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| Monroe is a city in Green County and its county seat. The population was 10,661 at the 2020 census. The city is bordered by the town of Monroe to the north and the town of Clarno to the south. Monroe is now a part of the Madison metropolitan area. It is nicknamed the "Cheese Capital of the USA". Cheese Days was established in 1914 and is now a biennial celebration of cheese and the dairy industry, taking place in Monroe, Wisconsin. The weekend-long event typically occurs on the third weekend in September of even-numbered years in the historic downtown area known as “the Square”. The festivities include carnival rides, a variety of local food, restaurant, craft, and club stands, live, traditional Swiss-Germanic music (including polkas and waltzes), and the finale is a two-hour parade on Sunday afternoon. Over one hundred thousand people come for the festivities throughout the three-day event. Cheese Days was not held in 1918, 1942, 1944 and 2020. Notable people from Monroe: Henry Adams - Wisconsin State Representative and Senator Bob Anderegg - professional basketball player Ken Behring - former owner of the Seattle Seahawks James Bintliff - Union Army general John Bolender - Wisconsin State Representative Ira B. Bradford - Wisconsin State Representative Evelene Brodstone - one of the highest paid female executives of the 1920s Dick Campbell - singer, songwriter & movie director Edwin Copeland - botanist & founder of the University of the Philippines Los Banos College of Agriculture David G Deininger - jurist & legislator A Clarke Dodge - Wisconsin State Representative & businessman Joe Dodge - jazz musician G. Fred Galli - cheesemaker & legislator John C Hall - Wisconsin State Senator & physician Andre Jacque - Wisconsin State Representative Janet Jennings - nurse during the Spanish–American War Harry A Keegan - Wisconsin State Representative Nathan J. Lindsay - Air Force Major General William H H LlewellynvNew Mexico State Representative & member of the Rough Riders Joe Lobdell - professional football player John Luchsinger - legislator, writer, jurist Willis Ludlow - Wisconsin State Representative & Mayor of Monroe Ric Mathias - NFL player Perry A C Reed - Nebraska State Senator William Rittenhouse - Wisconsin State Senator[29]Ray H Schoonover - Wisconsin State Representative, sheriff & businessman Tom Tennant - MLB player Robin G. Tornow - Air Force General Charles Treat - Army General w/Army Distinguished Service Medal Joseph B Treat - Wisconsin State Senator & Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee Nathaniel Treat - Maine State Representative Nathaniel B Treat - Wisconsin State Representative Nathan Farragut Twining - Chief of Staff Air Force Merrill B Twining - Marine General Don S Wenger - Air Force Major General Walter S Wescott - Wisconsin State Representative and Senator Francis H West - Union Army general George Otto Wirz - Roman Catholic bishop Edwin E Woodman - Wisconsin State Senator Art Young - cartoonist and writer |
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