In 1967, Wisconsin voters passed an amendment to the state constitution that allowed the state legislature to provide for the use of public school transportation for students to private schools. This created large ramifications for public school districts, requiring them to transport many additional students.

In the fall of 1920, milk prices began to fall. As a result, the Danish Pride Milk Products Company was forced to divert their milk supply to cream for butter and ice cream, causing a large drop in price paid to farmers for their milk.

The first business in Denmark, a general store and cheese factory owned by Hans Beyer, was started in 1875. Beyer’s store was located on the corner of Main Street and North Wall Street, where Subway is today. Since Denmark was, at that time anyway, so far from Green Bay, Beyer’s store served as an important place for the community to purchase supplies without always needing to travel to Green Bay.

On May 28, 1951, Trinity Lutheran Church in New Denmark and Calvary Lutheran Church in Denmark merged to form Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. When they merged, they decided to use the more modern Calvary church building in the Village of Denmark for all church activities. With each congregation bringing about 350 people each to the new church, it was very quickly realized that the Calvary building would not be large enough.

In the early 1900s, the demand for rail travel was continuing to increase, and technology was continuing to advance in order to meet up with that demand. While Denmark had rail service since 1906, a new type of train was put into service by the Chicago & Northwestern Railway in 1942 called a streamliner under the name Shoreline 400.

Kellner Street is one of the smaller streets near downtown Denmark. Running for one block starting at Wisconsin Avenue and rounding the curve where it turns into South Wall Street, this was one of the earliest roads in the small village of Denmark. In the very earliest days, Kellner Street actually continued across Wisconsin Avenue through what is now Memorial Park, before the street was eventually cut off at Wisconsin Avenue.

When the new All Saints Congregation began building their new church in 1912, funds quickly became tight. The basement was capped, and the basement church was used for the next 20 years.

By: Alex Sekora, Contributor

In 1918, the village of Denmark had many reasons to celebrate. They had recently completed paving Main Street downtown with concrete. Residents completed a large service flag commemorating all of the 85 men who entered the service during World War I. The village also led all of the towns in Brown County in securing their entire allotment of Liberty bond subscriptions to support the war effort.

By: Alex Sekora, The Denmark News Contributor

In the early 1900s, as electricity was becoming more popular, there was a desire to bring electricity to the village of Denmark. In 1916, Wisconsin Public Service negotiated contracts to bring electricity to Two Rivers and Denmark. Negotiations took several months, but they resulted in a comprehensive plan to bring electricity all the way to Two Rivers.

By: Alex Sekora, The Denmark News Contributor

By the 1950s, Christ Lutheran Church was outgrowing its current building. Growth in the congregation and the area sparked the need for a larger church building.

By: Alex Sekora

In 1960, Lake to Lake Dairy was running into issues operating their Denmark plant. The Denmark plant was originally constructed in 1911 for the Denmark Condensed Milk Company, and after a series of acquisitions, it was purchased by Lake to Lake in 1949.

By: Alex Sekora, Local Contributor

The early priests at All Saints lived in an apartment at 319 Green Bay Road, referred to as the Nooker Flat. In 1924, All Saints contracted with Berners-Schober Architects in Green Bay to build a new rectory for the church.

By: Alex Sekora

For many decades, Trinity Lutheran Church was the main church in the Denmark area. Located outside of town across the street from West Danish Cemetery on Maribel Road, this left the village of Denmark without a Lutheran church. Around the time Denmark incorporated as a village, residents started to express a desire for a new Lutheran church in the village.

By: Alex Sekora

In 1910, Denmark State Bank undertook a major upgrade to increase the safety of deposits by purchasing a burglar alarm. The new alarm was purchased from the American Bank Protection company of Minneapolis.

By: Alex Sekora

In the early days of Denmark, residents had to pick up their mail at the post office. The Postal Service began experimenting with a service called Rural Free Delivery, in which they would deliver mail directly to rural households for free, in the 1890s. Over time, this became the standard.