Magdeline Braun KARL MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR The best, and first task, any historian should do is interview the oldest persons they know about the oldest people they remember as a child. This is why Elaine Koenig (1932-2006) should be thanked. In the early 1990s, she published Family Stories , in which she documented the history of the Braun family in Eden by talking to her elders. Direct quotes

Campbellsport Community Brings Family Home BEN PRIESGEN JOURNALIST This is a story when a community works together to do something bigger than themselves. Our story starts when Joe Wurzelbacher started receiving chemotherapy treatments for pancreatic cancer in Ohio in the early months of 2023. Joe and his wife Katie made the decision to ask Chris Schanen (Katie’s dad who was the

President of Regal Ware’s SynergyOps to Retire Regal Ware, a global leader in premium kitchen products, announces the retirement of Joseph Swanson from his position as executive vice president of Regal Ware and president of SynergyOps effective March 31, after four decades of service to the organization. As part of a planned leadership succession, the executive committee initiated a comprehensive

The Sheep Dip KARL MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR “Did you ever hear about the Sheep Dip?” That was a question Wayne Hass asked. It’s an important location in Eden history, especially among those who grew up on Eagle Road. The answer to defining the Sheep Dip is a mixture of old farm names, healthy sheep, sizable bullheads and a unique location along the Milwaukee River. Magdeline Wilcomb Braun

Cougars Second in Flyway Conference Tournament DAN HEISDORF ASST. WRESTLING COACH, CHS Lomira beat Campbellsport, 277-228, in the Flyway Conference meet to earn a share of the conference championship. Despite the second place finish, three Cougar wrestlers earned individual conference championships on the day. Senior Joseph Volz became the eighth Campbellsport wrestler to be a four-time

A Sippel Haircut KARL MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR We were talking at Woodlands Senior Park in Fond du Lac over breakfast, about the old days and the value of a good haircut. Whether you were in Fond du lac, St. Cloud or Eden, you could get a good one from a Sippel. Bernard Sippel (1908-2003) Esther Hodina was talking to Karl Ryan. Both had stories of Sippel haircuts, but from different vantage

A Sippel Haircut KARL MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR We were talking at Woodlands Senior Park in Fond du Lac over breakfast, about the old days and the value of a good haircut. Whether you were in Fond du lac, St. Cloud or Eden, you could get a good one from a Sippel. Bernard Sippel (1908-2003) Esther Hodina was talking to Karl Ryan. Both had stories of Sippel haircuts, but from different vantage