-The launch of the Kewaskum School District referendum project is Monday, Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. during the annual meeting in the Kewaskum High School auditorium. The Nov. 8 referendum is for $28.4 million. With interest that total is close to $40 million.
-Significant progress has been made as signage and a canopy has been erected at the new Kwik Trip on Silverbrook Drive in West Bend. Construction got underway June 7. Kwik Trip is expected to be open for business by October.
-Wisconsin’s largest gluten-free food expo is coming to Washington County Fair Park on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The event is sponsored by Wellness Found Organic Foods.
– Setup is underway as Halloween Express makes its home at the former Walgreens on Decorah and S. Main Street in West Bend. Watch for a soft opening Sept. 1. Halloween Express secured its lease until Nov. 2 through Adam Williquette at Anderson Commercial Group.
-Mike Christian made a pair of check presentations to the Downtown West Bend Farmers’ Market and The History Center of Washington County. Christian donated $2,000 to each organization; the money came from proceeds from his 2nd annual Homegrown Music Festival.
– Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School is welcoming its biggest freshman class ever. About 128 students went through freshman orientation on Wednesday. Monday, Aug. 22 is the first day of school.
– The Jackson Historical Society Raspberry Festival is Sunday, Sept. 11, from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the Jackson Historical Society Museum Grounds, 1860 Mill Road in the Town of Jackson. Come to an old-fashioned family ice cream social with Amish-made raspberry pie.
– West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, along with independent insurance agents who represent the company and key business partners, raised $644,398 for the MACC Fund, Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer. This is the seventh time West Bend has hosted this biennial event which, to date, has generated nearly $1.7 million for the MACC Fund.
– Slinger’s Honours, Inc. will be holding its 3rd Annual 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 9 a.m. with a kids run starting at 8:20 a.m. to raise funds for its scholarship endowment for Slinger High School students. The run begins and ends at the Slinger High School football field.
– Beginning the week of Monday, August 29, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is scheduled to begin resurfacing work on the US 45 and WIS 33 Interchange in Washington County. The contractor is planning to complete the $230,000 project later this fall.
-West Bend District 7 alderman Adam Williquette donated $100 to purchase four 9/11 Flags of Honor. The flags are part of a fundraiser by Kewaskum Remembers Memorial Park, a non-profit project dedicated to building a 9/11 memorial in the town of Kewaskum which will feature a 2,200-pound steel I-beam from the north World Trade Center. West Bend-area native and Kewaskum High School graduate, Andrea Lyn Haberman was on the 92nd floor of the north World Trade Center and died on 9/11. More about the project is at kewaskummemorial.com.
-A Memorial Mass for long time Washington County Sheriff’s deputy Daniel J. “Jocko” Marx, 65, of the town of Kewaskum, was held this past week. Marx worked for the Sheriff’s Department for 35 years, retiring in 2013. He passed away Saturday, Aug. 13 at the Kathy Hospice, with his family by his side.