April 2018

Dear Editor,
There is a petition circulating in my neighborhood in northeast Green County for Charter to install fiber optic lines in our area. This has been a bone of contention for many years. We do not live in the boonies, and should have adequate internet connections. Where is the state of Wisconsin in providing this? The $4.5 billion given to Foxconn, a foreign entity, could extend fiber optics to every community in the state. Who needs this? Children in school, small businesses, even us “old” people to keep in contact with family and friends and doctors.

During a recent Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) meeting, the Commission awarded Fiscal Year 2018 Broadband Expansion Grants to 46 applicants. As part of the announcement, TDS Telecom (TDS®) will receive funding to expand broadband service in Wisconsin — in areas surrounding New Glarus and Monticello.

New Glarus Elementary School Principal Laura Eicher was recently awarded the Herb Kohl Principal Leadership Award. The Educational Foundation's goal is to support Wisconsin school principals/administrators in pursuit of their unrealized goals for their schools or professional development. Twelve public school principals and four religious and independent school principals/administrators were selected to receive this award. The 16 Kohl Leadership Award recipients and the 16 schools of those principals will each receive $6,000 grants from the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation.

The 2017-2018 Monticello Boys Basketball Award Winners: Bailey Farber, WBCA Team First Award; Braden Gafner, Team Leadership Award; Reece Rufer, Team MVP and 2nd Team All-Conference; Jon Errthum, Honorable Mention All-Conference; Karl Schwoerer, WBCA Team First Award; Simon Blohowiak, Most Improved Player Award.