WashingtonCountyInsider.com receives positive testimonials. No. 1 and No. 2 on the Google Search Engine...
March 9, 2017 - washingtoncountyinsider.com was first published Dec. 9, 2015 and in that short period of time it has registered over 3.3 million views with a weekly audience topping 600,000. Thanks for all...
The history of Thecla Richter – life of a West Bend nurse during WWI....
March 9, 2017 – West Bend, WI – Resident historian Lee Krueger is looking to highlight his great aunt Thecla Richter, who served as a nurse during WWI.
Below are two letters home from Richter...
Father and daughter pass away on same day. Obituary for Alina and Herbert...
March 8, 2017 - West Bend, WI - Alina S. Ellis, 38, of West Bend, passed away Thursday, March 2, 2017, the same day her father, Herbert Ellis passed away.
Alina was born on June...
A family tradition in West Bend announces it is For Sale
Feb. 10, 2017 - West Bend, WI - The Moehr girls are notifying staff today they’ve made a family decision.
“We are announcing as a family we’ve decided to sell our business Toucan Custard,” said...
A bit of history on how Germanfest got its start in WB
West Bend, WI - The city of West Bend has always held fast to a strong German tradition and 32 years ago neighbors turned out to raise a toast to Gemütlichkeit.
On Aug. 30, 1986...
New business to open in 2018 in former Sears building in downtown West Bend
Jan. 1, 2018- West Bend, WI - The old Sears building in downtown West Bend, is being revamped and a new Vietnamese, sushi and Chinese restaurant will be opening. “This will be a bar...
End of a legacy as former co-owner of Dick’s Pizza is laid to rest
Nov. 17, 2016 - West Bend, WI - The final tie to Dick's Pizza in West Bend will be laid to rest today as the funeral for Jacqueline J. Schlicht (nee Cary, formerly Turnquist)...
Large crowd turns out for Wet Down in Allenton
Photo submitted by Carey Strupp
More than 100 people and 17 area fire departments were on hand Wednesday afternoon to help Allenton baptize its new fire truck.
VIDEO: Woman calls 911 for woodchuck in kitchen
https://youtu.be/YMdzVyYcKR0
"We assumed it was very small and we got a cooler and when the officer approached it the woodchuck stood up and it was very large and very fast," said Jean Reddemann from the...
Theo Richter icehouse | By Lee Krueger
Town of West Bend, WI - Today’s 1920 history photo is courtesy Lee Krueger. It’s the Theo Richter icehouse. I was after a photo of maple syrup tree tapping. Krueger said the weather is...
Photo gallery: Barney Strobel through the years
December 5, 2021 - Town of Wayne, WI - Barney Strobel celebrating his 90th birthday with friends and family at his old bar in the Town of Wayne (currently CC's Place). Strobel has been...