By Margaret Richman Chilton Lions Club has stepped forward to provide the first major donation to the Chilton Veterans Memorial. Their $5,000 commitment provides the Chilton Veterans a solid start as they move forward in their goal of fundraising nearly $100,000 for the recently unveiled memorial to be constructed at Klinkner Park. Plans include six [...]
Can a canoe made of concrete actually float? UW-Platteville proved it could. The school’s concrete canoe team (they have a whole team!) won the Midwest Conference regional competition in Mankato, Minn., April 19-20. They will compete in the national contest at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign June 20-22. Chilton’s Jeremy Wagner is on that team. The [...]
Father’s are our biggest source of strength. The innocent eyes of a child perceive father as the all-powerful, most knowledgeable, truly affectionate and the most important person in the family. For daughters, fathers are the first men they adore and fall in love with. While for sons, their fathers are the strongest person they know [...]
The Calumet County Dive Team has expanded the number of volunteers trained to do water rescue by 6 additional members with the help of donations from the community and grants equaling more than $20,000. Team President, Gary Halbach indicated “With the additional volunteers 75 percent of the county can receive emergency services within minutes of [...]
Calumet County Bank has awarded the following 2013 graduates with a $500 scholarship: Amanda Parsons (Hilbert), Rachel Mangin (Reedsville), Brandon Pribbernow (Brillion), and David Brochtrup (Brillion). These students were chosen based on their work ethic, academic record and potential for a successful future. Each year Calumet County Bank awards a total of $2000 in scholarships [...]
Events June 13-20 Join in the festivities all summer long as Chilton Public Library hosts its annual Summer Reading Program, “Dig into Reading”. The program includes reading incentives, top-notch entertainers and educators, reading events for the whole family each week AND on July 8 at 10:30 am, a book signing visit from award winning children’s [...]
10 Years Ago June 12, 2003 St. Mary’s Cemetery will have nearly two dozen performers gathering in period costume and portraying former city residents as part of the Summer Festivities. Charity Stanton, daughter of the Chilton founders Moses and Catherin recently received a gravestone. City officials seek public input in developing plans for uptown. Chuck [...]
Due to Wisconsin’s weather creating delays in planting, the Wisconsin Farm Service Agency (FSA) is extending the date to timely report prevented plant acreage to July 15, 2013, to coincide with the crop reporting deadline. Prevented planted acres normally should be reported within 15 days of the final planting date of the crop. “Wisconsin’s weather [...]
Library features weekly family programs On Wednesday, June 19th, another movie will be the highlight of the family program. The featured film is a recently released film that is the story of Merida, who is a skilled archer and the daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor. Come join us as we share her brave [...]
The Calumet County Sheriff’s Department has arrested a 30 year old man in connection with the death of 24 year old Damon Coe. Damon was found deceased on May 3, 2013 at his residence in the Town of Harrison. An autopsy revealed that Damon died as a result of a heroin overdose. It is believed [...]
