From Cheese Days and Oktoberfest to apple orchards, pumpkin patches, colorful trails and quiet afternoons in the countryside, fall around New Glarus offers plenty of reasons to get outside, explore the region and enjoy the season close to home.
Scanner reports from Aug. 24-30 included fireworks complaints, traffic stops, suspicious activity reports, road hazards, a vehicle-deer crash, an accidental 911 call, a hit-and-run and other public safety activity near New Glarus.
A village-owned parking lot east of the Swiss Historical Village & Museum could eventually be redeveloped, with residential use appearing likely given its location, though no specific future use has yet been determined or approved.
Green County Cheese Days returns to Monroe Sept. 18-20 with a Friday night drone show, a Canadian headliner, Wedgie’s new alpine look, a submarine display and the familiar cheese, cows, music and Swiss traditions that can draw 100,000 visitors.
Instagram and X are now part of New Glarus 360’s growing social media presence, giving readers more ways to find local news, breaking updates and community coverage.
A Wisconsin Historical Society photo of 16 and 18 6th Avenue captures Puempel’s, the old post office and a streetscape that, more than 50 years later, remains strikingly familiar to anyone who knows downtown New Glarus well today.
Firefighters from New Glarus, Monticello and Albany responded Sunday evening to an out-of-control brush fire at W2677 County Highway C, just west of Attica. Black smoke was visible as crews worked to reach the fire, which was located well back from the highway.
Highway 69 has reopened between Monroe and New Glarus after the summer detour, but drivers should not expect construction to disappear. Rural milling and paving are expected to begin Sept. 14, bringing daytime flagging and delays.
A Green County-born airman who later made New Glarus home survived a crippled B-24 over enemy territory, internment at a notorious Swiss prisoner-of-war camp — then he repeatedly escaped captivity on a dangerous journey back toward Allied lines during World War II in Europe.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church will host a free community supper Sept. 10 in New Glarus, with brats and sides, no sign-up required, and free-will donations helping cover food costs and support the Green County Humane Society.
After dropping its first two matches while adjusting to a new offensive alignment, New Glarus found its rhythm in a big way Saturday, sweeping Juda and Black Hawk to finish 2-2 at the Argyle volleyball tournament.
With a deep girls roster, an experienced boys core and several promising newcomers, coach Dennis Haak believes New Glarus-Monticello can contend for Capitol Conference titles and put itself in position to send runners to state this fall.
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