On Saturday, November 1, local veterans and their families joined together to honor and celebrate their service. That night, the Denmark American Legion Johnson-Hershman Post 363 and Denmark VFW Post 6705 held their annual Veterans Banquet at Gatherings 43 featuring food, drinks and an excellent guest speaker in local broadcasting legend John Maino. The Denmark News stopped by to learn more.

This hunting season, students and staff at Denmark Middle School (DMS) are asking local sportsmen to help them help those who have served our country. From now through December 20, the DMS FFA will be collecting discarded deer hides for the "Hides for Heroes" which strives to help our nation's veterans.

Last week, Gerald and Dianne Steinberger stopped by our office to share an interesting and moving story about a fallen veteran in their family whose legacy is still being kept alive over eight decades after he died fighting for our country.

This month, a number of dedicated area residents are hard at work organizing a community celebration of the holiday season. On November 29, the Village of Denmark Community and Business Relations Committee (DCBRC) and their partners will host the second annual Denmark Christmas Tree Lighting featuring an array of decorated trees, holiday crafts, a visit from Santa and much, much more.

Editor's Note: This article was originally intended to run with our Halloween coverage last week but had to be postponed due to an excess of news. Although less timely, we still believe it is a fun and interesting look into some local urban legends.

On Halloween, the Maribel Lions invited one and all to the Village Community Center for their annual party featuring food, crafts and prizes. Pictured: (top) Lion Dan Suto posing with hoverboard winner Thad Lipinski. (bottom) Lions John Heiser and Dan Suto with electric scooter winner Lucas Zuege.

Last week, a team of local young people celebrated a tremendous achievement for their organization and their communities. On October 26, the Denmark-Luxemburg Equestrian Team won their first-ever State Title at this year's Wisconsin Interscholastic Horsemanship Association (WIHA) State Championship in Madison signifying the culmination of a season, and several years before, of hard work.

This week, the stage is set, the pit is tuned and the actors are rehearsed for something magical at Denmark High School (DHS).

On Friday, costumed youngsters and their families took to the streets across the nation on their annual quest for sugary snacks. Locally, the yearly Halloween traditions were in full swing across the greater Denmark community with plenty of fun and sweets for all who partook. The Denmark News was out and about on Halloween night to learn more.

 This weekend, along with the musical magic taking place at Denmark High School (See Page 1), another area school will be presenting their own fall show you will surely not want to miss.

On Tuesday, Americans across the nation will go about the traditions associated with the observance of Veterans Day. Each November 11, the country sets aside a day to pay their respects to and honor all those who served in the armed forces and remember all they gave to defend our freedoms. This week, The Denmark News pays tribute to our local vets with a special section dedicated to their service.

On Saturday, All Saints Catholic Parish in Denmark welcomed the Most Reverend Bishop David Ricken for the observance of All Saints Day. Pictured: (Top) Bishop Ricken performing the consecration assisted by All Saints Pastor Father Xavier Amirtham (left) and Father Mark Mleziva (right). (Bottom) Bishop Ricken performing the Mass’s blessing assisted by altar server Collin Wright.

This November, some dedicated students from Denmark High School (DHS) are working together to provide a much-needed, but often overlooked, resource for those in need. From November 3 through the 25, the DHS Global Scholars Club will be collecting shoes for the "Shoes for Africa" initiative operated by Soles for Jesus, and they are asking the greater Denmark community to help in their mission.

Last month, the Denmark Lions delivered dictionaries to 122 third grade students at Denmark Elementary School! The third graders are learning how to individually find and research answers, and their dictionaries will be a valuable resource to help them develop skills in finding solutions to the questions they have. Pictured is Lion Marion Dahlke delivering the dictionaries to a number of third grade students.

During this year’s Denmark Elementary School Student Council Dance, students had the opportunity to guess how many cheeseballs were in each “Cheese Ball Jack-O-Lantern” with one student from each grade with the closest guess being selected as the winner! The winners were able to enjoy their prize during their class party! (Photo courtesy of Denmark School District)