Carthage College has named Mira Parker from De Forest to its dean's list for academic excellence during the spring 2020 semester.
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New technology unveiled Wednesday, July 8, is expected to help keep local beaches safe and healthy.
The one and only time the Village of DeForest has run into problems with excessive levels of nitrates in its water system came in 2011.
Three local municipalities are set to receive funding as Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Secretary-designee Craig Thompson announced Tuesday, July 7, more than $160 million in transportation aid for local governments as part of the governor’s 2019-21 bienn…
DeForest Area High School is the recipient of a 2019 Wisconsin Advanced Placement Council (WAPAC) Pacesetter Award. The 2019 Pacesetter award is the result of the school’s student participation and performance on the 2019 College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Exams.
A number of requests from developers of Bear Tree Farms were shot down Thursday by the Windsor Village Board.
A death in Arlington that occurred Monday, July 6, is being investigated by the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI).
The DeForest Area Public Library will welcome The Honey Pies to Concert on Market Street at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14. Meet the Honey Pies: Four musicians, heartfelt harmonies, virtuoso instrumentals and the best of traditional and original American music.
There is a new organization in DeForest devoted to feeding the hungry in the community.
It appears the Windsor Village Board isn’t interested in making it easier for residents to keep chickens.
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Village of Windsor officials are considering rescinding the state of emergency declaration that went into effect in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A wall is up on the site of the new Harvest Intermediate School, where a lot of building activity is taking place. Construction is expected to be finished in fall 2021.
Devonte A Jackson, 34 years of age, from Janesville, has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol DeForest Post for allegedly operating a motor vehicle under the influence, fifth offense.
Area students have earned Semester Honors for the Spring 2020 semester at Edgewood College.
A number of students from DeForest and Windsor were among the 3,100 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students named to the spring 2020 Dean’s List.
The 2020 DeForest Area High School Graduation Publication is available for you to pick-up.
A 29-year-old Windsor woman has died following a hit-and-run accident on Cottage Grove Road on Monday, June 22.
Normally in May the high school band program announces their senior band awards during the annual Elmer McLaughlin Band Concert. With the concert cancelled this year, Principal Machell Schwarz announced the 2020 awards. Pictured, from left to right, are: Max Bashel, Patrick Gilmore Award; Be…
DeForest Area High School science teacher Rebecca McDermid has been selected as a University of Chicago Outstanding Educator.
New graduation requirements are being implemented for students in the DeForest Area School District under the Redefining Ready and Academic Career Plan (ACP).
The coronavirus pandemic is making it even harder for DeForest Area School District officials to budget for the 2020-21 school year.
At approximately 1:58 a.m. on Saturday, June 27, Dane County Sheriff’s Deputies, along with fire departments from Madison and Sun Prairie, responded to a structure fire at 5421 Lien Rd., in the Town of Burke. Upon arrival, deputies discovered the abandoned residence to be fully engulfed.
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A drive-through pop-up food pantry was held in DeForest on Wednesday, June 24, and it served 78 families. Workers from a newly formed group called Mission Nutrition get ready to pack a vehicle with food in the Public Service Garage at 201 Commerce Street. The group, which is partnering with …
Amy Whitburn, of DeForest, graduated from the University of Utah on April 30.
Abigail Lowery, candidate for the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 37th District, has received the endorsement from Nicki Vander Meulen, Madison School Board member and candidate for the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 76th District.
Of the four resolutions brought forth to the DeForest Village Board at its June 16 meeting, only two had action taken.
The drive-through pop-up pantry slated for today will be held at Public Service Garage, 201 Commerce Street, in DeForest.
DeForest Village Police Sgt. Chris Payne talks with locals at Coffee with a Cop at the library June 3.
The data is somewhat old, but it offers evidence of African-American students in the DeForest Area School District being suspended at a disproportionally higher percentage rate than students of other races.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents President Andrew S. Petersen recently announced that former Governor Tommy G. Thompson has agreed to serve as UW System Interim President effective July 1. The decision comes after consultation with the Board of Regents, which offered unifo…
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Monday issued Education Forward, a guidance document for Wisconsin district and school leaders to use as they plan for a safe, efficient, and equitable return to school for the 2020-21 school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
James “Mike” Byrd, of DeForest, survived the polio scare of the 1950s and an undiagnosed blood disease as a youngster that had doctors baffled.
A local business owner is organizing a Black Lives Matter lemonade stand fundraiser June 30 in Windsor to benefit three African-American owned small businesses in Dane County.
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The My Meal My Way program has returned on Wednesdays.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is now investigating a series of crashes involving multiple vehicles that took place June 12 along the stretch of northbound lanes on I-39/90/94 just outside of Lodi.
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Over 450 community members participated in the March for Racial Justice on Thursday, June 18. The marchers completed a mile long route that began and ended at Fireman’s Park. Organizers said their goals were: To acknowledge that racism is endemic in our society at the political, cultural, ec…
The Village of DeForest will officially introduce the community to its new Athletic Complex with a drive-in movie. The parking lot of the new park will host vehicles for a showing of “Field of Dreams” on Friday, June 26.
James J Esposito, 25 years of age, from Channahon, Illinois, has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol DeForest Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense.
Splash pads and restrooms in the parks in the Village of Windsor are open, in accordance with Dane County Public Health Emergency Order #5.
More than 5,700 University of Iowa undergraduate, graduate, and professional students graduated this spring under extraordinary circumstances.
The usual 4th of July celebration event in DeForest is canceled for 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the DeForest Windsor Area Chamber of Commerce is putting together a virtual 4th of July parade.
A 59-year-old DeForest woman was one of four people who died in a series of crashes near Lodi on Friday, June 12.
A 59-year-old DeForest woman was one of four people who died in a series of crashes near Lodi on Friday, June 12.
The Token Creek Chamber Music Festival is taking a wait-and-see approach to its 2020 season.
To clarify Dr. Taysheedra Allen’s participation in Community Town Hall on policing that took place Thursday, June 11, via Facebook Live, which was reported on in a story titled “Community Town Hall on policing draws comments, questions” for the June 18 edition of the DeForest Times-Tribune, …
The Rocky Rococo restaurants in DeForest and Lodi have been purchased by TMart Operations I, LLC, owned by the Gussel Family of the Wisconsin Dells.
The Rocky Rococo restaurants in DeForest and Lodi have been purchased by TMart Operations I, LLC, owned by the Gussel Family of the Wisconsin Dells.
The Rocky Rococo restaurants in DeForest and Lodi have been purchased by TMart Operations I, LLC, owned by the Gussel Family of the Wisconsin Dells.
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