Horicon News

Horicon Marsh Bird Club will hold its next meeting on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. at the International Education Center north of Horicon on Highway 28.

Gardner supervisor Ralph Jenquin, who presided over the Door County Board of Supervisors for 11 terms, was re-elected chairman at the annual board meeting.

As municipalities scramble to get the biggest bang for their tax dollars, local officials are taking a hard look at their budgets.

Members of St. Stephen Lutheran Church, Horicon held their annual cupcake sale Nov.

"Recipes from the Heart," the first cookbook of Sacred Heart Parish in Horicon has arrived.

Friends from Chicago often ask, "What's happening in Beaver Dam" when they come for the weekend.

It's Say Cheese at Your Library Day on Nov. 18 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Horicon Public Library will celebrate Wisconsin's cheese heritage by offering award-winning Widmer cheese, made in Theresa.

A Whitewater man and woman accused of breaking into several storage units in Waupun have been charged.

For the third year in a row, Kettle Moraine Lutheran's dominance in Flyway Conference volleyball led to the Chargers having the league's player of the year.

The Salvation Army bell ringing season will kick off at the Johnson Street Pick 'n Save at 6:30 a.m. Friday, Nov.

Peninsula State Park received a Gold Seal Award from the Friends of Wisconsin State Parks for having the best family campground at the group's annual awards banquet Oct.

Last week I couldn't help feeling sad that it was the end of the season for the local farmer's markets.

Rich Deeney and his wife, Kay, have been constantly pumping water out of their basement on Putnam Avenue in the city of Janesville since January of 2008.

Lomira Middle School, Campbellsport Junior High School, Oakfield Middle School, Van Brunt Middle School in Horicon and Waupun Area Middle School, are among 83 schools in Wisconsin named Exemplary Middle Schools, based on student academic achievement.

A bigger and better eye clinic is being constructed in Waupun and will be ready for business before the new year said Dr.

Since the emergence of the H1N1 disease last spring people have learned to cough and sneeze into their elbows to avoid germ contact with hands, to carry a personal bottle of hand sanitizer, and to speculate about the medical condition of any friend, family member or colleague that so much as sniffles.

MarshView Ministries at the corner of Cedar and Lake streets in Horicon invites children and adults to stop in during trick or treating on Saturday for a free cup of hot cocoa, coffee or tea.

Monday, October 26, 2009 12:14 a.m. Vote 0 Votes Rep. Jeff Wood, I-Chippewa Falls, who was recently arrested for suspicion of his fifth operating while under the influence-related offense, announced Friday he will not seek re-election to the Assembly next year.

Rep. Jeff Wood said Friday that he won't run for re-election next year and apologized for the events that led this week to a fifth arrest on suspicion of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Christine Collins and William Schmitz, Horicon, are pleased to announce their engagement.