November 2019

Mediacom Communications is offering $60,000 in scholarship support for high school seniors who plan to obtain further education. The scholarship program is in its 19th consecutive year and Mediacom’s investment will award $1,000 World Class Scholarships to 60 high school seniors.
Scholarship recipients are given the flexibility to use the financial award to support post-secondary college costs or vocational training from any accredited institution starting in the fall of 2020. Award selection is based on academic achievement and leadership.

Candidates for local office in the Village of New Glarus can begin circulating Nomination Papers on December 1, 2019. The Spring Election will have three Trustee positions up for election. Incumbents whose terms end in 2020 are Trustees Tammy Newberry, Charles Phillipson and Petra Streiff.

Congratulations to the New Glarus High School Math Team. On Wednesday, November 6, 2019, the math team took first place at the UW-Platteville Mathematics Meet for Division 3 schools. Fifteen teams from eleven different Division 3 schools participated in the competition. In all, 800 students attended the competition. The competition combines the top scores for students on the Level 1 and Level 2 teams. Students take both individual and team tests. New Glarus had seven students receive top individual score medals.

If you are interested in learning how to better manage your lawn, trees, shrubs, or garden, and share your gained knowledge with others, you may want to register for the University of Wisconsin, Division of Extension, Master Gardener Level One training that will be offered in Monroe beginning January 14, 2020. Classes to learn more about horticulture and to become an Extension Certified Master Gardener Volunteer are being offered on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., from January 14th to March 17th, at the Green County UW-Extension Office, 2841 6th Street, Monroe.