By Charles Collier, The Denmark NewsOn Monday, August 1, the Town of Cooperstown adopted a two-year moratorium on the spray irrigation of liquid manure. Opposition to the fertilization tactic stems from health concerns regarding airborne pathogens such as e. coli, streptococcus spp., salmonella and various others.

By Charles Collier, The Denmark NewsAfter staking out with PVC piping a prospective gazebo in Memorial Park, the Denmark Lions Club gained Village Board approval to move into the design phase of the project.Uncertainty remains over where exactly in the park the proposed 12-foot by 18-foot structure should be built and whether the flagpole and sign synonymous with the park would have to be moved.Discussion with the Board and community will continue as the club

SubmittedI can’t think of anyone who can say they have only lived in one house for their entire life. But Evie Huletz can. It may be a Guinness world record.Evie Huletz was born on July 23, 1916. She was born and raised in her parents’ house which they built one year before Evie was born. Her father died in a car accident when Evie was 15 years old. On January 7, 1942, at the age of 25, Evie married Clarence Huletz .

By Charles Collier, The Denmark NewsOctober is coming to a close and fall is in full swing. Halloween decorations are up, and the temperatures are beginning to drop. This familiar slide into the other half of the year known as “winter” always makes the hills prettier and life a little bit more calm. Some people are working to make this fall even easier to enjoy for some.On Saturday, you might have seen kids and adults around town scouting multiple lawns. St.

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By KELLY FENTONThe Denmark NewsWRIGHTSTOWN – When you play a team as powerful and dominant and -- over the past two seasons -- as unbeatable as Xavier, you have to try to shake things up, and maybe even abandon a few things that have worked for you throughout the year.And so, on Thursday night in the Division 3 sectional semifinal at Menasha, Wrightstown, an up-and-down team that likes to score in transition, tried to be more patient in an attem

By KELLY FENTONThe Denmark NewsWRIGHTSTOWN – Cory Haese takes a mostly laisses faire approach with his Wrightstown shooters. If the circumstances are right, let it fly.Jacob Beining deemed the circumstances – tie game, 24 seconds left in a Division 3 regional championship, open in the left corner – to be right.Turns out his impulse and his aim were right as well.

DENMARK – The Denmark boys’ season came to a close with a 69-51 loss at Sheboygan Falls High School on Friday night in the regional semis.The Vikings concluded a 14-10 season.Denmark loses six players to graduation, including three who saw significant playing time – starter Josh Pelischek, Nick Rabas and Sam Sipiorski. The other seniors are Grant Vaskelis, Ryan Honnef and John Otradovec.Denmark was hounded by the Falcons’ 1-3-1 zone that forced 20 turnovers.

Updated to include quotes and official statsBy KELLY FENTONThe Denmark NewsWRIGHTSTOWN – All indications coming into Thursday night’s sectional semifinal between Wrightstown and Amherst were that the two teams were nearly identical. Each sported 23-1 marks; each ran the table in league play; each scored in the mid-60s.But on Thursday at Menasha, they couldn’t have been less alike.

WRIGHTSTOWN – Division 3’s top-ranked Wrightstown High School girls’ shrugged off a sluggish start and pulled away for a 64-50 victory over Fox  Valley Lutheran on Friday night to capture the regional championship.The Tigers, who won for the 23^rd straight time following a season-opening loss, will take on Amherst, ranked third in the state, on Thursday in the first round of sectionals. Game time is 7 p.m.

DENMARK – The Denmark High School girls gave second seed Southern Door all it wanted in the D3 regional semifinals on Friday night, but the Eagles found the range in the second half to pull away for a 48-29 victory, ending the Vikings season with an 11-13 mark.“I don’t think a lot of people expected us to win 11 games this year and finish tied for fifth in the NEC,” said Denmark head coach Kory Fredrikson.

DENMARK – Denmark High School had no answer for 6-6 post player Luke Pingel and fell 61-55 to Freedom on Thursday night in Freedom.Pingel poured in 26 points and that was just enough to eclipse an outstanding game by Viking Zane Short, who scored 22 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, nabbed four steals, dished out three assists and blocked two shots. Brady Jens added 16 and Sam Sipiorski 10.

By Kelly Fenton, The Denmark News

After being pushed around in his early days as a freshman, Denmark’s Josh Frerk has become the intimidator

DENMARK – Josh Frerk wasn’t exactly given an opportunity to ease into his wrestling career at Denmark High School.Rather, it was the equivalent of a father throwing his toddler into a swimming pool. It was sink or swim.