News 12 April 2018

North Wall Delayed One Year

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

DENMARK — “We make plans, and God laughs,” is an adage often deployed to soften the blow of life’s unexpected jabs. He must have had quite the chuckle watching last Wednesday’s special meeting of the Denmark Village Board, especially when a sour vote postponed long-planned road construction.

News 5 April 2018
Wall Street Project Facing Roadblocks

Charles Collier The Denmark News

DENMARK — Reconstruction of N. Wall St. may face setbacks and a one-year completion of the major project could be in jeopardy after Internet provider CenturyLink informed Village engineers that as much as seven months may be needed for the company to identify and relocate potentially impacted fiber optic lines.

News 29 March 2018
X-Treme Trucking Takes Over The Ridge

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

MARIBEL — An incoming business is set to call Maribel its home, and its arrival was treated to a much different reception than some of the site’s previous suitors.

News 29 March 2018
Two Teams from Denmark Advance to Destination Imagination's Global Finals
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STEVENS POINT — After winning honors for creativity, teamwork and problem solving, Denmark students have earned the right to compete in Destination Imagination's Global Finals between May 23-26 in Knoxville, TN.

News 22 March 2018
Shaking Things Up

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

DENMARK – Altered travel habits, complications with summertime events, and general construction season blues are sure to cause rumblings while N. Wall St. is reconfigured this year. An addition to the project’s list of requirements by the Village Board on Monday, March 5, will limit some of the more literal vibrations.

News 15 March 2018
Sidwell Soars As Eagle Scout

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

News 15 March 2018
Homeward, Denmark

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

DENMARK – Room 211 at Denmark High School was unusually filled with audience members Monday night for the Board of Education’s monthly meeting. Several issues of longstanding implication were up for discussion, none more impactful than the hiring of Luke Goral as District Administrator.

News 9 March 2018
High-powered Hawks’ 53rd straight win ends Wrightstown run
By KELLY FENTONThe Denmark NewsWRIGHTSTOWN – When you play a team as powerful and dominant and -- over the past two seasons -- as unbeatable as Xavier, you have to try to shake things up, and maybe even abandon a few things that have worked for you throughout the year.And so, on Thursday night in the Division 3 sectional semifinal at Menasha, Wrightstown, an up-and-down team that likes to score in transition, tried to be more patient in an attem
News 8 March 2018
Playing Their Part

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

TISCH MILLS—A simple message welcomes travelers to the unincorporated community of Tisch Mills along the border of Manitowoc and Kewaunee counties minutes inland from Two Rivers. It reads, “No mayor, no city council. Life’s good!” underwriting, in subtle but certain terms, a rural mindset of collective preferences guiding community culture.

News 8 March 2018
KB Roundabout Spinning Heads Already

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

DENMARK – Around 20 people filled the audience at Village Hall on Tuesday night for a public hearing built around upcoming reconstruction of CTH KB near Interstate 43 on Denmark’s west side. The mainstay of the project—a one-lane roundabout centered near 641 Depere Rd.—necessitates municipal acquisition of properties which raised alarm among some homeowners.

News 5 March 2018
Beining’s late three propels Tigers to regional crown
By KELLY FENTONThe Denmark NewsWRIGHTSTOWN – Cory Haese takes a mostly laisses faire approach with his Wrightstown shooters. If the circumstances are right, let it fly.Jacob Beining deemed the circumstances – tie game, 24 seconds left in a Division 3 regional championship, open in the left corner – to be right.Turns out his impulse and his aim were right as well.
News 3 March 2018
Denmark boys come up short in regional semifinals
DENMARK – The Denmark boys’ season came to a close with a 69-51 loss at Sheboygan Falls High School on Friday night in the regional semis.The Vikings concluded a 14-10 season.Denmark loses six players to graduation, including three who saw significant playing time – starter Josh Pelischek, Nick Rabas and Sam Sipiorski. The other seniors are Grant Vaskelis, Ryan Honnef and John Otradovec.Denmark was hounded by the Falcons’ 1-3-1 zone that forced 20 turnovers.
News 2 March 2018
Cold-shooting Tigers’ long streak, season, come to end
Updated to include quotes and official statsBy KELLY FENTONThe Denmark NewsWRIGHTSTOWN – All indications coming into Thursday night’s sectional semifinal between Wrightstown and Amherst were that the two teams were nearly identical. Each sported 23-1 marks; each ran the table in league play; each scored in the mid-60s.But on Thursday at Menasha, they couldn’t have been less alike.
News 1 March 2018
Wetland Bill Passes Senate

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

MADISON—The Wisconsin Legislature passed a bill last week loosening restrictions for developing certain wetlands in the state, drawing anger and applause depending on the crowd.

News 1 March 2018
Kwik Trip Plans Approved

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

DENMARK — The final steps of municipal approval were hurdled on Tuesday afternoon for a Kwik Trip gas station and convenience store near the intersection of Interstate 43 and State Highway 96 on Denmark’s west end.

News 27 February 2018
Balanced attack lead to third straight regional title for Wrightstown girls
By KELLY FENTONThe Denmark NewsWRIGHTSTOWN – The Wrightstown High School girls may have come into their regional championship battle with Fox Valley Lutheran on Saturday winners of 22 straight, holder of the top spot in the state in Division 3 and owners of an 18-point rout of the Foxes last month.But the Tigers had also had to scrap for a two-point win over those same Foxes in the regular season finale eight days earlier and found themselves, 1
News 27 February 2018
Denmark's Frerk Takes Third
By Alex Strouf, The Denmark News 
News 26 February 2018
Wrightstown girls advance with regional final win over Foxes
WRIGHTSTOWN – Division 3’s top-ranked Wrightstown High School girls’ shrugged off a sluggish start and pulled away for a 64-50 victory over Fox  Valley Lutheran on Friday night to capture the regional championship.The Tigers, who won for the 23rd straight time following a season-opening loss, will take on Amherst, ranked third in the state, on Thursday in the first round of sectionals. Game time is 7 p.m.
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