Oregon resident Melissa VanderSanden will serve as the 2013 Dane County Fairest of the Fair.
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During the selection process on May 5, she was chosen from a pool of eight candidates based on an interview, ability to create and execute a mock radio commercial and public speaking skills featuring... + continue reading
[Photo submitted] Oregon resident Melissa VanderSanden (center) was chosen as the 2013 Dane County Fairest of the Fair. She is flanked by Alice in Dairyland, Rochelle Ripp (left) and the 2012 Dane County Fairest of the Fair, Andrea Servas.
Sophomore Carson Torhorst takes a tee shot on the 16th hole Wednesday in the Badger South Conference Golf meet at the House on the Rock Golf Resort. Torhorst finished second overall with a 75, and he also earned No. 6 All-Badger South Conference honors. [Photos by Anthony Iozzo]
Freshman Grant O’Donnell walks from the 16th tee Wednesday in the Badger South Conference Golf meet at the House on the Rock Golf Resort. O’Donnell shot a 77 and earned No. 7 All-Badger South Conference honors this season.
Junior Jack Maerz winds up for a discus throw last Friday in the Stoughton Invitational. Maerz finished third with a throw of 127 feet, five inches. [Photos by Anthony Iozzo]
Junior Bailey Adkins (right) and freshman Lauren Tower race in the 100-meter dash. They finished 11th and 12th, respectively.
Lisa and Jeff Arndt are surprised by a wave as they stand in waters of the Atlantic Ocean near St. Augustine, Fla. The couple started their biking journey at a beach near San Diego just under 50 days earlier. [Photos submitted]
Lisa and Jeff Arndt pedal up mountains and through desserts to raise money for autism companion dogs.
Claude and Ellen Marendaz, owners of The Chocolate Capers, plan to close to the public by October. Their business has been a popular chocolate shop for people of all ages in Oregon since the late 1980s. [Photo by Bill Livick]
Faced with an $850,000 spike in health insurance costs next school year, Oregon School District officials recently proposed hiking how much employees pay for health care.
But after a tense,... + continue reading
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The Village of Brooklyn has been sued by the former longtime public works director it fired in December 2010.
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Sophomore Carson Torhorst takes a tee shot on the 16th hole Wednesday in the Badger South Conference Golf meet at the House on the Rock Golf Resort. Torhorst finished second overall with a 75, and he also earned No. 6 All-Badger South Conference honors. [Photos by Anthony Iozzo]
Sophomore Carson Torhorst and freshman Grant O’Donnell may not have a lot of postseason experience, but it didn’t show Wednesday in the Badger South Conference Golf meet at the House on... + continue reading
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An Oregon High School math teacher accused in April of accosting a student has resigned.
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[Photo submitted] Oregon resident Melissa VanderSanden (center) was chosen as the 2013 Dane County Fairest of the Fair. She is flanked by Alice in Dairyland, Rochelle Ripp (left) and the 2012 Dane County Fairest of the Fair, Andrea Servas.
Oregon resident Melissa VanderSanden will serve as the 2013 Dane County Fairest of the Fair.
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During the selection process on May 5, she was chosen from a pool of eight candidates based on an... + continue reading
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Claude and Ellen Marendaz, owners of The Chocolate Capers, plan to close to the public by October. Their business has been a popular chocolate shop for people of all ages in Oregon since the late 1980s. [Photo by Bill Livick]
For the past quarter century, area chocolate lovers have been drawn to the little shop in downtown Oregon where they still make homemade chocolate by hand, one batch at a time.
But a good business,... + continue reading
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