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The Sparta art scene continues to grow, and the Sparta Art Society has unveiled two new mural designs for the community to ...
Melby, 101, passed away on July 16, 2025, at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua. She was born on September 6, 1923, in Cook ...
The following local students have been named to the Deans' and President's Lists at Drake University. Sparta, WI   Payton ...
A Sparta man faces several charges of bail jumping and maintaining a drug trafficking place, according to online court records. Charles Rehfuss, 48, faces 15 counts of felony bail jumping one … ...
The Earth is constantly changing in natural ways, but most of those changes are very slow. Humans are speeding up other changes with global warming.
140 years ago (1885) Friday evening Mr. Steve Roberts was riding along Water Street in a buggy. Suddenly the reach (connecting the front and rear wheels) broke, and the top fell forward, Roberts … ...
TOMAH - Walter Phillip Bender Sr., age 97, of Tomah, WI, passed away on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at Tomah Health. A Celebration of Walt’s Life will be held on Saturday, July 19, 2025, 1:00 … ...
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay announced the following students from the Monroe County area who received academic honors. Sparta, WI Natalia Carpenter, Semester Highest Honors … ...
At the regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 2, the Village of Cashton Board of Trustees voted to go ahead with splitting the cost of a fence for the softball outfield in Village Park. The … ...
The Four Corners Native Garden in Sparta is a new community garden project, which seeks to utilize available resources, including space, expertise, volunteers, and donated plants, to create a pocket … ...
Gerald W. Jensen, 85, of Onalaska, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2025 at Spring Brook Community Living Center. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 16th at 11:00 a.m. at The … ...
Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend some good golf gadgets that can help older golfers? I like to walk the course when I play but I have some back problems that make stooping over to tee-up or ...