In July 2000, building plans were unveiled for the new Discalced Carmelite Monastery to be built just east of Denmark. 

This week, The Denmark News is proud to introduce our new "Summer Throwback" series. Throughout the summer, we will be featuring articles looking back at past issues of The Denmark Press from our archives to provide a glimpse into the news of yesteryear.

After Prohibition ended in 1933, which had banned much of the production and sale of alcohol throughout the United States, the country experienced a resurgence in the amount of breweries. Denmark gained its own brewery shortly after the end of Prohibition. The Denmark Brewing Company was incorporated in 1933 and commenced operations in 1934.

he 1990s, the Catholic church was facing a priest shortage. Area parishes were being forced to consolidate or link and share a priest, whereas in the past, parishes would have had their own priest or even multiple priests.

In 2008, All Saints Catholic School celebrated its Golden Anniversary. It had been 50 years since the school opened in 1958, and with over 700 graduates, All Saints put on a big celebration recounting its history and everything that had happened over the last 50 years.

In March 1993, All Saints School began its effort toward having the school accredited. In the 1990s, many private schools were going through the accreditation process, which demonstrated that they deliver a quality education and meet certain educational standards. 

In the early 2000s, as All Saints School continued to grow the classes and programs offered to its students, space became an increasing concern. The school, which was built for the needs of a robust mid-century student body, was simply inadequate to meet the needs of increased programs and technology of the 21st Century.

Throughout much of the history of Catholic education in the United States, classes were taught almost exclusively by religious sisters. Many religious orders existed whose main purpose was teaching.

In an effort to strengthen the relationship between families and the school, All Saints School formed a Home-School Association in October 1973. 

All Saints School can trace its history back to February 5, 1950, when a parish meeting was held at All Saints. It was at this meeting that the congregation decided to raise the yearly church dues from $21 to $31 per family to start a fund for a parish school.

When the new Denmark Middle School opened in 1993, it gave the other schools much-needed room. 

Throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, rail service began to decline.  Passenger rail service dropped off significantly, and freight declined, as well, owing to the ease of transporting goods by truck and airplane. The Chicago & North Western Railway that ran through downtown Denmark was once a bustling line with multiple passenger trains a day.

Very few airplanes, if any, ever make their way to Denmark. That changed in 1957 when Denmark was visited by a pilot traveling through the area.

After World War II, one-room school districts began a general decline as people increasingly moved from rural areas to villages and cities. Because the one-room school districts were falling well below capacity, a movement began to consolidate the thousands of small school districts throughout the state into larger, more efficient districts centered around the local high school.

In 1914, St. James Catholic Church and School in Cooperstown were destroyed by a fire. While several items from the church were able to be saved, the buildings were total losses. Despite the significant setback, the congregation resolved to rebuild.