The Waterloo City Band will kick off our 2024 season with the first rehearsal on Wednesday evening May 8. Practices will be from 6:45-8 p.m. in the band room at the Maunesha Business building (the old Waterloo library downtown). Practices will be held every Wednesday evening through the spring and summer months. This year we welcome our new conductor and events coordinator Lauren Gentry. She is the director of bands...

The Marshall baseball program has been forged from fire in the early portion of the 2024 season. Entering the week of April 22, the Cardinals had already lost to three teams ranked in the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association (WBCA) top-20: New Glarus (No. 10, Division 3), Columbus (No. 19, Division 2), and Deerfield (No. 19, Division 3). Marshall hosted a fourth ranked team on Tuesday, April 23, but with much higher stakes. Waterloo entered the matchup as more than just the Cardinals' top rival, but...

High school track & field is supposed to follow a certain rhythm. Typically, at least in the Capitol Conference, teams will compete in early-week quads before splitting off to challenge themselves at larger invitationals later in the week. A lot of rain on Tuesday, April 16 threw a wrench into these plans, though, for Marshall and Waterloo. Waterloo’s early week warm-up was set to be a quad at Belleville High School against Columbus, Lodi, and Sugar River. Marshall was set to take on a triangular...

The Marshall baseball program was itching to get a second Capitol — South conference game under its belt. The Cardinals were left with a bitter taste in their mouths following the first, a 14-1 home loss to New Glarus to open the new season. The three games that followed were all against non-conference opponents. Marshall had a pair of chances to right this rough start by playing its season series against Belleville in successive days. The Cardinals hosted the Wildcats on Thursday, April 18 and...

The annual Waterloo High School Alumni Association banquet will be held in the school cafeteria on Saturday, May 18. Doug Riesop, Class of 1969, will serve as toastmaster. Riesop is a retired Slinger High School teacher, athletic director, and coach. Cost of the banquet is $32 per person. Seniors attend as guests of the alumni association. A combined invitation and reservation form is posted on the school website at: waterloo.k12.wi.edu...

Saturday, April 20 was a good day to spend at Waterloo Fireman’s Park. Both the Waterloo baseball and softball teams hosted tournaments, inviting talented squads from the area to compete. The softball team brought in non-conference opponents Deerfield, Mineral Point, and Lomira. It was a day of mixed results against some tough competition. The day got off to a strong start for Waterloo with a 10-0 win over Deerfield, called due to mercy rule after five innings. The Pirates were in for a pair of...

The success of the Waterloo baseball program early in this 2024 season has been no secret. The Pirates got off to a red-hot 7-0 start, but this stretch needed a real “prove it” victory. The opportunity for this came with a matchup against Cambridge on Thursday, April 18 at Waterloo Fireman’s Park. The Blue Jays finished in a three-way tie for the Capitol — South conference title last season. This, along with plenty of returning talent, earned them the No. 4 spot in Division 3...

In the more populated areas of the country, people come together over a wide variety of things. Movies, clubs, bars, parties, politics, protest, and things of the like bring people out in droves. But in the countryside, where life is slower and quieter, people come together in different ways, including the age old practice of hunting. All year round, all around the country, families and friends stalk silently out into the wilderness together in the hopes of bringing home both food and trophies. ...

Find more information about these events and others on the library website: www.waterloo.lib.wi.us. Thursday, April 25 • NEW Cricut Maker Club at 6 p.m. Whether you're a seasoned pro or new to the world of Cricut, our club offers a...

The 2024 season didn’t start exactly how the Marshall softball team had hoped. The Cardinals, reigning champions of the Capitol — South conference with a WIAA regional to their name the season prior, started the year ranked No. 9 in Division 3 of the Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association (WFSCA) coaches poll. Back-to-back losses to Waterloo and Poynette bumped them from the list in the second iteration of the poll. The early portion of this week offered an opportunity for Marshall to bounce back. The...

The Waterloo Marshall VFW will host its burger Fry May 2 starting at 4 p.m. Members will serve 1/3-pound sirloin burgers with fries at the VFW monthly through October. The post is Krause-Langer VFW Post 6614 is located at 115 S. Monroe St. in Waterloo. Future burger fries will be held June 6, July 11, Aug. 8 and Oct. 3. It will not be held in September during Wiener and Kraut Days.

The fickle Wisconsin springtime weather allowed for plenty of competition last week. While the weather wasn’t exactly sunny and 75 degrees, Waterloo’s track & field program was able to open its season with a home Capitol Conference traingular, inviting Marshall and Cambridge, on Tuesday, April 9. While visiting Marshall had an impressive meet, winning 24 of the varsity events, there were still some positive results for host Waterloo to be proud of, as well. ...

Libraries across the nation are marking National Library Week with events and discussions to highlight the importance of these special community places. According to the American Library Association, the theme this year is “Ready, Set, Library.” It is meant to highlight that “in our always-online world, libraries give us a green light to something truly special: a place to connect with others, learn new skills, and focus on what matters most,” the ALA states on its website. ...

The Marshall track & field program has hit the ground running in 2024, pun intended. The Cardinals have wasted no time as establishing themselves as a threat in the area. They kicked off the season by lighting up a Capitol Conference triangular at Waterloo High School on Tuesday, April 9 before heading to Markesan High School on Thursday, April 11 for an invitational. There, the boys took first place with a team score of 192 while the girls finished runner-up with a score of 127. ...

The Waterloo baseball program is one of the area’s hottest teams. The Pirates experienced the woes of tight losses and bad injury luck in 2023. With largely the same roster back for this spring, the tides have turned in an impressive way. When we last checked in on Waterloo, the Pirates were off to an inspiring 3-0 record. That number has now more than doubled to 7-0 with a trio of home wins before collecting another on the road. They knocked off Poynette 12-6 on...

The Waterloo softball team cleared a massive hurdle early in the 2024 season. The Pirates avenged a pair of losses to rival Marshall from the season prior, handing them a 2-1 walk-off loss on Monday, April 8. Following the pride of victory came a humbling defeat. The day following, the Pirates made the trip to face Columbus on Tuesday, April 9 and left with a 12-6 loss. Instead of allowing this non-conference stumble derail progress, Waterloo turned on the jets. The Pirates proceeded to launch...

Tuesday, April 9- Tuesday Night: High Team Series-Handy App 2028. High Team Game-Handy App 691. Kirk Gehler 617(214-233), Kolton Jurss 589(213), Jeff Bettin 572, Richard Weihert 535(204), Ken Scott 518(212), Logan Conrady 516(212), Ben Zander 513, Julie Daube 500. Wednesday, April 10- Wednesday Businessmen: High Team Series-Rhode Elect 2093. High Team Game-Rhode Elect 711. Andy Kuhl 619(213-226), Chris Hensler 616(203-221), Joe Jazdzewski 581, Rosario Gomez 579(243), Bill Sandlin 576(219), Mike Anton 516. Thursday, April 11- Thursday Twilite: High Team Series-MSP 1512. High Team Game-MSP 552. Michelle Holzhueter 610(224-208).

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 605 Madison St., Marshall, will host a spaghetti dinner drive-thru event on Thursday, April 25 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the church parking lot. Orders will be taken on the spot and prepared fresh for each driver. For $9 each, a full spaghetti dinner, with lettuce salad, French bread and dessert will be brought to the car. Visit the website at holytrinitymarshall.com Facebook: @holytrinitylutheranchurchwi

Time waits for no one and nothing, as we are all aware. It waits for no one and slowly but surely entropy comes along and wears things down, and so it goes. Fortunately, in Waterloo, when it comes to objects and places where entropy can be restored, ambitious and like-minded individuals actively work to keep things looking fresh. The Waterloo Community Development Authority is on the job and doing what...