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Reported cases of Covid-19 in the Iola-Scandinavia census track have increased 128 percent in the past 30 days, according to numbers from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services website. The numbers rose from 61 on Oct. 7 to 139 on Nov. 6. The 14-day increase is 46 percent, and the 7-day increase is 18 percent. […]
James “Jim” O. Gjertson December 22, 1937 – October 23, 2020 James “Jim” Orin Gjertson, age 82 of Waupaca, Wisconsin, passed away on Oct. 23, 2020, at ThedaCare Medical Center. He was born Dec. 22, 1937, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin to Elsie Marleah (Cooper) and Orin Selmer Gjertson. Jim grew up on a farm in […]
By Iola Winter Carnival The 60th Annual Iola Winter Carnival (IWC), set for Feb. 5-7, 2021, has been cancelled. This includes all of the events related to it: Snow Bully Fat Bike Race, Norwegian Lutefisk Supper, Iola-Scandinavia Chamber of Commerce Craft Show, ice-sculpting contest, skijouring, snowshoe race, kid’s ice fishing contest on Lake Iola, Snow […]
Tenny R. Fogelberg April 8, 1905 – October 22, 2020 Tenny R. Fogelberg, age 95, of Iola, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. He was born in Kennedy, Minnesota, in 1925, and grew up in Marble, Minnesota, on the Iron Range. He graduated high school in 1942. Then Tenny served in the US Army […]
Florence Oligney will look back at 22 significant individuals and families in the Iola-Scandinavia area at the Oct. 26 meeting of the Iola Historical Society. The membership meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Machine Shed at 222 Depot Street. The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Also on the agenda for the […]
Phyllis Mae (Harms) Pettit February 2, 1933 – October 13, 2020 Phyllis Mae (Harms) Pettit, 87, North Manchester, passed away October 13, 2020, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. On Feb.2, 1933, Phyllis was born in North Manchester, to Herman and Elvah (Bolinger) Harms. Phyllis graduated from Central High School in 1951 and then from […]
Richard Binley August 12, 1939 – October 15, 2020 Richard L. Binley, 81, of Scandinavia, Wisconsin, passed away on Oct. 15, 2020. A Visitation will be the Voie Funeral Home in Iola, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. followed by a Graveside Service at the Iola Riverside Community Cemetery at 1:30 […]
Robert Harold Wasrud August 28, 1932 – October 15, 2020 Robert Harold Wasrud, Sr., age 88, passed away at home on Oct. 15, 2020. He was born Aug. 28, 1932 to Royal V. Wasrud, Sr. and Josephine M. (Moser) Wasrud. He met and married Margaret C. (Malone) Wasrud on Dec. 19, 1959, in Iola, Wisconsin, […]
Robert L. Rollyson June 29, 1931 – September 26, 2020 Robert L. Rollyson, 89, of Iola, passed away on Saturday Sept. 26, 2020. He was born on June 29, 1931, to Blaine and Madge (Hornor) Rollyson in Roanoke, West Virginia. On Aug. 9, 1958, he married Charlene Jones. Bob was in the US Coast Guard, […]
