December 2015

If you are interested in learning how to better manage your lawn, trees, shrubs, or garden and share your gained knowledge with others, you may want to register for the UW-Extension Master Gardener Level One training that will be offered in Monroe later this winter. Classes to learn more about horticulture and to become a UW-Extension Certified Master Gardener Volunteer are being offered on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., from February 23 to April 27, at the Justice Center, 2841 6th Street, Monroe.

Dear Editor,
I recently listened to an NPR (National Public Radio) segment on the impending closure of the Oscar Mayer plant in Madison, Wisconsin.  Roughly 1,000 jobs will exit Madison, impoverishing the neighborhood around the plant and adding to the already heavy burden shouldered by social services agencies and taxpayers.

Norman Henry Glaeden, 79 of Janesville, lost his battle with lung cancer on Sunday, December 27, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Madison. He was born October 20, 1936, in Monroe, WI, and was raised in New Glarus by his parents, Mollie (Stauffer) and Henry Glaeden, and grandmother, Amelia Stauffer.

There was no snow on Christmas this year, but on Monday, December 28, winter seemed to return with a vengeance. Snow began early in the morning before changing to sleet, and some freezing rain. There were some slide-offs reported and a two-vehicle accident late in the afternoon on STH 69, north of New Glarus, that sent one person to the hospital. STH 69 was closed for a time while New Glarus Police, New Glarus Fire, New Glarus Area EMS, Green County Sheriff's Department and Belleville Police Department were on scene.