DENMARK – Donavan Short scored 28 points and Denmark pulled off its biggest win of the year, stunning Freedom, 61-53, on Saturday night in Freedom.

The Vikings (3-2), who snapped a two-game losing streak,held off a second-half charge by previously unbeaten Freedom (3-1). The Irishwhittled a 14-point deficit to five with a 9-0 run midway through the half. Butthey never got closer than that.

DENMARK – Donavan Short scored 28 points and Denmark pulled off its biggest win of the year, stunning Freedom, 61-53, on Saturday night in Freedom.

The Vikings (3-2), who snapped a two-game losing streak,held off a second-half charge by previously unbeaten Freedom (3-1). The Irishwhittled a 14-point deficit to five with a 9-0 run midway through the half. Butthey never got closer than that.

There are plenty of signs of good things to come for the Village of Maribel.

Senator Andre Jacque of the 1^st Senate District was recently awarded the 2019-20 Friend of the Towns  Award by Lee Engelbrecht, WTA District 5 Director and Manitowoc County Unit Chair, for his work  supporting town government.  

Virtual instruction will continue for Denmark public school students for at least one additional week than anticipated, District Administrator Luke Goral announced at the start of the week. 

 Manitowoc County and the Wisconsin National Guard will be hosting a recurring COVID-19 community testing site at the Manitowoc County Expo Center, 4921 Expo Dr., Manitowoc. 

The agencies undertook the first of four testing days on Tuesday. The next three will run at the site from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each of the following days:

• October 20

In Appleton, 89 workers employed at AstenJohnson, makers of specialty fabrics for the paper industry, went on strike over the company’s proposal to increase out-of-pocket health care costs for its workers. The workers are the Local 1855 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). The strike began on Oct. 16 and has yet to be resolved.

tudents and staff returned to in-person school instruction on Monday after three weeks of doing business and study remotely as a result of the area’s boom in positive coronavirus tests following the Sept. 1 start of classes. 

Transmission of the virus within the Denmark School District appears to have stalled in the interim, according to census tract-level data from the state Dept. of Health Services (DHS). 

DENMARK – Last season, such a loss would have had coaches, players and fans pulling their hair and gnashing their teeth. 

Last season, a 40-14 loss to Fox Valley Lutheran would not have set well with anyone in the Denmark community.