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February 3, 2023 – West Bend, WI – Each year, prior to Catholic Schools Week, a committee will convene to elect/determine the recipient of the annual Mother Cabrini Award established in 1988. The committee will consist of the winners of the three previous years, as well as the Principal and the Pastor. The award is a “Chambers” certificate and a tiny saint of their choosing. The criteria to be considered, but not limited to include:

February 3, 2023 – Rhinelander, WI – Scott C. Wahouske, 59, of Rhinelander, formerly of West Bend, passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. He was born July 16, 1963, son of Richard and Patricia (Peters) Wahouske. Scott was a lifelong Packers, Brewers, Badgers,...

Feb. 4, 2023 – West Bend, WI – This Saturday is the 76th anniversary of the Woolen Mills fire in West Bend. In 1947 the headline on the front of the paper read: ‘Fire Early Tuesday Completely Destroys Plant of West Bend Woolen Mills; 85 Out of Job.’

Wayne, WI – Community Church of West Bend is announcing the opening of a. second campus at the building formerly home to Wayne Elementary and I4Learning. Community School, W5760 Mohawk Road. The new campus will be named Community Church North. An open house is Sunday February 5, 2023, with...

February 3, 2023 – Colgate, WI -William “Bill” Collins, 62, of Colgate, Wisconsin, passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2023. William “Bill” Collins was born February 28, 1960 and raised in West Allis, Wisconsin, and moved to Colgate in 1994 where he lived with his family and contributed to his community.

West Bend, WI – Over the last 15 years, Dave Bohn has been writing down memories of his childhood, growing up on the family farm, just south of West Bend on Hwy P. He hopes his writings will preserve the often-overlooked stories of ordinary farmers and everyday farm life in rural Washington County during the Great Depression through the eyes of a local farm boy.

February 3, 2023 – West Bend, WI – Cornerstone Community Bank is merging with Horicon Bank and soon these rolls will transition with the promotions of Rick Novotny to Senior Vice President – Chief Credit Officer, Chris Zirbes to Senior Vice President – Commercial Lender, and Chad Zimborski to Vice President – Commercial Lender.

West Bend, WI – At Keberle, Patrykus & Laufenberg, LLP (KPL) we dedicate our legal practice to assisting injury victims and their families. We have served Washington County for over 28 years. During this time, we have helped thousands of clients from our community put their lives back together...

February 4, 2023 – West Bend, WI – Received a note with a newspaper clipping from the mid-1990s as a neighbor on North Street in West Bend recalled the cold weather of 1993-94. The Associated Press published a photo of a street sign in West Bend. It was taken at the intersection of North Street and Po Street, which is just north of Highway 33 and east of the Eisenbahn State Trail.

Hartford, WI – Laufer Trucking, Inc. in Hartford has been providing service to customers locally, in the Midwest, and beyond since 1976. Year after year we are the recipient of Platinum or Gold National Safety Awards from Great West Casualty, the nation’s largest insurer of the trucking industry. This award is reserved for the safest fleets on the road.

February 3, 2023 – Town of Hartford, WI – The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the second traffic fatality of 2023. On Thursday February 2, 2023, at 8:19 am the Washington County Dispatch Center received a report of a vehicle possibly in the tree line on the south side of Turtle Road west of Level Road in the Town of Hartford. Prior to the arrival of deputies, a second caller reported a vehicle with heavy damage in the same area with a deceased male driver.

February 3, 2023 – Town of Erin, Wi – Neighbors in the Town of Erin have spoken out aggressively against a proposal by Washington County to put a concrete slab with a trailer on a wetland at the intersection of CTH K and CTH E to potentially house a violent sex offender.