Photo by Mark Ignatowski Syttende Mai coordinator Margit Gerber leads the executive committee meeting early this month. Gerber will step down as coordinator after nine years of leading the annual festival.
As the marching bands and Norwegian Dancers make their way down Main Street this Sunday, there will be plenty of people cheering and waving.
There will also be one person breathing a final sigh of relief.
“It seems like once the Sunday parade is about halfway through, I just sort of go, ‘Alright,’” said Margit Gerber, who has served as Syttende Mai’s coordinator for the past nine years. Thursday, May 17, 2012
The business wants to expand its research capabilities by adding up to three 14-foot tall cooling towers and one 75-foot tall exhaust pipe near its Hwy. 51 campus.
Small ball proves to be Vikings' undoing Friday If someone saw the Stoughton baseball team for the first time last Friday against DeForest, they may have thought bunt coverage wasn’t practiced enough.
Dream Park plans continue Supporters of a planned Dream Park in Stoughton will have a presence at this weekend’s Syttende Mai celebration and then will have a televised informational meeting Monday.
Student's persistence pays off for college Hayley Wentela was one of 75 high school students from across the country selected for a KFC Colonel’s scholarship. She will receive $20,000 over the next four years for her college education, the maximum allowed under the scholarship program.
In addition to cab service from Union Cab, Syttende Mai revelers can ride a shuttle around the festival. The shuttle returns to the high school parking lot every half hour. The shuttle runs from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday. Festival-goers can get more information at booths denoted with an asterisks on the map.
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