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Aubrianna Schaldach, 14, the daughter of Tim and Donna Schaldach, will be traveling to Enterprise, Alabama to compete at the National level in the Miss United State Agriculture Pageant the weekend of …

Quilts in The Vineyard

  Branches Winery will present a display of handmade quilts in a beautiful vineyard setting in collaboration with the Vernon County Piecemakers Quilters Guild. The indoor/outdoor event will …

On Monday, June 26 th the Cashton School Board held their monthly meeting. At the beginning of the meeting the Elementary school principal, Dawn Nelson, gave her final building report for the year …

New AEDs in Town

Community Watershed Council to meet

The Coon Creek Community Watershed Council will meet on Wednesday, July 5, at the farm of Mark Moilien, N105 Moilien Road, Coon Valley (on the ridge off Highway 162). Food will be served at 6 p.m., …

06/18 A tan horse was running back and forth on State Highway 80, town of Hillsboro.  The owner was able to catch the horse and put it back in the pasture. 06/19 Robert Evans, Viroqua, was …

Museum Notes

We are experimenting with a new name for our old building.  The building was constructed in 1918-1919 as the Vernon County Normal School, and the name “County Normal” is still carved …

Dean's List

Local students named to Dean's List at UW-Superior SUPERIOR, Wis. (May 31, 2023) - The following students have been named to the University of Wisconsin-Superior Dean's List for academic …

Local Entrepreneurs Sell Lemonade

The sun was hot hot hot this past Saturday, so Evelyn and Marshall Klinkner decided to set up a lemonade stand in the high school parking lot facing Front Street. Evelyn said she had the idea and got …

Making Waves

Members of the village board organized a successful fundraiser last week for the all-abilities Splash Pad. Each member had some part to play in the event on June 22nd. With Cashton’s …

06/11 A landowner reported fishermen were trespassing on his property on Spring Coulee Road, town of Coon.  A deputy spoke with the landowner and the fishermen.  The fishermen were warned …

Museum Notes

Women’s Work and Vernon County Goes to War are the titles of two recent publications by the Vernon County Historical Society.  Each booklet is about 52 pages long and full of …

In a case filed on October 15, 2020, to Monroe County Circuit Court, Jerome Robert Leuck, of Cashton, had a trial in January at the Monroe County Courthouse. There are 14 different charges, including …

New Leash on Life

Elizabeth Fryseth, her family, and her three guide dogs came to the Cashton park June 15 th to speak on their experience with the Lions Club and how it helped them through some of their biggest …

06/04 The sheriff’s office received a report of threats being made to two females in the village of De Soto.  A deputy responded to the scene.  After speaking with the victims, the …

Museum Notes

When we talk about African-American history in Vernon County, we usually focus on Cheyenne Valley, a community founded in the 1850’s in the Town of Forest.  Several free Black and …

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