Obituary | Leonard (Lenny) Arnold McGinnis, 77, of West Bend, Wi
West Bend, WI - Leonard (Lenny) Arnold McGinnis passed away peacefully with his family by his side on July 8, 2025. Born on July...
Obituary | James W. Lydon, 87, of the Town of Jackson, WI
Town of Jackson, Wi - James W. Lydon, 87, of the Town of Jackson, WI died Saturday, July 5, 2025 at his residence. He...
UW-Madison Division of Extension – Washington Co. to Relocate to Moraine Park Technical College...
WEST BEND, WI – July 9, 2025 – The University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension – Washington County is announcing its upcoming relocation to the...
6 departments on scene of house fire in Town of Barton | By Lt....
July 10, 2025 - Town of Barton, Wi - On July 9, 2025 at 1:29 p.m., the Washington County Sheriff’s Office Communication Center took...
On a history note | In 2015 two students attended their 80th WBHS class...
West Bend, Wi - It was September 2015 and an 80th reunion was held for the West Bend High School class of 1935. There...
Letter to the Editor | Stand up for children | By Dan Schulist
July 10, 2025 - Town of Trenton, Wi - Wars, taxes and tariffs, political unrest and violence, illegal immigration and border security… None of...
Obituary | Leo G. DeGroot, 94, of West Bend, Wi
West Bend, WI - Leo G. DeGroot of West Bend, Wi, died on Monday, July 7, 2025 at Kathy Hospice at the age of...
VIDEO | On a history note | Town of Addison woman calls 911 for...
Addison, WI - It was 2016 and "We assumed it was very small and we got a cooler and when the officer approached it...
Submit your photos: Is your corn “knee high by the 4th of July?”
Washington Co., WI – Knee high by the Fourth of July is an old-timey saying in the farming community; an early visual that could signal...
Photographer Erinn Springer captures rural Wisconsin in the series Dormant Season at the Museum...
West Bend, Wi - The Museum of Wisconsin Art proudly presents Dormant Season: Erinn Springer, an ongoing photographic series focusing on Springer’s exploration of...
VIDEO | Remember the razing of the Mutual Mall in West Bend, Wi
West Bend, WI - It was December 18, 2020, when the demolition of the old Mutual Mall, 1043 S. Main Street, got underway. Do...
U.S. Post Office to increase price of a stamp
Washington Co., WI - The US Postal Service is increasing the price of a stamp on July 13, 2025.
The current price for a...
Submit your photos: Is your corn “knee high by the 4th of July?”
Washington Co., WI – Knee high by the Fourth of July is an old-timey saying in the farming community; an early visual that could signal...
Multiple departments on scene at fire in Jackson, WI
July 7, 2025 - Jackson, WI - There is a working fire on Center Street just west of the railroad tracks in the Village...
On a history note | Remembering Julie Ann Fabrics in West Bend
West Bend, WI - Neighbors in West Bend may remember Rosemarie Alf from the old Julie Ann Fabrics store in West Bend.
Alf and her...
Speed skater Jordan Stolz featured on NBC Winter Olympics promo
Washington Co., WI - NBC’s first Winter Olympics promotional ad aired Friday night during the Macy’s countdown to the fireworks in New York. The...
Sign up to volunteer at Art & Chalk Fest, August 16 – 17, at...
West Bend, WI - It's time to start planning for summer. The volunteer sign-up page for this year's Art & Chalk Fest at the...
Submit your photos: Is your corn “knee high by the 4th of July?”
Washington Co., WI – Knee high by the Fourth of July is an old-timey saying in the farming community; an early visual that could signal...
REAL ESTATE | Remember when | Hidden treasures fell from the rafters at the...
West Bend, WI - Contractors rehabbing the old train depot along the Eisenbahn Trail in West Bend, WI, in October 2009 found a couple...
VIDEO | Washington County Historical Society to preserve and repurpose St. Agnes Historic Site
Barton, WI – There is a treasured historic site on a quiet road just off Main Street up the hill on Fond du Lac...