History

Myra, Wi - Contractor Jerry Zelenka of Breezen Properties is back with an update on the remodel of a 170-year-old home in Myra, Wi. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOLQ6tzeJuc] Zelenka debuted the 2-story home in April 2021 when he...

May 10, 2021 - Washington Co., WI - Dear Editor,   My name is Lisa Allen.  I am concerned about 3 century farms that will be destroyed by the Hwy W Extension. These are sustainable farms,...

April 2, 2021 – West Bend, WI - Sunday, April 4 will be 40 years since a tornado struck West Bend. It happened in the middle of the night on April 4, 1981. Members...

March 28, 2021 - Kewaskum, WI - Today’s 1954 photo of Easter finery titled ‘Ready for church,’ is courtesy Jeanne Goeden of Kewaskum. With Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday we’ll roll out a...

March 27, 2021 - West Bend, Wi - Dave Bohn was born just a few months after the stock market crash; he grew up during the Great Depression in the 1930’s on a farm...

March 9, 2021 - West Bend, WI - It was the end of an era Tuesday morning as the historic grandstand at Carl Kuss Field in West Bend was leveled to make way for...

March 8, 2021 - West Bend, WI - The light poles at Carl Kuss Field in West Bend came down Monday morning, March 8, 2021 as demolition got underway. There was a bit of a...

March 8, 2021 - West Bend, WI - It was 10 a.m. Saturday morning and the hum of a chainsaw and crack of a hammer could be heard echoing through Regner Park. A small team...

March 7, 2021 - West Bend, WI - It was 10 a.m. Saturday morning and the hum of a chainsaw and crack of a hammer could be heard echoing through Regner Park. A small team...

February 27, 2021 - Washington Co., WI - Bananas were never Grandma’s favorite fruit, but if I peeled it and cut it up, she would eat it. One day Grandma said, in her broken...

Washington Co., WI -  Dave Bohn was born just a few months after the stock market crash; he grew up during the Great Depression in the 1930’s on a farm just south of West Bend...

February 2, 2021 – West Bend, WI – Resident historian Lee Krueger highlights his great aunt Thecla Richter, who served as a nurse during WWI. Below are two letters home from Richter dated August...

February 1, 2021 – West Bend, WI – Resident historian Lee Krueger highlights his great aunt Thecla Richter, who served as a nurse during WWI.   Below are two letters home from Richter dated June 14,...

West Bend, WI - Local historian Lee Krueger from Little Cedar Lake highlights his great aunt Thecla Richter, who served as a nurse during WWI. Below is a letter home from Richter dated June 11,...

West Bend, WI - Local historian Lee Krueger highlights his great aunt Thecla Richter, who served as a nurse during WWI. On the Atlantic-Going to England…. The three units left New York on May 18,...

West Bend, WI - Resident historian Lee Krueger is looking to highlight his great aunt Thecla Richter, who served as a nurse during WWI. Thecla Richter's WWI Time Line - (based on letters and family...

Washington Co., WI -  Dave Bohn was born just a few months after the stock market crash; he grew up during the Great Depression in the 1930’s on a farm just south of West Bend...

West Bend, WI - Local historian Lee Krueger from Little Cedar Lake is looking to highlight his great aunt Thecla Richter, who served as a nurse during WWI. During the years after "The Great War"...

January 10, 2021 - Town of Hartford, WI - Eight fire departments from Washington County responded early Sunday morning, January 10, 2021, to a structure fire at Kettle Moraine Hardwoods, 5261 Aurora Road in...

Slinger, WI - You've probably driven past the old Zuern Family Homestead a million times and haven't even known it. The small white and brown farmhouse sits on the south side of Highway 144 just...