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Bucyrus launched its own New Year's Eve tradition Friday, lowering a 10-foot-long fiberglass bratwurst sandwich to count down the arrival of 2022.

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At a signal from Mayor Reser, fire Chief Chad Schwemley raised the ladder, hoisting the bratwurst into the air above the gathered crowd, then slowly lowered again. As the big bratwurst reached the ground, clouds of blue and red smoke erupted, people cheered and the fire truck's horn sounded: The celebration had officially begun. Planning for the year's events started several years ago, Reser noted. A bicentennial commission was formed in 2019. "It's been in the planning for a long time. COVID kind of gave us a bit of a curve there, but last summer, we said, 'OK, let's get going. It's coming,"...

BUCYRUS - While the Bucyrus Bicentennial Commission's 10-foot-long bratwurst sandwich is getting dressed for its big debut on May 1, how about a few drinks? The commission will offer a mixology class later this month, sponsored by the Bucyrus Underground Speakeasy and Templeton Distillery of Templeton, Iowa, said Kelli Patterson, commission chairman. Templeton Rye was a popular whiskey in the Prohibition-era, Patterson said, so a member of the Bicentennial Commission reached out to a company representative. "He's very excited about the fact that Bucyrus actually has a speakeasy," she said. A ...