Last week The Mill Art Center on Broadway Street in Denmark held its annual holiday craft sale. "The Holiday Sale", which is in its sixth year at the Mill Art Center and has a thirty plus year history in the area, featured over fifty area artists whose creations were available to peruse and purchase throughout the first floor of the art studio.

Last Wednesday, on the night before Thanksgiving, DD's Saloon in Denmark welcomed the rock band Bad Habitz to the stage for a special "Blackout Wednesday" concert.

The busy Thanksgiving week can be especially hectic for businesses that provide the festive fare for our annual dinners. On Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, we paid a visit to Jennifer Treu, owner and operator of Ampersand Cake Company in downtown Denmark.

Jennifer and her staff were, as expected, busy preparing the holiday treats, but she was kind enough to talk with us for a few minutes about her new, Thanksgiving themed, product.

Last Wednesday, Denmark Sting Cancer held a special spaghetti dinner for cancer survivors and their families in the Denmark area. The event was held in the multipurpose room of the high school and featured delicious pastas, soups, and salads from Olive Garden, as well as an array of homemade sweet treats to enjoy. 

Last week, the Denmark School District was proud to announce that they have been selected to receive two large grants for improvements to be made to their learning environments. Over the past years, the district has worked very hard to find and apply for any and all grant or donation opportunities they qualify for.

Last weekend marked the beginning of a very special time of year in Wisconsin; a time many people around here anxiously await every year--deer hunting. This year's gun season kicked off on Saturday, November 19, with thousands of local hunters taking to the woods to find and bag their prize.

By Chris Nelson 

Say it ain’t snow. This year could be a doozy for a winter in the Midwest. A fairly strong La Niña weather pattern could mean that the coming winter will be colder and wetter and perhaps snowier across much of Wisconsin, according to forecasters. 

PACKERS CELEBRATED THANKSGIVING IN 1951

WITH FIRST-EVER TELEVISED GAME

By Tom Emery

Today, Green Bay Packer fans have the chance to see every game of the season on TV.  Decades ago, fans had to scramble to see the Pack on the tube.

By: Alex Sekra

The Suster’s Dance Hall was a longtime mainstay of downtown Denmark, hosting many popular social functions, dances, and even basketball games for decades. Also known as the Denmark Ballroom, it was built in 1925 next to the old Denmark High School by Victor Suster Sr.

By: Alex Sekora

The Maribel Caves Hotel was built in 1900 by Charles Steinbrecker, an Austrian immigrant, who modeled the hotel on resorts from his home country. The hotel was even built in a style reminiscent of his home country, a style not as familiar in the United States which gave it an old world appearance.

After last week's amazing Veterans appreciation program at Denmark Middle School, both Denmark Elementary School and Denmark High School had some rather large shoes to fill if they wanted to put together presentations that were just as  moving and heartfelt for Veterans Day. Last Friday, they did just that.

On election day last Tuesday, voters in the Denmark School District were asked to decide on two very important referendum questions regarding the present and future of the district.  The first question was to renew the current operational referendum at $925,000 annually through the 2025-2026 school year.

In case you noticed the dozens of squad cars from jurisdictions spanning the state that all assembled at the former Lake to Lake Factory last Tuesday and were wondering what was occurring, have no fear. The Denmark News was on the case.

On Wednesday, November 9, the Denmark Senior Center hosted a fundraiser "haystack dinner" for the public at their center on Highridge Avenue. For those, like this reporter, who never heard of a "haystack dinner" before, let me give you a short explanation. A haystack dinner is a fundraiser that revolves around a main course that consists of beef and a variety of toppings on top of a bed of corn or tortilla chips. Think, a "walking taco" without the bag.

Every month, over 100 needy members of the Denmark community are provided with some necessary sustenance by the hard work and generosity of the Denmark Community Cupboard. The cupboard is able to give out roughly $150 of much needed groceries to those in our area who have fallen on hard times and are struggling to put food on the table.