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Something different that is air conditioned and a great library open to all from 8 to 6, Monday through Thursday with no...
07/03/2026

Something different that is air conditioned and a great library open to all from 8 to 6, Monday through Thursday with no library card needed!

06/04/2026

The Arena Historians celebrate June Dairy Month by welcoming back Arena Cheese Factory owner and operator Bill Hanson as our guest speaker for our next monthly meeting, to be held on Monday, June 15th, 2026. With over 50 years of experience in the field, Hanson has made Arena Cheese a trusted, quality source of Colby-Jack cheese, among others. 4-H clubs will also be in the spotlight that evening, along with stories about the Mounds Creek Methodist Church, which served parishioners from 1864 to 2004. The meeting, which is free to the general public, will be held at the Arena Diner (formerly known as Grandma Mary's, in the Brisbane Hall section of the building), 175 US Hwy 14, Arena, WI, at 6:30 p.m. If you are unable to attend in person, we will be live streaming the meeting via Zoom (see attached link.) If you have any questions regarding viewing the live stream, please e-mail Peggy Peterson at [email protected] or phone (608) 628-6629. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84753422811?pwd=bWXbijoMSk13tDydYbDraXyXb3g0iE.1

04/28/2026

Honor a hero. Remember a loved one. 🇺🇸

Leave a lasting tribute at our Courthouse Grounds Veterans Memorial Plaza by purchasing a personalized commemorative brick. Each brick becomes a permanent part of the memorial—recognizing the courage, sacrifice, and stories of those who served and those we hold dear.

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04/08/2026

Post by Alex Harrington.

Hi, Folks!

🌪️ ⁉️ Who's ready to unlock the key to the formation of the infamous June7/8th 1984 F-5 Barneveld Tornado?!? This was a fascination of mine growing up 10 miles north in Arena, and it turned into a study during my grad school experience at the UW-Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (UW-AOS). Some have tried to replicate my studies (they need to cite better!), yet I am still the first to piece together the large-scale and small-scale setup for this event using satellite, assimilated model recreation with my studies with CIMSS, DIFAX hand analyses that I am so lucky to have the possession of, and viewer accounts to make my conclusions on a very important feature that very likely was the last and critical ingredient for this tragic event.

🙏 ♥️ 🙏 I am so humbled to re-present my research as part of the Iowa County Historical Society meeting this Saturday in Dodgeville at 1 pm! I know many of you are planning to join from such kind messages about your excitement in attending. The information is also attached, courtesy of The Dodgeville Chronicle.

See you Saturday! 📺

03/09/2026

UPDATE (SUNDAY, MARCH 15TH, 2026) - DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, MARCH 16TH, 2026, THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Please join the Arena Historians on Monday, March 16th, 2026, as we present "The Welsh in Iowa County", with guest speaker Robert Humphries. Beginning in the 1840's, immigrants from Wales began to arrive in southwestern Wisconsin, attracted by the lead-mining industry and the opportunity to acquire farmland of their own. In this presentation, Humphries will explain how, in Iowa County and beyond, the Welsh created thriving ethnic communities-including in Arena- where they maintained their culture, religious traditions and Celtic language throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. Humphries will also introduce some of the Welsh who became leading citizens in the lead-mining region. A native of Newport, Wales, Humphries has lived in southwestern Wisconsin for more than 25 years. Humphries earned his MA in Celtic Studies from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, with "Yn Eu Hiaith Eu Hunain/In Their Own Language: The Settlement and Assimilation of the Welsh in Iowa County, Wisconsin, 1840-1920" as his dissertation. The presentation, which is free to the general public, will take place at Arena Diner (formerly known as Grandma Mary's, in the Brisbane Hall section of the building), 175 US Hwy 14, Arena, WI, at 1:30 p.m. If you are unable to attend in person, we will be live streaming the presentation via Zoom (see attached link.) If you have any questions regarding viewing the live stream, please contact Peggy Peterson at (608) 628-6629 or at [email protected]. (Photo of Richard Lloyd Jones and family, circa 1883. Lloyd Jones was one of the more prominent Welsh settlers to make the River Valley area their home. Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83713916155?pwd=VR4s4wAEuL5QHJNUDe2erUaR8vMnJs.1

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