By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Asked to describe the connection between money and politics, Kelda Helen Roys drops one adjective, then another: “Inseparable.” “Insufferable.” As the Democratic state Assembly rep from Madison sees it,...
Letter to the editor: Juneau County Zoning and Sanitation is ‘Septic Tank Gestapo’
By DAVE WESTER | Elroy Rural Juneau County residents might have received the same letter I did from the Juneau County Zoning and Sanitation Department — alias "Septic Tank Gestapo." I have religiously had my septic tank pumped every two or three years, yet in its Oct....
N-O-W School District winter athletics schedule
Home games are in bold. WRESTLING • 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 — Melrose-Mindoro JV Invitational • 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 — Brookwood vs. Cashton • 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 — Logan Invitational • 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16 — Brookwood at Royall • 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec....
Monroe County Investors and Entrepreneurs Club to offer financing program
The Monroe County Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club will offer a free program, Small-Business Financing, at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Monroe County Local History Room and Museum, 200 W. Main St., Sparta. At 5:30 p.m., refreshments will be served and a networking...
Vernon County Museum Notes: Local-history exhibits revamped
By KRISTEN PARROTT | Vernon County Museum curator The museum staff recently has spent a lot of time updating old exhibits and creating new ones. We hope you will come in to see what we've been doing. On the second floor, we have a new exhibit of Norwegian wood...
Sueann Liebe
Sueann Liebe, 49, of Ontario passed away Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, at Tomah Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 8, 1962, in Oklahoma City, Okla., and raised in Milwaukee. She attended Bayview High School in Milwaukee. Sueann loved the history of Wisconsin. She took an...
Money & Politics: Realtors collect cash for political issue groups
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism As Darcy Haber sees it, being a member of the Wisconsin Realtors Association is not an option; it’s a professional necessity. Otherwise, the Madison Realtor would not have access to the Multiple Listing...
Money & Politics: Insurance agents get back in the game
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism During the first six months of this year, the Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin reported spending $36,377 on lobbying, twice as much as during the entire previous two-year period. Much of its effort...
Vernon County Museum Notes: Genealogy class meets Nov. 10
By KRISTEN PARROTT | Vernon County Museum curator The genealogy class will meet again at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Vernon County Museum. Barb Nelson of Viroqua will be the guest teacher for the day. Originally from La Crosse, Barb will use her German/Russian...
Elroy class of 1942 reunites
It has been 69 years since this group graduated from Elroy High School. The onetime classmates held a reunion on Aug. 3 at Dorset Valley Restaurant, rural Wilton. Left to right: Mary (Trepes) Gernetzke, Helen (Knutson) Krizon, Evelyn (Smith) Mettel, Joann (Hyer) Muth,...
