career

Wenzel starts second career as county deputy
By Mavis Fodness
January 03, 2024
The newest deputy at the Rock County Sheriff’s Office is embarking on a career path he started 25 years ago. Troy Wenzel was sworn in by Sheriff Evan Verbrugge on Dec. 26 in front of Rock County commissioners. Wenzel is the fourth deputy hired by Verbrugge in the past year. “I finally came upon someone who’s actually close to my age to hire, not someone just out of high school or college,”…
Where will we be in 25 years?
By Jason Berghorst, reporter
December 01, 2020
What will your life be like in the year 2045? That’s the question my ninth-grade students had the opportunity to think and write about recently. What will life be like in 25 years? What jobs will they have and where will they live? How will the world be similar to and different from 2020? The assignment to write two pages imagining life in 2045 is how we start the Careers Unit. I learn so much…

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