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Rep. Wied Introduces SPEAR Act

February 7, 2025 / Comments Off

PRESS RELEASE U.S. Rep. Tony Wied (R-WI-08), along with Reps. Glenn Grothman (R-WI-06) and Tom Tiffany (R-WI-07), introduced his first piece of legislation Friday, called the Sturgeon Protected and Exempt from Absurd Regulations (SPEAR) Act, which would proactively exempt the state of Wisconsin from any listing of lake sturgeon under the Endangered Species Act. In 2018 an […]

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Memories of the old Iola High School

February 7, 2025 / Comments Off

On Feb. 4, Cathy Jackson started an interesting conversation on Facebook’s “Iola-Scandinavia Happening Now” about the old Iola High School. She asked, “Does anyone have any pictures of the old Iola High School before it was torn down? How big was it? I moved to Iola well after the current high school was built.” Residents […]