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Job Opportunities IOLA FITNESS AND AQUATIC CENTER: Aquatic and fitness center staff are being hired, specifically lifeguards and swim instructors. Call 715-445-2142 ext. 1501 or email Tim Welch at welcht@iola.k12.wi.us. Around the County KOEPPEN DIES: Waupaca County Board Chairman Dick Koeppen died on March 27 at the age of 83. He had just announced his […]
Around Town CHARLIE VATER ON YOUTUBE: Check out State Distant Champion Charlie Vater’s skiing video here. Great representation by the Iola Winter Sports Club skiers and teams. STATE REPS PER DIEMS: Reimbursements to our state representatives for 2023 were recently released. Rep. Kevin Petersen spent 103 days in Madison and was reimbursed $11,054.70 and State […]
Shirley A. Erickson March 10, 1940 – March 7, 2024 Shirley A. Erickson, 83, of Scandinavia, Wisconsin, went to her heavenly home on Thursday, March 7, 2024. She was born on March 10, 1940, in Waupaca, Wisconsin, to the late Chester and Lois (Beck) Snell. Shirley grew up on her family’s farm in Poy Sippi, […]
Around Town ROSEMALING ARTISTS GATHER: The local rosemaling club will meet and paint at ScandiHus on Saturday, March 9, starting at 9:30 a.m. Please stop in and have a delicious coffee or yummy crepes/waffles, watch us paint, and ask questions. BOOK CLUB: Book of the Month for the Scandinavia Public Library is “The Book Woman […]
Alton Duane Forseth February 11, 1930 – February 28, 2024 Alton Duane Forseth, 94, of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, went to his heavenly home on February 28, 2024. He was born on Feb. 11, 1930, in Iola, Wisconsin, to the late Erling and Julia (Norby) Forseth. Alton married Mabel (Hansen) Forseth on Aug. 1, 1953, in Milwaukee, […]
