Community

Students at Sauk Prairie School District’s school in Merrimac, WI got a sweet treat on Halloween when they met and heard from Allison Hager, the American Honey Princess for 2023. Hager, spokesperson with the American Honey Queen Program, visited the area on a trip through the region.

American Legion Post 313, Black Earth, added 22 new names to the Honor Wall at Veterans Park in Black Earth. There was an official dedication on Saturday, November 11,at 11:11 a.m.

Pictured, Tim Fairchild, Dan Joice, Tom Bennet, Jim Conor, Alan Shattuck, and Mike Helmenstine.

The Black Earth Creek originates just west of Middleton and unites our communities as it winds its way through Cross Plains, Black Earth and Mazomanie.

By Mariah and Cheryl Schmidt 

Blood Drive

There will be a Red Cross Blood Drive Saturday, December 9^th, from 7 to 11 a.m., at District One EMS, in the Training Room and Ambulance Bay, at 316 W. Commercial St., Mazomanie. For an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS or visit RedCrossBlood.org and use sponsor code: MazomanieWI

A group of about 35 women joined Gaila Olsen recently for a hike on some of the new trails open at Vermont Lutheran Church’s property, the Legacy Prairie and Woodland which is now open to the public. Afterwards, the hikers had a potluck in a newly constructed outbuilding called “The Gathering Place.” 

Eric N. Ringelstetter, Lt. Col., F-35 Instructor Pilot and Squadron Commander of the 56th Training Squadron at Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix, AZ.  He is a 2001 Sauk Prairie High School graduate, 2005 University of Colorado-Boulder graduate, Masters in Advanced Military Studies from SAMS, Ft.

Sauk Prairie Veterans of Foreign Wars Lachmund-Cramer Post 7694 and Sauk City American Legion Kuoni-Reuter Post 167 held a Veterans Day ceremony Saturday morning at the Memorial in Sauk City in front of Riverfront Park. 

Mazomanie’s Annie Heathcote, Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin 2023, finished 3rd in the nation at the Ms. Wheelchair America Competition in early September. Finishing as the second runner up, Heathcote also won the Best Speech Award. Her year-long message of “Caring is Caregiving” resonated loud and clear with the crowd.

Join the Wisconsin Heights Players for their annual fall youth theater performance, “Tumbling After,” starring 3rd-8th graders.