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Location of West Bend inside Wisconsin.
West Bend is the governmental center of county of Washington County, Wisconsin, United States, in southeastern Wisconsin.
Before the arrival of European pioneer in southeastern Wisconsin, the Potawatomi and Menominee Indians inhabited the territory now occupied by the town/city of West Bend. Route 45 and the rest stop is present-day West Bend.
It was because of the bend in the river that West Bend got its name.
At this time, West Bend saw a expansion spurt, and in 1885 the town/city officially became an incorporated Wisconsin community. On November 1, 1961, the town/city of West Bend took in the Village of Barton. The West Bend tornado on April 4, 1981 hit the town/city killing three citizens , and injuring over 100 more. There is a monument at a park near Green Tree Elementary School. In 2009, a controversy arose after a small-town couple complained to the West Bend Community Memorial Library about the existence of "sexually explicit books" and "books for youth on homosexuality" in the young adult section of the library. A petition called on the library to label the identified books as explicit, move them to the adult section of the library, install Internet content filters on the library's computers, and "adopt a policy to attain balance in the viewpoints of selections (both affirming and opposing) that the libraries carry in issues sufficiently controversial inside the West Bend improve (i.e.
The West Bend Common Council refused to reappoint four library trustees whose terms were ending. One councilman complained that the library board was stonewalling the complaint, while another asserted that the library trustees were not serving the interests of the improve "with their ideology." The council's actions were widely criticized, and small-town citizens unsuccessfully sought to have the vote rescinded. After a enhance hearing on the petition in June 2009, the library board voted to reject any restrictions on young grownups' access to books in the library. Four Wisconsin men belonging to the Christian Civil Liberties Union filed a claim against the West Bend library, asking for $30,000 apiece for "emotional distress," and that Francesca Lia Block's book Baby Be-Bop be "burned or destroyed." The Washington County courthouse in West Bend.
The Washington County Historical Society operates four diverse exhibitions positioned in West Bend. Buildings and sites that have been deemed historic by official bodies include: West Bend Company/Regal Ware Museum Downtown West Bend has a movie theater which originally opened in 1929.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.72 square miles (38.12 km2), of which, 14.57 square miles (37.74 km2) is territory and 0.15 square miles (0.39 km2) is water. West Bend is in the Kettle Moraine region, and its topography is varied.
The average temperature in West Bend ranges from a high of 81 F (July) to a low average temperature of 11 F (January).
Although many current inhabitants of West Bend work in neighboring communities, the city's economy has been historically based in manufacturing and financial services.
West Bend Mutual Insurance Company was established in the town/city in 1894 and West Bend Savings Bank (now Westbury Bank) in 1926. The West Bend Aluminum Company (later the West Bend Company) was established in 1911 by Bernhardt C.
Ziegler, and remained in West Bend until 2003.
Rolfs established Amity Leather in downtown West Bend, which eventually became the world's biggest manufacturer of leather billfolds. Amity leather left the town/city in 1996.
The strong economy in West Bend in the 1930s led Ripley's Believe it or Not to claim that West Bend was the only town/city in the United States that did not enter the Great Depression.
Was established in a garage in West Bend and went on to employ citizens all over the world. The Gehl Company is also positioned in West Bend. The Army National Guard operates an armory near the airport, at 125 Chopper Drive, West Bend.
The 1,000-mile National Ice Age Trail crosses through West Bend.
West Bend also has over 1,200 acres of parks and green space. A farmers' market is held in Downtown West Bend on Saturday mornings from May through October each year.
The street in Downtown West Bend is closed to traffic and a different band takes the stage at Old Settler's Park each week.
West Bend has been branded the "Geocaching Capital of the Midwest ," boasting over 1,200 caches inside a 10-mile radius of the city.
An annual "Cache Ba$h" has been sponsored by the West Bend Area Chamber of Commerce since 2008. A holiday light show, Enchantment in the Park, was moved to Regner Park in West Bend in 2012 (previously it was hosted at the Washington County Fair Park). The event accepts donations to support small-town food pantries. The event also contains an opportunity to visit Santa and ice skating on the pond at Regner Park.
West Bend is also home of the Museum of Wisconsin Art, an art exhibition dedicated to showing the works of Wisconsin artists. The town/city is served by the West Bend School District.
The two high schools, West Bend East and West Bend West, are homed in a single building.
The precinct also operates an alternative school, the West Bend Online Learning Academy.
Post-secondary schools in West Bend include University of Wisconsin-Washington County (UWWC) and Moraine Park Technical College.
West Bend has a nation music station, WMBZ (92.5 FM) and a classic hits station, WIBD (1470 AM).
The official journal of the City of West Bend is the West Bend Daily News. The West Bend Booster is an autonomous, family-owned journal covering the region and has an office in West Bend. The West Bend Municipal Airport is a town/city owned, enhance use airport positioned three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central company precinct of West Bend. The options for enhance transit inside West Bend include the town/city and county taxi programs.
"West Bend (city), Wisconsin".
West Bend Area Chamber.
A Short History of West Bend, town/city website Maziarkas' February 2009 Letters to West Bend Library Handout, West Bend Community Library Petition to West Bend Library Board Four Tossed Off Library Board, West Bend Daily News, April 22, 2009 "Update on West Bend Library Controversy: Board Members Removed, ALA and Free Speech Groups Object".
Dismissal of Wisconsin Board Members Draws National Censure - American Libraries May 4, 2009 Vote on Library Board Stands West Bend Daily News May 19, 2009 West Bend City Council Fails to Reinstate Library Board Members, School Library Journal, May 20, 2009 Library board rejects restrictions, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 2, 2009.
Library Board Will Stay the Course West Bend Daily News June 3, 2009 Library fight riles up city, leads to book-burning demand, CNN.com, July 22, 2009 Library Book Riles Small Wisconsin Town, ABCNews.com, June 19, 2009 "West Bend Cinema Brewhaus".
"Average Weather for West Bend".
"Climate in West Bend, WI".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
West Bend Mutual Insurance Co.
Manta.com on West Bend Savings Bank West Bend Company website From Billfold Empire to Affordable Palace: Amity Leather Products Factory, West Bend, Wisconsin Downtown West Bend.
Rotary Club of West Bend.
"West Bend $1000 Cache Ba$h 2014".
"West Bend's "Enchantment in the Park" provides holiday entertainment and support for small-town food pantries".
"West Bend Municipal Code Section 2" (PDF).
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