WRCO Morning Obituaries

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WRCO Morning Obituaries

News from the Center · Sat Oct 17, 2026

Today is Saturday, October 17th.

Kenneth Scott Ken Ledman, 65 of Fond du Lac, formerly of Richland Center, died September 22nd at Aurora Medical Center in Fond du Lac after a battle with cancer.

Lawrence Darwin Larry Ledman, 91 of Fond du Lac, formerly of Richland Center, died on September 26th in hospice care.

There will be a combined celebration of life for both Ken and Larry on Sunday from noon until three o'clock at the Phoenix Banquet Hall in Richland Center.

Food will be provided in a eulogy at one o'clock.

For Kenneth, Scott, Ken Ledman, 65, and Lawrence, Larry Ledman, 91, both the Fond du Lac, and formerly of Richland Center.

Rita Nelson, 87 of Richland Center, died on Sunday at SSM Health in Madison.

A celebration of Rita's life will be held on Monday from three until six, with a time of sharing at 4.30 at the Nazarene Outreach Center in Richland Center.

For Rita Nelson, 87 of Richland Center.

Russell L. Bauer, 85 of Springgreen, died on October 7th.

A funeral mass will be held on Tuesday at 11 o'clock at St.

John's Catholic Church in Spring Green with military honors conducted by the Spring Green American Legion Post, number 253.

Visitation will be held at the church on Tuesday from 9 until the time of the mass at 11 o'clock.

A private family burial will be held in the Helen Cemetery for Russell L. Bauer, 85 of Spring Green.

Diane Baumkamp, 85 of Muscaday, died on Sunday.

Graveside Services will be held on Friday, October 23rd at 1 o'clock at St.

John's Catholic Cemetery.

The Proud Funeral Information Service is assisting the family with their arrangements.

For Diane Baumkamp, 85 of Muscaday.

Mark Edwin Ewing, 68 of Richland Center,

died Monday at home.

A celebration of life will be held on Sunday, November 1st at the Phoenix Center from 11 until 2 o'clock with a short prayer service and food to follow at noon.

The Proud Funeral Information Service is assisting the family with the arrangements.

Mark Edwin Ewing, 68 of Richland Center.

Thomas

Price Harvey, 73 of Woodstock, died on October 13.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

For Thomas Price Harvey, 73 of Woodstock.

Phil Nee

I am Phil Knee with News.

Wisconsin state coffers continue to grow even as funding lags for K-12 schools.

The Wisconsin state government finished the 2025-26 fiscal year with over $349 million more in the general fund than expected.

The Department of Administration's annual fiscal report shows Wisconsin on track to finish the current two-year budget with a surplus of around $2.8 billion and nearly $2.1 billion in its rainy day fund.

Governor Tony Evers hailed the annual fiscal report as good news.

Meanwhile, official numbers released by the Department of Public Instruction earlier this month show 62% of Wisconsin school districts receiving less state general aid this year than they did last year, forcing even more districts to place funding referendums before local taxpayers in November.

The state Senate earlier this year rejected a $1.8 billion deal.

Evers struck with Republican legislative leaders, which included

money to increase special education funding and property tax relief along with income tax credits.

The Iowa County Sheriff's Office reported that on Friday morning, the Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a two-vehicle crash in the area of US Highway 151 and County Road YZ.

The Dodgeville Fire Department, Dodgeville EMS, and Iowa County Deputy and a warden with the Wisconsin DNR responded to the scene.

Two individuals were transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.

Then during the evening hours, the Iowa County Communications Center received a report

of a disturbance in the 400 block of Main Street in the village of Rui, Iowa County deputies and mineral point police responded to the scene.

As a result of the investigation, Gavin Marison, aged 22, was arrested for disorderly conduct with a domestic enhancer and battery with a domestic enhancer.

Marison was transported to the Iowa County Jail and booked on the charges.

The Madison Mystery Tour comes to the Richland Center City Auditorium tonight at 7 to celebrate the music of The Beatles.

Formed in 2012, the band is dedicated solely to the music of The Beatles.

We are all from Madison, Wisconsin, and we play only music by The Beatles in this band.

Well, very, very passionate Beatles fans, and our mission, if you'd like, is to

stays true as possible to the original arrangement.

Phil Nee

That is Aviv, a member of the Madison Mystery Tour.

The band can play every single Beatles song.

We start performing

Phil Nee

full albums

and we have become almost like a fixture in Madison, often adding an orchestra to our shows that became bigger and bigger as the albums became more and more complex.

such as Sgt.

Pepper and beyond.

Phil Nee

Well, first in the history of the Beatles, these musicians sometimes share stories about a member of the Beatles, or the creation of a specific song with the audience.

To make sure they're getting the job done, the Madison Mystery Tour plays songs from every Beatles era.

Exactly.

I mean, I didn't can expect many of the famous hits, a few hidden gems,

And, of course, as I mentioned earlier, will feature a wonderful horn section.

So, in a song like Suzan Pepper's Lonely Hearts, called Band, you will hear the blast band in it.

For example, other songs such as Let It Be.

You can picture how it sounds in the recording, so get ready to hear that live.

Phil Nee

The Madison Mystery Tour at the Richland Center City Auditorium tonight from 7 until 10 p.m.

Tickets are available at the door at $25 per person.

What's your favorite Beatles tune?

Come on out for a good time and you just might hear it.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Rolling for hope, a skating fundraiser will be held tomorrow from one until four at Galaxy Skate Center in Richland Center.

Proceeds from the event go to Passages Shelter in Richland Center.

Phil Wallace is the owner of Galaxy Skate Center.

They're a great organization that houses and shelters women and men both and what they're needing to do is they have expenses you know some people show up in the middle of the night with

nothing more than to close on their back, you know, so donating food items or, you know, money towards food or, you know, stuff like that, you know, helping these people out.

Two years ago, I had a lady actually up there at the roller rink and she was from Tennessee and she escaped.

From the relationship that she was in she had a shotgun pointed at her and she ran for her life And she just drove and drove and drove and then she eventually I don't know how but she wound up here So there are people out there in need of this shelter

Phil Nee

Admission will be $10, which includes skate rental, help benefit passages.

Passage is always looking for any type of donations.

Nathaniel Rudersdorf is with the passages organization.

Everything's going from

Warm to cold, so we're looking for socks, long underwear, coats, you know, pretty much clothing items for the cold season.

A lot of that goes not only to the shelter, but we help people out at the Ada James Place Apartments also with donations.

Food is always accepted, as long as it's not expired.

Shelf stable is always good.

And just anything that people can bring, because people do show up with absolutely nothing with them because they had to flee a violent situation, you know, possibly save their life.

Phil Nee

If you would like to donate, you can contact Passages or Phil Wallace, who says that you can drop off items at Galaxy Skate Center.

Even if you don't want to come up and skate on Sunday, if you have some clothes that are no longer being used that you want to just drop off up there, I'll have a couple of boxes available and stuff like that.

If you want to bring some stuff up like that, if you want to bring a cash or a check donation, make it out to Bristol Center Passages and you can bring it up to the Rollerink too.

Make it out to Passages, not to me because they're the ones that are

anything from this.

Phil Nee

If you don't skate you're welcome to attend and enjoy great food and activities at the Rolling for Hope fundraiser tomorrow.

One until four at the Galaxy Skate Center in Richland Center.

Admission is $10 which includes skate rental.

You can find more information about the event on the Galaxy Skate Center website.

The Richland Sports Boosters hosted the annual Duck Race after the homecoming parade on Friday.

This is held as a fundraiser each year to benefit the school's athletic teams.

With the help of the Richland Center Fire Department, which flooded Court Street, the plastic ducks had a very competitive race.

The overall winning duck was purchased by Mary Jo Neagle.

The second place winning duck was assigned to Ben Bosworth.

And the third place quacker belonged to Randy Burkholz.

A prize is also awarded for the last

swimmer or the lame duck which was purchased by Marilyn Hill.

The Richland Sports Boosters would like to thank everyone who made it a successful fundraiser.

The Richland School District concludes its 2026 homecoming festivities today while last night's football game resulted in a 32-19 loss to Dodgeville.

Tonight we'll feature the Hornets in Paradise homecoming dance from 8 until 11 grand march.

We'll begin at 9 o'clock.

Here are today's vital statistics.

Kenneth Ken Scott Ledman, 65 of Fond du Lac, formerly of Richland Center, died September 22nd at Aurora Medical Center in Fond du Lac after a battle with cancer.

Lawrence Larry Darwin Ledman.

91 of Fond du Lac, formerly of Richland Center, died September 26th in hospice care.

There will be a combined celebration of life for both Ken and Larry on Sunday from noon until three at the Phoenix Center, Banquitt Hall, Richland Center.

Food will be provided eulogy at 1 p.m.

Kenneth, Ken, Scott, Ledman, 65, and Lawrence, Larry, Ledman, 91, both of Fond du Lac and formerly of Richland Center.

Rita Nelson of Richland Center died Sunday, October 11th at SSM Health in Madison.

A celebration of Rita's life will be held on Monday from 3 until 6 with a time of sharing at 4.30 at the Nazarene Outreach Center in Richland Center.

Rita Nelson, 87 of Richland Center.

Russell L. Bauer, 85 of Spring Green, died October 7th.

A funeral mass will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m.

at St.

John's Catholic Church in Spring Green with military honors conducted by the Spring Green American Legion Pose 253.

Visitation will be held at the church on Tuesday from 9 a.m.

until the time of the mass at 11.

A private family burial will be held in the Helen Cemetery.

Russell L. Bauer, 85 of Spring Green.

Diane Baumkamp, 85 of Muscaday, died Sunday, October 11th.

Graveside services will be held Friday at 1 p.m.

at St.

John's Catholic Cemetery.

The Pratt Funeral and Cremation Service is assisting the family with their arrangements.

For Diane Baumkamp, 85 of Muscaday.

Mark Edwin Ewing, 68 of Richland Center, died on Monday at his home.

A celebration of life will be held Sunday, November 1st at the Phoenix Center from 11 until 2 with a short prayer service and lunch at noon.

The Pratt Funeral and Cremation Service is assisting the family with arrangements for Mark Edwin Ewing, 68 of Richland Center.

And Thomas Price Harvey, 73 of Woodstock died on Tuesday.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Thomas Price Harvey, 73 of Woodstock.

Today is Saturday, October 17.

Kenneth Scott Ken Ledman, 65 of Fond du Lac, formerly of Richland Center, died September 22 at Aurora Medical Center in Fond du Lac after a battle with cancer.

Lawrence Darwin Larry Ledman, 91 of Fond du Lac, formerly of Richland Center, died September 26 in hospice care.

There will be a combined celebration of life for both Ken and Larry on Sunday from noon until 3 o'clock at the Phoenix Center Banquet Hall in Richland Center.

Food will be provided and eulogy will be at 1 o'clock.

Larry and Ken Ledman are survived by Larry's wife Barbara, Ken's life partner Betty Delzer, Ken's son, Dassian, Larry's other children and Ken's siblings, Kim Slusher,

Jay and Roberta Ledman, Stuart Ledman, and Darcy Mason, along with Ken's partner son, Nathan and Aaron Delzer, and other relatives and friends.

Kenneth Scott Ken Ledman, 65, and Lawrence Darwin Larry Ledman, 91, both the Fond du Lac and formerly of Richland Center.

Rita Nelson,

87 of Richland Center died Sunday at SSM Health in Madison.

A celebration of Rita's life will be held on Monday from 3 until 6 with the time of sharing at 4.30 at the Nazarene Outreach Center in Richland Center.

The Prad Funeral Incrimination Service is assisting the family with the arrangements.

Rita Nelson is survived by two children, Tom and Julie Nelson, and Barbara and Leo Swenson.

One grandson,

three great-grandchildren, four sisters Marie Brander, Ruby Bender, Barbara Belson, and Joanne Olson, along with other relatives and friends.

Rita Nelson, 87, of Richland Center.

Russell L. Bauer, 85, of Spring-Green, dead October 7th.

A funeral mass will be held on Tuesday at 11 o'clock at St.

John's Catholic Church in Spring Green with military honors conducted by the Spring Green American Legion Post number 253.

Visitation will be held at the church on Tuesday from 9 until the time of the mass at 11.

A private family burial will be held in the Helen Cemetery.

The Richardson Stafford funeral home is assisting the family.

Russell Bauer survived by his daughter, Laura and Chris Dillman, one grandchild, five siblings, Carol and Jack Schmalowski, Ron and Aubrey Bauer, Sharon and Lenny Heizer, Kevin and Barb Bauer, and Diane and Jean Wilkinson, along with other relatives and friends.

Russell L. Bauer, 85, of Spring Green.

Diane Baumkamp,

85 of Muscaday died on Sunday.

Grave site services will be held on Friday at 1 o'clock at St.

John's Catholic Cemetery.

The Proud Funeral Inc.

service is assisting the family with their arrangements.

Diane Baumkamp is survived by four children, Rebecca Pafford, Anthony and Sandy Baumkamp, Theresa Mark-Wantz and Roger and Christine Baumkamp, along with nine grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, a brother,

Fred Gokenauer, and many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Diane Baumkamp, 85 of Muscaday.

Mark Edwin Newing, 68 of Richland Center, died Monday at home.

A celebration of life will be held on Sunday, November 1st at the Phoenix Center from 11 until 2 o'clock with a short prayer service and food at noon.

The Proud Funeral Incrimination Service is assisting the family with arrangements.

Mark Ewing and survived by his significant other, Jan Schroeder, two children, Casey Ewing and Mark and Megan Ewing, two stepchildren, Jesse and Jill Carly Radke and Brian Schroeder, two grandchildren, five siblings, Monta and Mary Ewing, Dan and Larda Ewing, Randy and Brenda Ewing,

Cindy and Alan Smith and Janet Ewing along with many nieces nephews other relatives and friends Mark Edwin Ewing 68 of Richland Center Thomas Price Harvey 73 of Woodstock died on Tuesday a Celebration of life will be held at a later date Thomas is survived by his wife Barbara Thomas Price Harvey 73 of

of Woodstock.

Today is Saturday, October 17th.

Good morning for WRCO News.

I'm Caitlin O'Connell.

A new AARP poll of competitive U.S.

House districts finds older voters focused on several key issues.

Aaron Fabrizios is an associate state director of advocacy for AARP Wisconsin, where older voters are the key demographic.

Voters 50-plus were 75% of the vote in the August primary here in Wisconsin and are likely to play a similar role in the November 3rd election.

The nationwide poll included Wisconsin's first and third congressional districts, but Fabrizia says voters' concerns apply to the state races too.

The poll found more than one in two 50-plus voters were family caregivers.

Voters said in this poll,

They want candidates to provide a tax credit to help cover costs for unpaid family caregivers.

The Great Lakes are going to be very hazardous this weekend and it's not even November and the gills have come early.

The National Weather Service is predicting 50 mile an hour sustained winds between last night and today, potentially causing 30 foot waves on Lake Michigan.

The high winds and changing temperatures could also spawn water spouts over the lake.

Storm force winds over Lake Superior could spawn 25 faux waves.

The Coast Guard is urging all boaters to remain in port until the storms pass sometime today.

The City of Richland Center has formally announced that City Administrator Ashley Oliphant submitted her resignation, which will take effect on January 1st of 2027.

Mary Karen Templi expressed deep appreciation for Oliphant's dedicated service alongside city staff, elected leaders, and local residents.

During her tenure, Oliphant contributed significantly to municipal operations, leaving a lasting impact across the community.

In the coming months, municipal leaders will concentrate on facilitating an orderly leadership transition to ensure seamless continuity in municipal services.

City officials remain dedicated to maintaining stable operations and supporting local staff through the upcoming changes.

Community members and local partners can expect steady administration as leadership prepares for future developments.

Oliphant tells WRCO News she is stepping down to spend more time with her family and to pursue new professional opportunities.

Reflecting on her time, she expressed gratitude for the opportunity to serve the community, noting her pride in her service to the city and being chosen to fill the role when the position was originally created.

In her parting thoughts, Oliphant shared her optimism for Richland Center, stating her belief that the city has a bright future and is supported by many great people.

The City of Richland Center advises motorists that Mill Street near the Main Street intersection will be closing on Monday for drainage improvements.

The initial closure is expected to last approximately one week.

Mill Street will then reopen with a temporary gravel service for about two weeks before closing again briefly to complete the final surface work.

Dates are approximate and weather dependent.

please use alternate routes during closures and use caution in work areas.

The City of Richland Center appreciates everyone's patience during the project along Mill Street.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Rolling for Hope, a skating fundraiser will be held this Sunday from one until four o'clock at Galaxy Skate Center in Richland Center.

Proceeds from the event will go to Passages Shelter in Richland Center,

Phil Wallace is the owner of Galaxy Skate Center.

They're a great organization that houses and shelters women and men both.

And what they're needing to do is they have expenses, you know, some people show up in the middle of the night with nothing more than the clothes on their back, you know, so donating food items or, you know, money towards food or, you know, stuff like that, you know, helping these people out.

two years ago, I had a lady actually up there at the roller rink and she was from Tennessee and she escaped from the relationship that she was in.

She had a shotgun pointed at her and she ran for her life and she just drove and drove and drove and then she eventually, I don't know how, but she wound up here.

So there are people out there in need of this shelter.

Admission will be $10, which includes skate rental.

Passages is always looking for any type of donations.

Nathaniel Rudersdorf is with Passages.

Everything's going from warm to cold, so we're looking for socks, long underwear, coats, pretty much clothing items for the cold season.

A lot of that goes not only to the shelter, but we help people out of the Ada James Plates Apartments also with donations.

Food is always accepted, as long as it's not expired.

shelf stable is always good and just anything that people can bring because people do show up with absolutely nothing with them because they had to flee a violent situation, you know, possibly save their life.

If you would like to donate, you can contact Passages or Phil Wallace says that you can drop off items at the Galaxy Skate Center.

Even if you don't want to come up and skate on Sunday, if you have some clothes that are no longer being used, that you want to just drop off up there, I'll have a couple of boxes available and stuff like that, if you want to bring some stuff up like that.

If you want to bring a cash or a check donation, make it out to Reston Center Passages and you can bring it up to the Rollerink too.

Make it out to Passages, not to me, because they're the ones that are benefiting from this.

If you don't skate, you are welcome to attend and enjoy great food and activities at the Roller for Hope.

fundraiser.

Tomorrow from 1 until 4 o'clock at the Galaxy Skate Center in Richland Center.

Admission is $10, which includes Skate Rental.

You can find more information about the event on the Galaxy Skate Center website.

Anyone wanting a free pumpkin to decorate for the 4th annual Pumpkin Fest can pick one up today from 9 until noon at the Richland Center Fire Department or at the Richland Center Soccer Fields.

Decorated pumpkins should be brought to the Richland County Courthouse on Wednesday during the hours of 3 to 6.30.

The theme of this year's Pumpkin Fest is Pumpkins in the Jungle.

The event will be held on Saturday, October 24th from noon until 4 o'clock.

For more information about Pumpkin Fest can be found on Facebook or the Greater Richland Chamber website.

The Madison Mystery Tour comes to the Richland Center City Auditorium tonight at 7 o'clock to celebrate the music of The Beatles.

Formed in 2012, the band is dedicated solely to The Beatles' music.

We are all from Madison, Wisconsin and we play only music by the Beatles in this band.

We're all very, very passionate Beatles fans and our mission, if you'd like, is to stay as true as possible to the original arrangements.

The band can play every single Beatles song and they sometimes play an entire Beatles album as part of the live performance.

We start performing full albums and we have become almost like a fixture in Madison, often adding an orchestra to our shows that became bigger and bigger as the albums became more and more complex, such as Sgt.

Pepper and Beyond.

Well-versed in the history of the Beatles, these musicians sometimes share stories about a member of the Beatles or the creation of a specific song with the audience.

The whole point is to have fun and to expose fans of all ages to the music of the Fab Four.

To make sure you're getting the job done, the Madison Mystery Tour plays songs from every Beatles era.

I didn't expect many of the famous hits, few hidden gems,

And, of course, as I mentioned earlier, we'll feature our wonderful horn section.

So in a song like Suzan Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, you will hear the blast band in it.

For example, other songs such as Let It Be.

You can picture how it sounds in the recording, so get ready to hear that live.

The Madison Mystery Tour at the Richlands Center City Auditorium tonight from 7 until 10 o'clock

Tickets are available at $25 per person.

What's your favorite Beatles tune?

Come out for a good time and you just might hear it.

Today is Saturday, October 17th.

Good afternoon for WRCO News.

I'm Caitlin O'Connell.

Wisconsin State coffers continue to grow even as funding legs for K-12 schools.

The Wisconsin State government finished the 2025-2026 fiscal year with over $349 million more in the general fund than expected.

The Department of Administration's annual fiscal report shows Wisconsin on track to finish the current two-year budget with a surplus of around $2.8 billion and nearly $2.1 billion in its rainy day fund.

Governor Tony Evers hailed the annual fiscal report as damn good news.

Meanwhile, official numbers released by the Department of Public Instruction

earlier this month, shows 62% of Wisconsin's school districts receiving less state general aid this year than they did last year, forcing even more districts to place funding referendums before local taxpayers in November.

The state senate earlier this year rejected a $1.8 billion deal Eva struck with Republican legislative leaders, which included money to increase special education funding and property tax relief,

along with income tax cuts.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Megan Wolfe says the suspicious letter which arrived at the Commission's Madison office on Thursday afternoon matched other similar letters filled with white powder that have been mailed to election officials in other states.

Wisconsin Elections Commission staff immediately called the police who secured the envelope.

Field tests showed the letter was not hazardous.

Administrator Wolfe says the threatening letter won't impact the upcoming November elections or operations at the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

The City of Richland Center has formally announced that city administrator Ashley Oliphant submitted her resignation, which will take effect on January 1st of 2027.

Mayor Karen Templi expressed deep appreciation for Oliphant's dedicated service alongside city staff, elected leaders, and local residents.

During her tenure, Oliphant contributed significantly to municipal operations, leaving a lasting impact across the community.

In the coming months, municipal leaders will concentrate on facilitating an orderly leadership transition to ensure seamless continuity in municipal services.

City officials remain dedicated to maintaining stable operations and supporting local staff through the upcoming changes.

Community members and local partners can expect steady administration as leadership prepares for future developments.

Oliphant tells WRCON News she is stepping down to spend more time with her family and to pursue new professional opportunities.

Reflecting on her time, she expressed gratitude for the opportunity to serve the community

Noting her pride in her service to the city and being chosen to fill the role when the position was originally created.

In her parting thoughts, Oliphant shared her optimism for Richland Center, stating her belief that the city has a bright future and is supported by many great people.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Rolling for Hope, a skating fundraiser will be held this coming Sunday from 1 until 4 o'clock at Galaxy Skate Center in Richland Center.

Proceeds from the event go to Passages Shelter in Richland Center.

Phil Wallace is the owner of Galaxy Skate Center.

They're a great organization that houses and shelters women and men both and what they're needing to do is they have expenses, you know, some people show up in the middle of the night with nothing more than the clothes on their back, you know, so donating food items or, you know, money towards food or, you know, stuff like that, you know, helping these people out.

Two years ago, I had a lady actually up there at the roller rink and she was from Tennessee and she escaped from the relationship that she was in.

She had a shotgun pointed at her and she ran for her life and she just drove and drove and drove.

And then she eventually, I don't know how, but she wound up here.

So there are people out there in need of this shelter.

Admission will be $10 and includes skate rental and will benefit passages.

Passages is also always looking for any type of donations.

Nathaniel Rootersdorf is with Passages.

Everything's going from warm to cold, so we're looking for socks, long underwear, coats, pretty much clothing items for the cold season.

A lot of that goes not only to the shelter, but we help people out at the Ada James Place Apartments also with donations.

food is always accepted as long as it's not expired.

Shelf stable is always good and just anything that people can bring because people do show up with absolutely nothing with them because they had to flee a violent situation, you know, possibly save their life.

If you would like to donate, you can contact Passages or Phil Wallace says that you can drop off items at the Galaxies Skate Center.

Even if you don't want to come up and skate on Sunday, if you have some clothes that are no longer being used, that you want to just drop off up there, I'll have a couple of boxes available and stuff like that.

If you want to bring some stuff up like that, if you want to bring a cash or a check donation, make it out to Bristol Center Passages and you can bring it up to the roller rink too.

Make it out to Passages, not to me because they're the ones that are benefiting from this.

If you don't skate, you are welcome to attend and enjoy great food and activities at the Roller for Hope fundraiser, tomorrow from 1 until 4 o'clock at the Galaxy Skate Center in Richland Center.

Admission is $10 and includes skate rental.

You can find more information about the event on the Galaxy Skate Center website.

The Richland School District will conclude its 2026 homecoming festivities today.

While last night's homecoming football game resulted in a 3219 loss to Dodgeville, tonight will feature the Hornets and Paradise Homecoming Dance from 8 until 11.

Grand March will begin at 9 o'clock.

And the Westin School District is celebrating 70 years with their Westin Through the Ages, homecoming which continues today.

Westin's homecoming football game that paired the Ithaca Westin football team against Nassita dominated with a 47-0 win last night.

Today, Westin is inviting retired staff, former students, and all community members to its back to the nest social this afternoon from one until five o'clock

in the school cafeteria for an afternoon of visiting, sharing memories, and celebrating.

Refreshments will be provided.

Weston's 70th homecoming celebration, Weston Through the Ages, will conclude tonight with their homecoming dance.

Grand March will be held at eight o'clock.

The Madison Mystery Tour comes to the Richland Center City Auditorium tonight at seven o'clock to celebrate the music of the Beatles.

Formed in 2012, the band is dedicated solely

to the Beatles' music.

We are all from Madison, Wisconsin, and we play only music by the Beatles in this band.

We're all very, very passionate Beatles fans, and our mission, if you'd like, is to stay as true as possible to the original arrangements.

The band can play every single Beatles song, and they sometimes play an entire Beatles album as part.

of a live performance.

We start performing full albums, and we have become almost like a fixture in Madison, often adding an orchestra to our shows that became bigger and bigger as the albums became more and more complex, such as Sgt.

Pepper and Beyond.

Well versed in the history of the Beatles, these musicians sometimes share stories about a member of the Beatles or the creation of a specific song with the audience.

The whole point is to have fun and to expose fans of all ages to the music of the Fab Four.

To make sure they're getting the job done, the Madison Mystery Tour plays songs from every Beatles era.

Exactly.

I mean, I didn't expect many of the famous hits

a few hidden gems, and of course, as I mentioned earlier, will feature a wonderful horn section.

So in a song like Sgt.

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, you will hear the blast band in it, for example, other songs such as Let It Be.

You can picture how it sounds in the recording, so get ready to hear that live.

The Madison Mystery Tour at the Richland Center City Auditorium tonight from 7 until 10 o'clock.

Tickets are available at $25 per person.

What's your favorite Beatles tune?

Come on out for a good time.

You just might hear it.