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By Iola Historical Society Watch Norwegian pastry making, lefse making, and Lost Arts artisans ply their crafts at the 2021 Taste Of Norway & Lost Arts Fair to be held Saturday, Oct. 2. The event is free, with the Taste of Norway & Lost Arts demonstrations running from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event […]
By Iola-Scandinavia School District Barb Nelson is married to her husband, David. They have five children: Sean (29), Jesse (27), Bret (25 ), Olivia (6 ), and Hunter (6). Barb has one brother. They have a Lab named Abby Lynn. Barb graduated from Iola-Scandinavia High School. Barb has an Insurance license for the states of […]
By Rep. Kevin Petersen Every 10 years the legislature receives the most recent census data from the federal government and is responsible for drawing new district boundaries adjusting to updated population changes. As written in Article IV Section 3 of the Wisconsin State Constitution, “At its first session after each enumeration made by the authority […]
Republican lawmakers took on so-called critical race theory (CRT) and other racist “antiracist” indoctrination this week in two public hearings, according to a post by Empower Wisconsin. The Assembly Education Committee advanced a bill barring public schools from teaching the kind of race- and sex-based stereotyping replete in radical CRT. It also prohibits schools from providing teachers […]