by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

DENMARK — Protecting against the unpredictable is often a stressful process. As school shootings have continued, however intermittently, to capture national attention, review of security protocol has become a common facet of every district administration.

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

DENMARK — Parking lot snow banks towered above vehicles, bumpy and slippery rides accompanied already slow-moving traffic, and homeowners shoveling out their driveways and sidewalks were treated to vigorous upper body workouts. Everyone in Northeast Wisconsin was heavily taxed by Mother Nature’s cruel sleight-of-hand which in some areas dumped 30 inches of wet, heavy snow in a three-day storm.

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

DENMARK — In the two-month wake of an armed attack of a Florida school, national attention has remained on furthering school safety and seeking ways to protect against and prevent the heinous, unpredictable attacks.

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

DENMARK — “We make plans, and God laughs,” is an adage often deployed to soften the blow of life’s unexpected jabs. He must have had quite the chuckle watching last Wednesday’s special meeting of the Denmark Village Board, especially when a sour vote postponed long-planned road construction.

Charles Collier The Denmark News

DENMARK — Reconstruction of N. Wall St. may face setbacks and a one-year completion of the major project could be in jeopardy after Internet provider CenturyLink informed Village engineers that as much as seven months may be needed for the company to identify and relocate potentially impacted fiber optic lines.

STEVENS POINT — After winning honors for creativity, teamwork and problem solving, Denmark students have earned the right to compete in Destination Imagination's Global Finals between May 23-26 in Knoxville, TN.

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

MARIBEL — An incoming business is set to call Maribel its home, and its arrival was treated to a much different reception than some of the site’s previous suitors.

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

DENMARK – Altered travel habits, complications with summertime events, and general construction season blues are sure to cause rumblings while N. Wall St. is reconfigured this year. An addition to the project’s list of requirements by the Village Board on Monday, March 5, will limit some of the more literal vibrations.

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

DENMARK – Room 211 at Denmark High School was unusually filled with audience members Monday night for the Board of Education’s monthly meeting. Several issues of longstanding implication were up for discussion, none more impactful than the hiring of Luke Goral as District Administrator.

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

DENMARK – Around 20 people filled the audience at Village Hall on Tuesday night for a public hearing built around upcoming reconstruction of CTH KB near Interstate 43 on Denmark’s west side. The mainstay of the project—a one-lane roundabout centered near 641 Depere Rd.—necessitates municipal acquisition of properties which raised alarm among some homeowners.

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

TISCH MILLS—A simple message welcomes travelers to the unincorporated community of Tisch Mills along the border of Manitowoc and Kewaunee counties minutes inland from Two Rivers. It reads, “No mayor, no city council. Life’s good!” underwriting, in subtle but certain terms, a rural mindset of collective preferences guiding community culture.