Old-school parenting strategies like ‘go to your room!’ can often amplify the very behavior that parents want to correct.

Barbara Ann Mack, 93 of Summit Ridge (Norwalk), passed away peacefully on August 13, 2025, in the comfort of her cherished ...

SPARTA-Dorothy M. Eddy, 90, of Sparta, died Thursday, August 21, 2025 at Morrow Memorial Home in Sparta.    Funeral ...

Three years ago, 17-year-old Alexander Kniprath of Cashton was frustrated with working as much as he could for other ...

Sparta’s Faith Evangelical Free Church held its annual summer Vacation Bible School.  Monetary offerings received during VBS ...

Jane Eileen Kelley, 79, of Sparta, WI, passed away peacefully at her own home in Sparta, WI, on August 20, 2025.   Born on October 10, 1945, in Oakdale, WI, to Lloyd and Mabel (Bloom) Fisher.

140 years ago (1885) At length, the Ida House, the oldest hotel in Sparta, not counting the “Globe”, has met a fate which has been so often predicted for it. It has gone up (or down) … ...

Labor Day Weekend has always been a busy one for our local communities, with multiple events taking place over the course of the weekend. From Fire in the Hills down in Yuba to the Hillsboro … ...

It’s been almost three years since Sparta residents Leonard and Shalimar Schaitel have had a drink of water from their tap in ...

QUESTION What is the cause of the Driftless Area? ANSWER The short answer is that the dry upland of southwestern Wisconsin caused the glacial ice coming down from the … ...

Sparta Area School District officials are considering how to allocate extra money set aside for community service. At the district’s Committee of the Whole meeting Aug. 11, members learned … ...