the towns of New Glarus, Exeter, Mount Pleasant, Perry and York. Mail requests are due August 6 at 5 p.m.
Free July 30 program will bring live reptiles, amphibians and other animals to the New Glarus Village Hall for an interactive look at evolution, adaptation, conservation and the living descendants of prehistoric creatures.
The former Quality Cellular suite along Highway 69 in New Glarus has been leased to a local tenant, sources say. The leasing agent declined to identify the tenant or disclose plans for the property when contacted, but more details may emerge soon.
From cow statues and church lawns to Spotted Cow, Glarner Knights and Belleville, New Glarus has its own code of conduct — a collection of traditions, courtesies and local expectations that residents understand without ever seeing them written down.
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