Skip to main content

Local News

HUSTISFORD — Hustisford Community Education Dance program will present its annual spring recital at 7 p.m. April 26 at Mayville High School. Admission at the door is $5 for adults and $2 for children. Dancing to the theme “Shake It, Move It, Groove It”, students will showcase numbers in ball…

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), along with the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP), local health departments, and federal partners, is working to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to fresh basil. According to th…

500 Books Before Middle SchoolThe library is launching a new program for kids Kindergarten through 5th grade to encourage independent reading and is generously sponsored by Friends of the Watertown Public Library! For every 50 books a child reads independently (picture books, chapter books, …

WATERTOWN — LEAP Elementary School third-grade student Brynleigh Wegner didn’t mind getting her hands partly-covered in peanut butter. She was busy putting the sticky spread on a small cardboard tube before rolling it in a tray of birdseed and hanging it from a tree with her schoolmates.

Republican lawmakers have filed a new lawsuit alleging partial vetoes Gov. Tony Evers made to a bill designed to bolster students' reading performance were unconstitutional. Evers signed a bill in July that created an early literacy coaching program within the state Department of Public Inst…

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to return to Wisconsin next week for her third visit to the battleground state this year. President Joe Biden’s campaign announced Thursday that Harris plans to campaign in La Crosse on Monday at an event focused on abortion rights. Harris was in Madison la…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Badger Meter Inc. (BMI) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $29.1 million.

Opinions, Editorials, and Columns

Well, here we are in the year 2024 and let’s all hope this year is a better one than in 2023 when the Soviet/Ukraine and the Israel/Hamas wars were going full tilt.

We had one of the best ever Christmases this year, complete with both sons and their families here in Watertown to celebrate the birth of Christ and also to see their cousins and friends, open gifts, enjoy delicious food and all the excitement that is part of the Christmas gathering.

Text Example

NBA Standings

Latest e-Edition

Screentime e-Edition

Support local journalism

Now, more than ever, the world needs trustworthy reporting—but good journalism isn’t free. Please support us by making a contribution.

Community news, news briefs; wedding, engagement & anniversary announcements