One of Amherst’s foreign exchange students reflects on her time here.

Amherst High School teacher receives prestigious award.

Family-owned utility gives control of the business to its employees.

The final part of the Jensen Center’s 3Stage Expansion Project broke ground in early November.

Central Sands High School student Leo Snowbarger has won awards for his art and was kind enough to share a few of them with the Jensen Center.

Tim Pederson and Amherst’s 1959 cross country team were added to the school’s award wall.

Neil Simon’s comedy, Rumors, took to the Jensen Center stage for three performances in mid-October.

More than 700 runners and walkers participated in the 2025 River Run and plans are already being made for the event’s 20th anniversary in 2026.

Sorting through the many nominations received, the Jensen Center Board of Directors has chosen its recipients of the 2025 Person of the Year, Business of the Year, and Junior Person of the Year.

Award-winning basketball coach and Amherst alumni Shelli (Yenter) Haferbecker is one of eight Wisconsin high school basketball coaches to be inducted into the 2025 Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The group joins a selection of players, college coaches, assistant coaches, and friends of the game honored at a banquet in Wisconsin Dells September 28.

Three new self-care specialist have joined Stepping Stone owner Terri Singer and her six-member staff.

by “Dangerous” Bob Sauer

[Editor’s note: The following testimonial is true. “Dangerous” Bob assures us that he took no journalistic liberties with his recounting of the following events.]

The local VFW dedicated its Memorial August 2 with a special ceremony.

Award-winning singer/songwriter Mark Croft and his band will be at the Jensen Center November 8.

The opening of Wikipedia’s entry on Raymond Alfred Palmer (August 1, 1910-August 15, 1977) describes him as “an American author and magazine editor.” It adds that he was “influential in the first wave of science fiction fandom.” With his first story, “The Time Ray of Jandra,” published in the June 1930 issue of Wonder Stories, 2025 marks multiple anniversaries for the publishing pioneer.

How many folks in central Wisconsin knew him as more than the owner of Palmer Printing in Amherst? How many know he has a more than 13,000-word Wikipedia entry?

The annual New Hope July 4 celebration brought an array of talent to the grassy area under the pines on the grounds of the historic South New Hope Church.

Music lovers and community supporters alike are invited to gather at the Jensen Community Center on Friday, August 1, for “Tunes on the Terrace,” an outdoor concert experience designed to bring the community together — and get closer to completing funding for the third stage of the Jensen Center’s 3Stage Expansion Project, an addition to the theater’s backstage and storage space.