August 2019

The New Glarus Woods State Park will be hosting a Trail Run on Saturday, August 17, 2019. Runners can participate in 5M and 10M runs, along with a 1 Mile Run/Walk. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m., racing begins at 9:30 a.m.
This is the first annual event, and a part of the Savanna Trail Run Series. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Friends of the New Glarus Woods State Park.

Join the Family Fun Triathlon, hosted by the Green County Healthy Community Coalition and the Green County Community Health Endowment Fund! The event will take place Saturday, August 17, starting at 9:00 a.m., with yoga on the north side of the square, followed by a walk from the square to Twining Park, and will finish with WERQ Dance Fitness. Afterwards, stay and enjoy the wonderful Main Street Monroe Farmers Market. There is no pre-registration required, when you arrive, simply check in at the tent with balloons on 10th Street.

For more than 90 years, Belleville has offered its student body, alumni and community 'Friday Night Lights', as our hometown football team gives their all in competition with area schools. Just as it was in 1928, today's Wildcats do their best to represent not only their teammates and themselves, but also the proud history of their parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents and, in some instances, their great-grandparents.

By Sue Moen
Last spring, a New Glarus parent of a special needs child filed a complaint with the Department of Public Instruction against the New Glarus School District under state and federal special education. The parent said that despite numerous attempts to work out the issues, the school had not addressed the needs of their child. The family said they were frustrated after not having their questions answered and sometimes being told completely different things by members of the staff.