Ashley and Michael Arn created The Alpine as more than a wine bar or shop, shaping a historic downtown space around conversation, discovery and the idea that locals and visitors alike should feel welcome enough to settle in and stay awhile.
Six people have died on Green County roads in 2026, bringing the county close to its highest recent annual total as Sheriff Cody Kanable points to extreme speeds, distracted driving and the limits of enforcement across rural roads.
New Glarus school leaders highlighted standout state test results, steady overall enrollment and heavy student participation Monday, while a proposed budget points to a lower tax rate even as the district tax levy is expected to rise.
Mount Pleasant’s decision closes the last remaining municipal 911 contract held by New Glarus Area EMS, while shifting the town’s former coverage area to Albany EMS and Green County EMS beginning Jan. 1, reshaping the regional EMS map once again.
Drivers have a lighter construction week ahead on Highway 69, but the next major round is now slated for Oct. 19, when milling and paving between Monroe and Monticello are expected to bring flagging delays over several workdays this month.
After months of anticipation, a century-old piece of New Glarus commercial history has reached its new home, connecting the Swiss Historical Village & Museum with a downtown business, a future state treasurer and generations of local preservation.
Three flagpoles now stand beyond right-center field at Veterans Memorial Park after the New Glarus Lions Club and local veterans groups teamed up on a project sparked by what players could not see during the national anthem last season.
What began as a 65th reunion for the New Glarus High School Class of 1961 became something larger Saturday, drawing alumni and spouses from across generations to trade stories of farm chores, school buses, dances, teachers and a New Glarus that looked very different from today.
A 1973 view up First Street captures New Glarus before today’s streetscape took shape, with Highway 39 traffic, giant American cars, tavern signs and the Swiss Church anchoring a downtown already balancing daily life with its Swiss identity.
Before professional haunted attractions, New Glarus organizations built their own scares from empty buildings, cardboard boxes, volunteers and imagination — raising money for the community while creating October memories that lasted for decades.
A 1957 aerial view captures much of downtown New Glarus before several familiar buildings disappeared or changed uses, while the railroad, swimming pool and old commercial blocks offer plenty of clues — and a few mysteries for readers to solve.
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 new district release puts New Glarus High School among Wisconsin’s strongest ACT performers, while school board materials show where local students rank against nearby districts across elementary, middle and high school assessments.
Fresh state test results, student participation, enrollment and a proposed $15.6 million general fund budget are among the items awaiting the New Glarus School Board when it meets Monday night, with several new data reports on the agenda.
Nine area school districts are using Wisconsin School Board Appreciation Week to recognize the elected members who help guide local schools, including seven New Glarus board members whose work extends well beyond their public meetings.
New Glarus football hosts Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg for Senior Night after improving to 7-1 with a 56-14 win at Fennimore. Volleyball plays Dig Pink and a home match, conference cross country runs, and Sugar River soccer plus Monroe/New Glarus swimming complete the week.
The Raiders will enter the Division 3 postseason with a familiar opponent waiting just down Highway 69, a nine-year conference title streak intact and a bracket loaded with teams that have already tested Sugar River hard this fall.
Five New Glarus-Monticello girls finished inside the large-school division’s top 25, while Dylan Gardner and Benjamin Biank led a boys lineup that battled through a deep field Saturday at the Baertschi Invitational in Albany, Wisconsin.
A wet field and a road trip could not slow New Glarus on Friday night, as the Glarner Knights kept their late-season surge rolling in Fennimore with explosive offense, timely defense and another emphatic statement win in SWAL play. Photos by Becky Degenhardt.
A 2009 Albany High School graduate who worked in New Glarus and later repaired and refurbished computers and electronics, Whitehead is remembered by family and friends for his creativity, kindness, inventive spirit and sense of humor.
Paul Dorst, a 1977 New Glarus High School graduate, died Oct. 7 at age 67. He is remembered for his love of playing guitar and the Packers, and his family has asked that memorial gifts support a local food pantry or favorite charity.
Patrick H. Topp built a life around family, skilled work, fishing, hunting and Wisconsin sports, leaving those who knew him with memories of a kind spirit, quiet strength and a willingness to help whenever someone needed it the most.
Remembered for a life rooted in family, work and farming, Judell “Judy” Wilhelmson of Monroe spent many years at Oaktron and alongside her husband on their Town of Primrose farm, while raising a family whose generations survive her.
