By: Alex Sekora

In 2006, a huge blow was dealt to the Denmark community. Milprint, the second largest employer in the village, closed its manufacturing facility, laying off all 124 employees.

By: Alex Sekora

The village of Denmark was incorporated in 1915. However, that was not the first push to incorporate. The first push came three years earlier in 1912.

By: Alex Sekora

By: Alex Sekora

In the 1980s, Milprint Inc. was expanding, and they were searching for a new production facility. At the time, they leased four floors in the Nicolet Paper Company facility in De Pere, but they needed a dedicated space of their own. After an extensive search, Milprint decided to stay in the area and construct a brand new facility in the new business park at the corner of Woodrow Street and North Avenue in Denmark.

By: Alex Sekora

Many in the Denmark area were taken by surprise recently when the village was left without power due to a fire at the substation near Shirley. However, this isn’t the first time that the entire village was without power.

By: Alex Sekora

In the 1930s and 1940s, Highway 141 between Denmark and Bellevue was a risky stretch of road. In the early days of automobiles and paved roads, the roads were not built to the same standards that they are today. This stretch of highway was built with concrete and included low shoulders. If any cars came close to the side of the road, then they risked skidding on the edge of the road where there was a drop off due to the low shoulder.

By: Alex Sekora

On April 3, 1962, a disaster was very narrowly avoided in downtown Denmark. On that morning, it was discovered that nearly 1,000 gallons of gasoline had spilled near the Chicago and Northwestern’s railroad tracks at the Denmark Cooperative Services.

By: Alex Sekora

As early as 1905, Green Bay businessmen were looking to open a state bank in the growing community of Denmark. At the time, Denmark residents needed to travel to Green Bay or De Pere for their banking needs, which was a long trip.

By: Alex Sekora

In 2010, one of the tallest and oldest structures in the village was demolished. The structure was the Land O’ Lakes smokestack, which was originally built in 1918, towering over the village for 92 years.

By: Alex Sekora

By: Alex Sekora

By: Alex Sekora

By: Alex Sekora

As cars and driving changed and innovated throughout the 20th Century, so too did the
construction of highways. When the first state highway system was implemented in Wisconsin,
State Highway 16 traveled from Green Bay to Manitowoc, passing through the central part of
Denmark on a route consisting of Green Bay Road, Main Street, and Wisconsin Avenue.