The Friends of the Ripon Public Library will hold its Fall Used Book Sale from Thursday, Nov. 9 to Saturday, Nov. 11 in the basement of the library at 120 Jefferson St. Click the story for more information.

Halloween brings the usual collection of ghosts, goblins, and superheroes, but there will be another group of kids out collecting goodies. Click the story for more information.

More than 11 police departments from across several counties gathered at the Green Lake County Government Center last week Wednesday to observe the 20th anniversary of the death of Bruce Williams, a Green Lake County Sheriff’s deputy.

2023 Wisconsin Honey Queen Kaelyn Sumner of Cecil, Wis., stopped by Ripon’s Grace Preschool last week Wednesday to promote the beekeeping and honey industry in Wisconsin. Click the link to check out some photos from her visit.

What is the work that has been being done along West Oshkosh Street the past month. Click the story for find out in this week's FAQ.

The Green Lake Parks and Recreation board gave its permission to a Green Lake resident and her group to go ahead with plans to improve Playground Park with upgrades and beautification.

Residents of several areas in the Green Lake Sanitary District scored a victory in their fight against imposed sewering.

For more than 40 years, people visiting the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts on Ripon College's campus have wondered about the “ghost” seen in a 17th-century portrait, which hangs in the lobby gallery. Click the story for more information.

In this week's editorial, the opinion scribe looks at how the affordable housing crisis afflicting America’s major cities has come home to roost here in our community and what it means. Click the editorial for more information.

The Green Lake School Board last week Wednesday announced the mill rate for the next fiscal year and it is well below the $5 rate promised as a result of the referendum passed in 2020.

A spooky, costumed Halloween concert, complete with trick-or-treating for kids young and older, will be presented Sunday, Oct. 29, by the Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble at the college. Click the story for more information.

“Commonalities,” an exhibit of work by Lawrence University artist Benjamin D. Rinehart, will run Oct. 27 through Dec. 8 in Caestecker Gallery of Ripon College’s C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, with an opening reception set for Friday.

Town Square Community Center is putting a thrilling twist on its monthly Bingo night with Spooktacular Bingo. Bingo-goers may attend Saturday, Oct. 28, dressed in their Halloween best. Click the story for more information.

Grease is the word, again. The outdoor movie screening of “Grease,” originally scheduled as part of Septemberfest and postponed due to rain, has been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28 on the Village Green. Click the story for more information.

The Ripon Historical Society will present “Ripon, Wisconsin: Myths, Legends and Hauntings” Thursday Oct. 26 and again Tuesday, Oct. 31. Click the story for more information.

The Ripon Area Fire District welcomed the community into its firehouse last week Tuesday for an open house. The event featured fire engine rides, handouts, displays and fun for families.

In a specially called meeting Monday, the Green Lake Common Council approved the preliminary budget for fiscal year 2024, but several aldermen said there was much work to be done.

The Ripon Common Council approved the use by Ripon College of a city-owned cemetery plot adjacent to the new on-campus Hopp Stadium on game days during a specially called meeting Wednesday.

People often think of cemeteries around Halloween. One of the most unkept areas of Ripon’s Hillside Cemetery is its “potter’s field." Click this week's Throwback Thursday for more information. Thanks as always to the Ripon Historical Society.

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