August 2020

The Belleville Community Club hosted a mini version of the Annual Community Picnic. Although many events had to be cancelled due to this year's pandemic, the Community Club and many volunteers made sure that some could still be held. The 69th Annual Picnic was condensed to one day and the Chicken Dinner (Drive Thru), Duck Draw, Raffle, and Fireworks were still held.

While COVID-19 forced many summer events to be canceled, including the annual 4-H summer camp at Upham Woods in Wisconsin Dells, Green County 4-H got creative and came up with a fun alternative. Camp in a Box allowed youth from Green County and beyond to experience the fun of 4-H summer camp safely from their own home.

On July 31, 2020, at approximately 8:17 p.m., while a New Glarus officer was working a State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation Seatbelt Enforcement Traffic detail in the 1200 block of STH 69, they observed James Frion, 43, Argyle, drive past them without having his seatbelt fastened. Frion was subsequently stopped for not wearing a seatbelt. After the initial contact was made, the officer returned to their squad to begin the paper work. While doing so, Frion exited his car and began to run away from the officer.

After a great deal of consideration, due to the Coronavirus Pandemic in 2020, we have decided to cancel our yearly Feather Party/Bingo fundraiser normally held in November. In over 70 years of supporting this event this will be the first cancellation, we believe. Warm weather, rain, heavy snow, ice storms, blizzards in the past did not have the power to cancel this event.