In 1970, the new Shirley Feed Mill was completed and opened for business.  Previously, a grist mill had been built by Edward Beimborn in the early 1900s. Edward’s son, Norbert, sold the grist mill and other associated businesses to Herbert Piela who later sold it to David Van Gheem who operated the business as the Shirley Feed Mill.

In 1970, the Denmark Junior High School opened a small addition to the school which was a replacement for the original high school that was built in 1921.

On Monday, March 30, 1970, tragedy struck the Denmark Co-op when the feed mill was destroyed by an early morning fire. 

At the tail end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, General Telephone Company of Wisconsin was hard at work upgrading telephone service in the Denmark area. 

In 2000, Three Bears Day Care underwent a major expansion, moving across town to a much larger, brand new facility.

In 2000, Brown County planners introduced the newest type of intersection to Denmark’s Planning Committee--the roundabout.

In the 1950s, the Denmark School District was experiencing a large growth in enrollment. To accommodate this growth and expected future growth, an addition to the high school was deemed necessary. However, adjoining property would need to be purchased to allow for a major expansion.

In the 1940s, as new trains were entering service on the Chicago & North Western Railway line that traveled through Denmark, new tracks needed to be installed to accommodate these new trains.

When the Chicago & North Western Railway completed their line through Denmark in 1906, the passenger trains that served the community were powered by steam engines. As technology rapidly developed throughout the 1900s, railroads began switching to diesel powered trains.

In the 1950s, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church experienced many monumental changes. At the beginning of the decade, Trinity and Calvary Lutheran Churches completed their merger, which resulted in the creation of Our Savior’s. This was a long process with several prior failed attempts for the two congregations that had long had a close relationship.

In 2000, the Denmark School District expanded its early education program to include all four- and five-year-olds.  Previously, four-year-old kindergarten was available to students who needed extra help, so the program was very limited in scope. With the expansion, the “district no longer is forced to discriminate against some families”.

All Saints School can trace its history back to February 5, 1950, when a parish meeting was held at All Saints Parish. It was at this meeting that the congregation decided to raise the yearly church dues from $21 to $31 per family to start a fund for a parish school.

On Saturday, May 13, 2000, St. James Parish in Cooperstown celebrated their Sesquicentennial, or 150-year anniversary, of their founding. 

In 1978, the Denmark School District presented a referendum to voters. The high school, which was completed in 1964, was already in need of more space due to overcrowding.

In recent decades, the number of priests available to serve area parishes has steadily decreased. Due to this decrease, many parishes have had to share priests in an arrangement known as a linkage. In 2000, this exact scenario happened with All Saints in Denmark, Holy Trinity in New Denmark, and St. James in Cooperstown.