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Eighteen years ago, Lion Ralph Bostwick approached the Iola Lions Club with an idea about giving to the Lions Pride Endowment Fund, specifically to help ensure the future of the Wisconsin Lions Camp in Rosholt, Wisconsin He came up with Cans 4 Camp! He started by collecting aluminum cans from local highways. After that, he […]
Around Town TOURNAMENT BASEBALL: The Iola-Scandinavia High School Varsity Baseball team will play Gibraltar at 4:30 p.m. today (June 5) in Gibraltar. There is a $6 admission. HISTORICAL MARKER: The Iola Historical Society will unveil its newest historical marker on Sunday, June 8, at 2 p.m. in an open area just past the first bridge […]
Around Town ONLINE REGISTRATION: The Iola-Scandinavia Recreation Association now has online registration. Go here. SAVE THE DATES: Celebrating our local songwriters, I-S Songfest features live, all original music July 18-20 at Iola Mills, LittleWolf Gallery, and Odin and Frejas Place. Support our local artists and businesses! There will also be opportunities to be entered in […]
Around Town STATE TRACK: Congratulations to Iola-Scandinavia High School track athletes Ben Beck, Korz Loken, and Aiden Bowen for qualifying for State Track! WATERCOLOR CLASS: Carolyn Rosenberger will be teaching a watercolor class at Lessons From the Art academy in Iola on Monday, June 9. Painters will create a peaceful but colorful garden scene in […]
Around Town REUNITED: Iola’s Dan Halverson found his grandmother Agnes Halverson’s piano in a Facebook posting that was giving the upright piano away. Dan learned to play the piano almost 67 years ago, and thus began his musical career. Congratulations Dan! ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS: All-Conference selections have been announced for softball and baseball. Softball recipients of […]
Around Town JORGENS PARK STORYWALK: The Scandinavia Public Library is celebrating the start of the library’s “Color Our World” summer programming with “Art & Max” by David Wiesner now on the StoryWalk® in Jorgens Park Preserve! After reading this fun story, be sure to stop by the library to sign up for our summer reading […]
State Rep. Brent Jacobson was the key speaker at the May 26 Memorial Day tribute event at Veterans Memorial Park in Iola, which attracted several hundred people. The event was preceded by the traditional Memorial Day parade through downtown Iola. Members of the Sheveland-Taylor Post 14 American Legion carried the flags and were followed by […]
Around Town MEMORIAL DAY IN IOLA: From the Sheveland-Taylor American Legion Post 14 – “All Gave Some. Some Gave All”. Join us for our annual event honoring our men and women who have given the last full measure of devotion. The parade begins at the I-S High School at 11 a.m. and is immediately followed […]
Carol Jean (Jawort) Fox May 6, 1939 – May 22, 2025 Carol Jean (Jawort) Fox, beloved mother, grandmother, educator, and community volunteer, passed away peacefully at Westminster Village, Bloomington, Illinois, leaving behind a legacy of service, learning, and love. Born on March 6, 1939, in Iola, Wisconsin, to Leonard and Hazel Jawort, Carol was raised […]
