Brandon News

Competitive bidding on Wednesday brought in more than $163,102 in animal sales for junior exhibitors in the market project during the 49th annual Market Livestock Auction at the Fond du Lac County Fair.

Danielle Gillett and Joseph Vande Berg were married at Peace Lutheran Church in Rosendale on Jan.

While Fair week, July 15 to 20, signals a flurry of activity at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds, area families have been working feverishly behind the scenes getting ready for the County Fair.

Harley W. Weisnicht, 80, of Brandon, passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2008, at Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac.

Pastor Stuart Dornfeld poses with his Lego recreation of Emanuel Lutheran Church, Saturday, July 5, 2008, at the church in Brandon, Wis.

A Wisconsin minister managed to build an exact replica of his 134-year-old church building out of Legos.

Here's the church, here's the steeple. Open the door and see all the people. Or in the case of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Brandon, it's actually more than 12,000 Legos visitors will be viewing as they walk ...

The Peoria Chiefs scored three runs right out of the gate and went on to beat the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on Wednesday afternoon at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute.

The Dodge County Beef Promotion Committee is sponsoring the Dodge County Beef Cook-Off to promote cooking with beef.

BRANDON - Nothing much has changed about St. Mary's Catholic Church. The people who go to services there still sit on the 30 wooden pews built by an Irish carpenter 150 years ago.

Lucille B. Spors, 85, passed away Saturday, June 28, 2008, at her home surrounded by her family.

As I was taking my alfalfa forage samples a little over a month ago, the farmer from whose field I was pilfering plants stopped to talk and mentioned, 'Everything would be perfect if we could just get some ...

By gazette staff June 26, 2008 - 2:44 p.m. Traffic is back to normal after a milk tanker rolled over early this morning, spilling milk and diesel fuel.

In every disaster, heroes emerge. The Reporter asked our readers to submit stories of the heroes that touched their lives in the aftermath of the flooding that struck following storms on June 12.

John W. Horvath, age 80, of Brandon, passed away at his home surrounded by his family on Father's Day, Sunday, June 15, 2008.

At the May 14 Laconia High School Honors Awards Night, 30 scholarships that have been established through the generosity of local individuals, businesses and organizations for the benefit of Laconia graduates ...

Orville and Betty Kemink of Brandon will soon be married for 50 years. Kemink, of Brandon, and the former Betty Westerveld of Markesan exchanged marriage vows on June 19, 1958, at the Alto Reformed Church in ...

Sandbags were being placed around houses in Brandon Saturday as flood-waters at the village's Community Park continued to rise and the weather forecast predicted more rain.

Awards and scholarships At the May 14 Laconia High School Honors Awards Night, 30 scholarships that have been established through the generosity of local individuals, businesses and organizations for the ...

Louis J. Formiller, 64, of Brandon, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at St.