News 8 May 2018

Wisconsin Maps Go To SCOTUS

By Charles Collier, The Denmark NewsOn Monday, June 19 the Supreme Court of the United States announced it will hear arguments over Wisconsin’s voting district maps. The current maps used to decide state legislators have been in effect since 2011 and were drawn by the Republican majority after the 2010 Census. This process—the majority party having authority over redistricting—is standard Wisconsin law.
News 8 May 2018
Niemann Rocks The Hill
By Charles Collier, The Denmark NewsPhotos by Cody Sinkula, Y100 RadioDENMARK—On Saturday, June 10 more than 1,200 country music-lovers packed into Veterans Memorial Park in Denmark and brought to conclusion eight months of planning and organizing by the Denmark Lions Club when The Raglanders, Confederate Railroad and Jerrod Niemann, “Rocked the Hill.” An exceptio
News 8 May 2018
Career Pathmaker: Oran Nehls

DHS Principal awarded by Manufacturing Alliance

By Charles Collier, The Denmark NewsWhen students take an exam, they do so after varying levels of study and instruction knowing they will either pass or fail.
News 8 May 2018
Friends of Neshota Pays Tribute
By Charles Collier, The Denmark NewsThe Friends of Neshota Park recently recognized the volunteers and sponsors which, among various other improvements the park. Since 2013 the group of outdoor enthusiasts have brought life to the park located on Park Rd. and S. County Rd. T by maintaining and enhancing existing cross-country ski and horse trails.
News 8 May 2018
Pantzlaff's Ask Lawmakers to Pull Trigger on Gun Safety
By Charles Collier, The Denmark NewsMADISON—Assembly Bill 427, authored by Ken Skowronski (R-Franklin) details directions for the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to create curriculum for those courses.
News 8 May 2018
Sign of Progress
By Charles Collier, The Denmark NewsDenmark State Bank’s former Maribel location has a new look on its exterior, but the work done by Via Rail Engineering has been taking place in the village for more than two years. Via Rail Engineering, a consulting engineering firm specializing in freight rail, has been located inside the building at 14727 Maribel Rd.
News 8 May 2018
PSC Approves $15 Million for Brown County Digester

HOLLAND — Southern Brown County is slated to be the host for an anaerobic digestion system for dairy manure after the Public Service Commission preliminarily approved $15 million for BC Organics, LLC—a 27-member consortium—to receive waste from nine farms which combine for nearly 23,000 animals in a $57.5 million project.

News 8 May 2018
Kwik Trip Coming to Denmark
By Charles Collier, The Denmark NewsLess than one year after purchasing land near the I-43/HWY 96 interchange, the village of Denmark on Friday accepted an offer to purchase from Kwik Trip, Inc.
News 8 May 2018
Manure Spreading, Runoff Under Fire

MADISON — When one-third of Kewaunee County’s private wells tested positive for bacterial contamination in 2014, some pointed to a massive cattle population and others pointed to faulty septic systems. Ongoing study has linked manure from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) to the county’s polluted groundwater and has influenced proposed revisions to the Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) manure spreading requirements.

News 8 May 2018
The Art of Tradition
By Charles Collier, The Denmark News

Mill Art Center to host holiday “experience”

DENMARK—The leaves are falling, the air is becoming crisper, turkeys are beginning to vacate grocers’ reserves, and the all-familiar feeling of the winter holidays is slowly taking hold in the hearts and minds of Northeastern Wisconsin.
News 8 May 2018
Ready to Ride

DENMARK – Using a series of subtle gestures along with some gentle coaxing, Noelle Weis directs six teenage girls and their willful horses into position for a photograph. The horses respond gracefully to their riders’ deft manipulations – so deft they are undetectable to the layman’s eye – and within a minute the horses maneuver into semi-circle and present a nearly perfect equestrian array.

News 8 May 2018
BelGioioso opens New Denmark Mozzarella Plant
By Charles Collier, The Denmark NewsNEW DENMARK—BelGioioso Cheese officially announced the opening of its new 100,000 square-foot cheese plant in New Denmark, which is expected to add 50 jobs to the area when it becomes fully operational next month.
News 8 May 2018
Bike Lanes Considered for North Wall
By Charles Collier, The Denmark News

Reconstruction plans taking shape, public input requested next week

DENMARK—On Monday, Dec. 5, the Denmark Board of Trustees refined conceptual options for reconstruction of N. Wall St. scheduled for next spring.
News 8 May 2018
Denmark Passes Budget, Sewer Rates Increase for 2018
By Charles Collier, The Denmark NewsDENMARK—A two-hour public hearing was hosted in the Denmark Village Hall on Monday, Nov. 27, prior to a special meeting designed to vote on the Village’s proposed funding initiatives for 2018. Treasurer Kim Cookle motioned “zero” with a coiled hand when asked how many residents had reviewed the budget in the two weeks it had been available for public inspection.
News 8 May 2018
Clancy Retires from County Seat
By Charles Collier, The Denmark News

District 20 open for spring elections; Sup. reflects on 30 years of service

GREENLEAF—In the 1960’s, a snowstorm could easily shut down traffic and business for several days in rural Brown County.“I would’ve sat here for three days and couldn’t get out.
News 8 May 2018
From Lake to Lake to Titletown Cheese
By Charles Collier, The Denmark NewsDENMARK—Brighter days are ahead for the former Lake To Lake production facility after wholesaler Titletown Cheese & Trading announced its purchase of the site at the Denmark Village Hall on Monday, Jan. 8.“I’ve been working on this project for well over a year,” Titletown’s President Jerry Haines said. “It’s pretty exciting.
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