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)...
Obit: Lucille Freeze (Baertschy), 88, of West Bend
Sept. 7, 2016 - West Bend, WI - Lucille Freeze (nee Baertschy), 88, of West Bend, passed away Monday, Sept. 5, 2016 at The Lighthouse.
Lucille was born on May 27, 1928 to Elsmer and...