As of Monday, Clintonville Motors Inc, the Clintonville Ford dealership, has moved into its new 20,000 square-foot facility at 670 S. Main St., just south of Fleet Farm on U.S. Highway 45 south. The dealership owned by Ron, Gary and Ryon Kautz was located at 27 W. 12th St.

Nominations are being sought for the Alumnus Honoris Award presented annually at the Clintonville High School commencement ceremony. The award recognizes the accomplishments of graduates from Clintonville or Bear Creek high schools. The nomination deadline is Feb. 1.

One weekend our middle kid came home to make wood. It was very much appreciated since he also brought a strapping college buddy with him who pitched in. With my husband and the boys working a Saturday, our wood pile stock has grown considerably and our woodstove is merrily chugging away. I love the smell of an outdoor woodstove. There’s something earthy and solid about it.

For as long as I have been a member of our ladies group at church, I have had a part in helping serve the November birthday party at the Homme Home for the aging in Wittenberg. As I look back, I really don’t have a clue as to how many years ago I began, but if I were to guess, I’d say about 30 years. The party takes place on the second Tuesday of the month, so it is near Veterans Day, and this year it was on Veterans Day.

Anna Marie Witt, 97, of Belle Plaine, passed away on Nov. 13, 2014, at her home. A full obituary will be in the Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, paper. Services will be later that week. www.swedbergfuneralhome.com

Rodney “Rod” R. Zabel, 84, of Clintonville, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah with his loved ones at his side from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. The Eberhardt-Stevenson Funeral Home & Crematory of Clintonville is assisting his family.

With its public budget hearing set for Tuesday, city of Clintonville officials this week were still looking for ways to trim more than $180,000. Interim City Administrator Chuck Kell told the Common Council’s finance committee earlier this week that, despite several budget cuts, the city still faces a deficit of $180,189 in the proposed 2015 budget. Kell offered three ways the city could close the gap, including requiring employees to pay a large

Jeff Heffernon wasn’t the kid in grade school who dreamed of growing up to be a cop. In the seventh grade, after his parents bought him a police scanning radio, he remembers having some interest in law enforcement, but not enough yet to make it his chosen path. “After high school, I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” Heffernon said. What spurred his interest was that his brother’s friend was working at a retail store in loss prevention, or “bustin

Clintonville High School senior Gabrielle Goerlinger capped her high school swimming career Friday with a pair of top-10 finishes in her third trip to the WIAA State Division 2 Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of Wisconsin Natatorium in Madison. Goerlinger, who last week won sectional championships in the 100-yard backstroke and 200 freestyle, earned her highest finish in three trips to state with a fifth-place finish in the ba