The Ash Tree Northeast of the Horicon Marsh KARL MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR It’s a land of outcropping blu_s, walking ferns, filtering water and making maple syrup. And somewhere between the consistency of the old eastern red cedars and a random black bear is a dying tree which lived long enough to justify its history with Native Americans. Here are the reasons an ash tree on the bottom of the Ledge

|CAMPBELLSPORT GLANCE BACKWARDS| 5 Years Ago January 2, 2020 Theresa loses historian, Jim Widmer. His father, John founded Widmer’s Cheese Cellars in Theresa in 1922. Jim and his brothers continued in their father’s footsteps before handing it off to the next generation. But his love of photography helped him make his own mark on the area along with his love of a good fish fry. The Campbellsport

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