Focusing on Serving Our Kids REP. MARK BORN (R-39TH DISTRICT) Educating our kids is one of the highest priorities of our state. It is important that we ensure all children in Wisconsin, regardless of where they live, have access to quality K12 education. The good news is that Wisconsin performs very well compared to other states in this responsibility — several recent rankings put Wisconsin

Understanding the Nutrition Facts Panel – Servings and Calories DODGE COUNTY FOODWISE With the ever-changing world of health it’s hard to keep up on what’s the right thing to be doing. Whether it’s eat this, don’t eat that, or this type of exercise is now the best, it seems as though the health world is constantly changing. One thing that seems to stay relatively stagnant is the

A Quest for Trail-marker Trees Local historian Karl McCarty dives in to the ancient practice of “trail-marking” trees and ponders how many can be spotted from Fond du Lac County and throughout Horicon Marsh tree living in Wisconsin is, however, it would be interesting if the stress of bending a sapling impacts the overall life of a trail-marker tree. Where are these Trail-marker Trees?

Kondex Associates Donate to Local Organizations In an annual tradition that began in the late 1990s, Kondex associates were recently given the opportunity to donate to local causes. This year, associates raised $2,190 for the Lomira Area Food Pantry, Giving Tree and Friends of Lomira Parks Project. These contributions were matched by Kondex for a total donation of $4,380. In the case of the Pantry

Horicon Bank Promotes Two to Executive Vice President Horicon Bank announced the promotion of two employees, Fred C. Schwertfeger and Robert B. Traylor, to executive vice president. Fred C. Schwertfeger started at Horicon Bank in 2006 and served as the head of communications, marketing and sales functions of the bank. He also leads the bank’s strategic planning initiatives. He received

The Hanni cheese factory four miles southeast of here, operated by Gottfried Hanni and his son Eldore, have a new product, goats’ milk cheese. The new sideline is named “Go-Cheese.” Hanni says he is the only licensed goats’ milk cheesemaker in Wisconsin today. Deaths: Miss Margaret C. Welsch, 64, of Milwaukee, a native of Mayville; Raymond Steger, 18-yearold son of the Leonard Stegers

Head Coach Benjamin Harris Laying a New Foundation for Marshladies Basketball CLARICE CASE JOURNALIST Horicon girls basketball head coach Benjamin Harris knows all about new beginnings, as he entered this school year as a new teacher and coach at Horicon High School (HHS). Harris, now an English teacher at HHS, started out there as a long-term substitute back in November 2020. In

Lady Lions Fall just Short of Springs The LHS girls basketball team still searching their first Flyway win ANGIE REKLAU ASST. COACH, LHS LADY LIONS BASKETBALL It was a torrential downpour and a windy, awful night – and in December – so there was no better place to be than in the gym watching some Flyway Conference girls basketball, as the Lomira Lady Lions embarked on their third conference