Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Surrounded by bricks and tiles with names of local veterans, Tomah High School band director Charlie O'Brien plays Taps. Herald photos Bob Kliebenstein
Blue skies and sun set the tone for Tomah Veterans Memorial event
The event at Tomah's Memorial Park was not an official change of command ceremony.
Sparta Brush relocating operation to Mexico
One of Sparta's oldest companies will be closing shop within the next few months and moving its operations to Mexico.
Veterans Day activities scheduled for Monday
In 1954, Congress passed a bill that changed the name of Armistice Day, which celebrated the end of World War I, to Veterans Day, a “day dedicated to the cause of world peace.”
A Monroe County Highway Department snow plow removes slush from Hwy. 27 south of Sparta Wednesday after the county received 3-4 inches of snow overnight. Herald photo by Pat Mulvaney
Winter serves up its first helping
The City of Sparta is reminding residents that they have 24 hours after a snow or ice storm to clear their sidewalks.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson spoke to a large crowd Friday gathered at the Coulee Real Estate & Property Management office on East Oak Street in downtown Sparta. Herald photo by Pat Mulvaney
Ron Johnson makes stop in Sparta
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson made a stop in Sparta last Friday to rally the Monroe County Republican Party and give them his impressions of what's transpiring in Washington D.C. lately.
Four Members of the Monroe County Climate Change Task Force were in the studios of Wisconsin Public Radios La Crosse Bureau last week to record a program on the group. They include, from left, Ron Luethe, Jim Schroeder, Tina Osterberg and Bob Micheel. Contributed photo
County's Climate Change Task Force gets statewide audience
Monroe County's Climate Change Task Force got some statewide exposure last Thursday after Wisconsin Public Radio aired a one-hour segment last week, featuring key members of the group.
Surrounded by bricks and tiles with names of local veterans, Tomah High School band director Charlie O'Brien plays Taps. Herald photos Bob Kliebenstein
A Monroe County Highway Department snow plow removes slush from Hwy. 27 south of Sparta Wednesday after the county received 3-4 inches of snow overnight. Herald photo by Pat Mulvaney
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson spoke to a large crowd Friday gathered at the Coulee Real Estate & Property Management office on East Oak Street in downtown Sparta. Herald photo by Pat Mulvaney
Four Members of the Monroe County Climate Change Task Force were in the studios of Wisconsin Public Radios La Crosse Bureau last week to record a program on the group. They include, from left, Ron Luethe, Jim Schroeder, Tina Osterberg and Bob Micheel. Contributed photo
Surrounded by bricks and tiles with names of local veterans, Tomah High School band director Charlie O'Brien plays Taps. Herald photos Bob Kliebenstein

Blue skies and sun set the tone for Tomah Veterans Memorial event

Monday, November 11, 2019 - 9:38am
The event at Tomah's Memorial Park was not an official change of command ceremony. It could be considered more of a change of responsibility. But for the significant crowd that gathered on a sun splashed pre-Veterans Day Saturday, the event likely held similar significance of a change of command...

Sparta Brush relocating operation to Mexico

Monday, November 11, 2019 - 9:34am
One of Sparta's oldest companies will be closing shop within the next few months and moving its operations to Mexico. Carlisle Sanitary Maintenance Products, more commonly referred to as Sparta Brush, is a subsidiary of CFS Brands, an Oklahoma City-based company that owns a number of businesses in...

Tempers flare at County budget hearing

Monday, November 11, 2019 - 9:32am
Little changed in the Monroe County budget at last Wednesday's budget hearing, despite a Tomah supervisors attempts to shift funds away from Rolling Hills to cover other budget line items. Supervisor Paul Steele made two attempts to remove money from the Rolling Hills budget before going on a...
Sparta Mayor Kristen Gust signs the Proclamation for DECA Week. Pictured sitting, from left are Nate Hellman, Naomi Noble, Mayor Gust, Valeria Pahuamba. Standing are Caroline Olson, Callie Ziebell, Austin Erickson, Ben Hellman.

DECA discount cards now available

Monday, November 11, 2019 - 9:30am
The 2020 DECA discount cards are now available! This year we have added four new businesses to the cards! With this, the 2020 DECA Discount Card has a total of 30 discounts. Discounts come from: Arenz Shoes, Family Restaurant, Culvers, El Vallarta, The Cotter Pin, McDonalds, Wayside Tavern, River...
Ken Schoolcraft reads a poem called 'A Soldier" as part of keynote address at the Tomah VA Veterans Day recognition. Herald photos Bob Kliebenstein

Tomah VA recognizes Veterans Day early

Monday, November 11, 2019 - 9:28am
When Ken Schoolcraft pokes fun at other military branches, he is comfortable fellow veterans know the Vietnam War veteran is not serious. Schoolcraft, Black River Falls, was keynote speaker for the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center Veterans Day program Friday, Nov. 8. He is a member of BRF...
Moriah Murray, Amanda Lowry, Tevy McKee, Sarah Peterson and Sophie Pokela. Contributed photos.

Tomah DECA keeping busy early in the school year

Monday, November 11, 2019 - 9:25am
Tomah High School DECA students are been keeping busy to this point of the school year. According to DECA advisor Dan Briggs, the organization consists of over 70 students this year. Officers are Sarah Peterson, president, Rachel Venner VP of leadership, Phillip Parks, VP of community service and...
An aircrew member with the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment of New Century, Kansas, provides guidance to a CH-47 Chinook pilot during sling-load training Aug. 1 for the 89B Ammunition Supply Course at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy)

125,166 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2019

Monday, November 11, 2019 - 9:18am
For the 35th consecutive year, more than 100,000 troops have trained at Fort McCoy as 125,166 service members completed training on post during fiscal year (FY) 2019. Training statistics reflect many types of training opportunities that take place at the installation by active- and reserve-...

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