A son, Charles Edward Walz, was born to Lawrence and Shawna (Bedward) Walz, Wauzeka on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 8:36 a.m. at Franciscan Skemp Hospital in LaCrosse.  He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 20-1/4 inches long.  He joins three brothers and two sisters at home, Nicholas (10), Sophia (8), Claudia (7), Nathaniel (5), and Lawrence (3).  Area grandparents are Robert and Susan Walz, Wauzeka, Carl Bedward and Cheryl Elliott, Blue River, and Gail and Michael Simons, Wauzeka; great-grandparents are Johnny Walz, Columbus, and Ramona Jelinek, Prairie du Chien.