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The Brillion News The top-seeded Lions will host No. 4 St. Mary Catholic for a WIAA Division 3 regional championship on Saturday night at 7 p.m. The Lions made quick work of No. 8 Bonduel 3-0 in the semifinal on Thursday night with set scores of 25-13, 25-18 and 25-17. St. Mary Catholic came back to beat No. 5 Sturgeon Bay in a five-set match (22-25, 24-26, 25-21, 25-23, 15-12) in their semifinal. The Lions are seeking back-to-back regional championships; the group beat Val

By David Nordby The Brillion News BRILLION – For the 19th time in school history and the fourth under Coach Tanner Behnke, the Lions have at least a share of the conference championship. Brillion improved to 6-0 against the Eastern Wisconsin Conference with a decisive 41-0 win against rival Chilton Friday night. “Twice in a row now at least a share of conference, it means the world to me,” senior Weston Schmidt said. A win next week at St. Mary Catholic (6-2, 5-1) would give

The Brillion News BRILLION – Rhonda Vande Hey, a Brillion School Board member, was given two citations for hosting an underage drinking party on Saturday, Sept. 19. One citation is for procuring alcohol for an underage person(s). The citation’s fine is listed as $439. The other citation was for knowingly permitting underage drinking by people under the age of 18. That citation’s fine is listed as $313. Vande Hey is a long-time member of the Brillion School Board and current

The Reedsville football team will play a rare Saturday night game at Oostburg on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. The game, originally scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m., was postponed because of standing water at the football field in Oostburg. Rain was expected to continue into Thursday night in Oostburg. The Panthers (2-4, 2-2) and Oostburg (3-3, 2-2) are in the middle of the Big East Conference standings. Reedsville has games scheduled at Manitowoc Lutheran (Oct. 9) and home agains

By David Nordby The Brillion News TOWN OF BRILLION - If there is support of the proposed energy center in the Town of Brillion, it was not vocalized on Tuesday night. More than 100 residents of the town and nearby municipalities showed up to the board meeting. Zero of them raised their hands when asked if potential tax breaks would be enough to support the center. Town president Kevin Fischer and the rest of the board were met with concern from many during the public input po

The Brillion News A 32-year-old Manitowoc man died in a traffic accident in the Town of Brillion shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Thursday. The Calumet County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a two-car crash at the intersection of CTH K and CTH PP in the Town of Brillion at 7:33 p.m. A preliminary investigation indicates that a vehicle traveling westbound on CTH K struck a vehicle traveling southbound on CTH PP. Westbound traffic on CTH K is controlled by a stop sign at CTH PP. The