Craft And Vendor Expo To Be Held This Sunday By Anne Trautner The Kewaskum Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Craft and Vendor Expo at Kewaskum Middle School, 1676 Reigle Drive in Kewaskum, this Sunday, Nov. 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission and parking are free. There will be more than 80 crafters and vendors featured at the expo, making it the largest craft show the Kewaskum Chamber

Washington County Lowers Tax Rate Another Dime A dime: that is how much the county property tax rate was reduced when the Washington County Board of Supervisors adopted County Administrator Josh Schoemann’s 2020 recommended budget and tax levy. The county’s general levy property tax rate will decline from $2.39 per $1,000 in 2019 to $2.29 per $1,000. The budget reduces the tax rate

Kewaskum Post Office Says Please Clear Snow And Ice —Keep Letter Carriers Safe As They Deliver Mail For The Holidays With forecasts of severe weather across the state already this year, the U.S. Postal Service is asking customers to please help our letter carriers deliver mail safely by clearing snow and ice from sidewalks, stairs and mailboxes. “Snow and ice make delivery dangerous

Village Board Approves 2020 Budget By Anne Trautner The Kewaskum Village Board approved the 2020 budget on Monday, Nov. 18, with a total village levy of $2,356,735, a 4.33 percent increase from last year. Because property values have gone up, the mill rate will go up 2.28 percent. That means the rate goes from $7.45 per every $1,000 in value to $7.62 for every $1,000 in value, Village

State Agencies Work Together To Keep You Healthy Making sure that people, animals, and the environment in Wisconsin are healthy is the goal of several state agencies as they mark One Health Day, which focuses on the link between all three. The Wisconsin departments of Health Services (DHS); Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP); and Natural Resources (DNR) use the One

Kewaskum School District Exceeds Expectations On State Report Card The Wisconsin Department of Instruction has released the 201819 District Report Cards, and once again the Kewaskum School District achieved the Exceeds Expectations category. “We are focused on making sure our students are prepared for their next step in life, whether that be continuing their education at a four-year

Back Home Snow Flurries A Reminder Of This Year’s Long, Strange Weather Trip By Chris Hardie I’m not a big Grateful Dead fan, but the lyrics from their song “Truckin’” came to mind as I stared out the window recently, watching large flakes of snow fall from the sky. “Lately it occurs to me, what a long, strange trip it’s been.” It was a winter of rain and ice to polar