Town of York electors will decide whether to authorize the board to buy the commercial property immediately north of Town Hall, a step town officials say could address long-term equipment storage needs and protect costly road machinery.
Long before combines rolled across fields of corn and soybeans, harvest around New Glarus meant wheat, barley, hand-cut grain, corn shocks, mill ponds and hard lessons about erosion — a story still visible in the shape of the countryside nearly two centuries later.
A familiar Brown Swiss from Voegeli Farm returned to the World Dairy Expo ring this week, adding another class victory to her record while several other cattle tied to the rural New Glarus operation finished among the leaders in Madison.
Three proposed lots, a land division, duplex construction in a cluster development and possible uses of town-owned land on Durst Road are on the Oct. 8 agenda, though supporting details are limited or absent for several of the items.
Against one of the deeper fields the Glarner Knights have seen this fall, New Glarus put together a strong day in Platteville, with varsity and JV runners finding plenty to build on as the season heads toward its championship stretch.
Young hunters get a statewide opportunity next weekend as Wisconsin’s youth gun deer hunt opens Oct. 10-11, while Green County hunters are also being reminded that free chronic wasting disease testing remains available throughout the season.
The hills around New Glarus preserve a story that begins in tropical seas, survives an Ice Age at the edge of a glacier and continues beneath local farms today, in fossils, springs, sandstone, soils and even traces of Wisconsin's lead country.
Months of EMS discussions could reach a turning point Monday in Primrose, where supervisors may act on its EMS service agreement while also taking up fire department costs, zoning concerns and several other town matters.
A technology now carrying passengers without a driver in Texas could eventually make Madison feel much closer. For New Glarus, the bigger question is what happens to housing, farmland and community identity if the commute itself begins to disappear.
Homecoming spirit filled downtown New Glarus as students, the marching band, floats and the Homecoming court moved through the village, turning a familiar fall tradition into an afternoon of color, music and school pride.
Households at or below 60 percent of the state median income can apply now for a once-a-season payment toward heating and electric bills. The benefit is not meant to cover a full energy bill, and farmers use last year’s tax return.
These enormous white mushrooms are appearing across southern Wisconsin, and a little knowledge can turn a surprising find in a lawn, pasture or woodland clearing into one of fall's most memorable wild foods — if you know what to look for.
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