Sugar River Pizza Sold, Will Become Trails Pizza
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Sophie Vasquez Making Remarkable Progress in Recovery
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Sophie Vasquez Making Remarkable Progress in Recovery

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Highway 69 Reopening Target Holds for Friday
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Highway 69 Reopening Target Holds for Friday

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From New Glarus to NASCAR’s Biggest Stage

From New Glarus to NASCAR’s Biggest Stage
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Sugar River Pizza Sold, Will Become Trails Pizza

Sugar River Pizza Sold, Will Become Trails Pizza
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What Happens After You Flush? Inside New Glarus Wastewater

What Happens After You Flush? Inside New Glarus Wastewater
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Town Board to Revisit Asphalt Change Order

Town Board to Revisit Asphalt Change Order
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New Glarus Shifts Downtown Parking Hours for Late-Night Businesses

New Glarus Shifts Downtown Parking Hours for Late-Night Businesses
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Sugar River Reloads for Another Capitol Title Run

Sugar River Reloads for Another Capitol Title Run
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Community Update: 8/26/2026

Community Update: 8/26/2026
From New Glarus to NASCAR’s Biggest Stage
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From New Glarus to NASCAR’s Biggest Stage

New Glarus native Jesse Saunders grew up chasing a NASCAR dream on Wisconsin short tracks. Today, as car chief for Kyle Larson’s No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team, he says the work ethic and community he learned at home still travel with him.

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Sugar River Pizza Sold, Will Become Trails Pizza
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Sugar River Pizza Sold, Will Become Trails Pizza

After 13 years in New Glarus, Sugar River Pizza is changing hands as longtime manager Phil Cruse and his twin brother, Jon Cruse, prepare to reopen the restaurant as Trails Pizza, bringing a new menu and local ownership to the Railroad Street location.

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Town Board to Revisit Asphalt Change Order
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Town Board to Revisit Asphalt Change Order

The Town of New Glarus will hold a special meeting Sept. 1 to consider rescinding an asphalt change order approved Aug. 12, following an earlier discussion about pricing, bidding procedures and whether the paving work could properly be handled as a change order.

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New Glarus Shifts Downtown Parking Hours for Late-Night Businesses
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New Glarus Shifts Downtown Parking Hours for Late-Night Businesses

Recently the Village Board approved moving overnight parking restrictions in parts of downtown New Glarus from 2-6 a.m. to 3-7 a.m., giving bar patrons and employees more time before vehicles must be moved after late-night closing hours.

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New Brewery Permit Marks More Hilltop Progress
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New Brewery Permit Marks More Hilltop Progress

A recently issued New Glarus Brewing Co. building permit covers a planned restroom and storage building near the Hilltop parking area, another smaller piece of the brewery’s much larger expansion project now taking shape.

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Munchkey Apples to Open Sept. 2 for 2026 Season
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Munchkey Apples to Open Sept. 2 for 2026 Season

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Rachel’s Shoppe Brings New Art Space to New Glarus
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Rachel’s Shoppe Brings New Art Space to New Glarus

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Sugar River Flooring Builds on Craftsmanship
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Sugar River Flooring Builds on Craftsmanship

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Trouvaille Coffee Rolls Out New Mobile Options
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Trouvaille Coffee Rolls Out New Mobile Options

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From New Glarus to NASCAR’s Biggest Stage
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From New Glarus to NASCAR’s Biggest Stage

New Glarus native Jesse Saunders grew up chasing a NASCAR dream on Wisconsin short tracks. Today, as car chief for Kyle Larson’s No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team, he says the work ethic and community he learned at home still travel with him.

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What Happens After You Flush? Inside New Glarus Wastewater
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What Happens After You Flush? Inside New Glarus Wastewater

Most residents never give a second thought to what happens after they flush. Behind the scenes, New Glarus operates a million-dollar wastewater system that battles aging pipes, wipes, grease and chemicals while protecting the Little Sugar River.

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Time to Sign Up for the Annual New Glarus Lions Golf Outing
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Time to Sign Up for the Annual New Glarus Lions Golf Outing

The New Glarus Lions Charity Golf Outing returns Oct. 4 at Edelweiss Chalet Country Club, offering a scramble, dinner, raffles and a $15,000 hole-in-one prize while raising money for scholarships and other local community causes and needs.

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Sophie Vasquez Making Remarkable Progress in Recovery
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Sophie Vasquez Making Remarkable Progress in Recovery

Two months after a serious July crash, New Glarus High School student Sophie Vasquez is walking with a walker, preparing for discharge and working toward a return to school as her recovery continues with therapy and follow-up care.

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Historic Photo: The Wilhelm Tell Usherettes
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Historic Photo: The Wilhelm Tell Usherettes

A historic photograph of 22 New Glarus Wilhelm Tell Usherettes captures an earlier generation of a tradition that began with the pageant in 1938, added its colorful cantonal costumes in 1940 and continues with young performers today.

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Inside the Old New Glarus Grade School
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Inside the Old New Glarus Grade School

For nearly a century New Glarus children climbed its staircases, crowded its hallways, and learned penmanship, speed reading and elocution in classrooms beneath ceilings that seemed impossibly high. The former school was more than a building. It became a warehouse of community memories.

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Historic Photo: A Different Highway 69 at New Glarus Woods
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Historic Photo: A Different Highway 69 at New Glarus Woods

A 1936 DNR archive photo captures New Glarus Woods just two years after it became a state park, showing an earlier Highway 69 alignment, a simple roadside sign and a landscape that remains surprisingly recognizable nearly 90 years later.

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Historic Photo: An ‘Up to Date’ New Glarus Dairy
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Historic Photo: An ‘Up to Date’ New Glarus Dairy

A postcard mailed from New Glarus in 1912 captures a prosperous dairy farm, dozens of cattle and even an early automobile at a moment when Green County’s booming cheese industry was transforming farms — and New Glarus itself.

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New Glarus High School Ranks Fourth in UW-Madison Access
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New Glarus High School Ranks Fourth in UW-Madison Access

More than one in five members of New Glarus High School’s 2024-25 graduating class went on to attend UW-Madison, giving the school the fourth-highest access rate among Wisconsin public high schools statewide.

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New Glarus Teachers Head Back to School This Week
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New Glarus Teachers Head Back to School This Week

Summer break is winding down for the New Glarus School District as teachers and staff return to buildings this week to prepare classrooms, review plans and get ready to welcome students back for the first day of classes Tuesday, Sept. 1.

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New Glarus School Board Electors Approve $9.46 Million Levy
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New Glarus School Board Electors Approve $9.46 Million Levy

Electors unanimously approved a $9.46 million school tax levy Monday, while new property value estimates suggest the final tax rate could come in below earlier projections. Board salaries and other annual resolutions also passed easily.

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New Glarus Music Students Perform at Pearl Harbor
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New Glarus Music Students Perform at Pearl Harbor

Several New Glarus music students joined the 2026 Wisconsin Junior All-Stars of Music tour in Hawaii, performing at Pearl Harbor and Kapi'olani Park while spending a week learning, sightseeing and sharing music with students from across Wisconsin.

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Sugar River Reloads for Another Capitol Title Run
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Sugar River Reloads for Another Capitol Title Run

Eight straight Capitol Conference titles and a 2023 state championship have raised the standard for Sugar River, but coach Robert Gentilli says a younger, reshaped roster will be judged as much by its growth, trust and togetherness as its wins.

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Experienced Core Has Monroe-New Glarus Swimming & Aiming High
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Experienced Core Has Monroe-New Glarus Swimming & Aiming High

Returning state qualifier Hadleigh Shunk leads a Monroe-New Glarus team that combines experienced veterans with promising newcomers as the co-op targets personal bests, postseason success and another strong season in the pool.

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New Glarus Turf Enters Year 3 in Strong Shape
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New Glarus Turf Enters Year 3 in Strong Shape

After two full years of football, soccer, practices, school activities and community use, the artificial turf at The Bank of New Glarus Field is entering its third season with only routine maintenance and no major concerns, district officials say.

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Bound Becomes New Hub for New Glarus Athletics
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Bound Becomes New Hub for New Glarus Athletics

New Glarus families now have a new home for schedules, scores, tickets, rosters and athletic updates through Bound, while Hudl remains the place to watch Glarner Knights games that are available by livestream throughout the school year.

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Obituaries

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June Strahm, Devoted to Family and New Glarus Community, Dies at 79
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June Strahm, Devoted to Family and New Glarus Community, Dies at 79

A lifelong New Glarus resident, Strahm worked for the State of Wisconsin and several local businesses, volunteered with 4-H and Girl Scouts, taught Sunday school and devoted much of her life to her family, especially her grandchildren.

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Roger Kalscheur, Railroad Inspector and Devoted Grandfather, Dies at 72
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Roger Kalscheur, Railroad Inspector and Devoted Grandfather, Dies at 72

Known as “Pudge,” the Mount Horeb native traveled the country as a railroad inspector, later worked as a plasterer in New Glarus and was remembered for his devotion to family, love of baseball, generosity, humor and loyalty.

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Gregory Wenger, New Glarus Native and Devoted Golfer, Dies at 79
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Gregory Wenger, New Glarus Native and Devoted Golfer, Dies at 79

A New Glarus native and longtime Wisconsin clothier, Gregory Wenger built a life centered on family, friendship, community and golf before finding his retirement dream among the courses of Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. He died at 79.

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Sandra L. Bubenzer, Teacher, Traveler and Devoted Church Leader, Dies, 86
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Sandra L. Bubenzer, Teacher, Traveler and Devoted Church Leader, Dies, 86

A Purdue graduate who taught English and history, served Wisconsin’s environmental work and led church and PEO groups, Bubenzer built a 64-year life with her husband, Gary, and found her favorite home among Green County’s rolling hills.

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