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By Iola Car Show “Fall Back to Iola” fall flea market and swap meet will not happen in 2020. As a business, we cannot continue planning towards an in-person event with the current state of things. With that said, we are putting our attention on processing refund requests one month sooner than originally planned. A major […]
Colin Steen has been appointed chief executive officer of Legacy Seed Companies in Scandinavia, Wisconsin. Steen will lead all commercial, administrative, operational, and financial aspects of the organization, working with the board to establish strategic direction. He was previously with Syngenta Ventures. – Courtesy Feedstuffs
This week, as part of a plea agreement, Archie Overby, formerly CEO and chairman of the board of Waupaca Bancorporation Inc./First National Bank, pleaded guilty to one charge of misapplication of bank funds and was sentenced. A dozen counts of bank fraud were dismissed. U.S. Attorney Matthew Krueger stated that Overby treated the bank as […]
By Greg Loescher, Chamber President The Iola-Scandinavia Chamber of Commerce has cancelled two of its summer events: the annual fireworks display, raffle, and ball games at Taylor Field in Iola on July 3, and Tastes & Tunes of Iola Scandinavia, July 17-18, held at more than a dozen venues throughout the two communities. The decisions […]
8:30-9:30 a.m. is designated for customers considered At Risk/Elderly By Mike Molepske, CEO As we enter into this next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are pleased to announce our lobbies will be re-opening on Monday, June 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (lobbies will be closed on Saturdays). Important note: the lobbies […]
The Iola Car Show organization invites you to the first ever Rally for Iola on Saturday, July 11. Staging begins at 8 a.m. and the cruise at 10 a.m.! It broke our hearts to cancel the show, but this cruise has us just as excited (well almost)! The Rally for Iola is a fundraising opportunity […]
Due to the onset of Covid-19, grocery stores are designated as an essential service; and now the news media and social media are taking notice of the grocery business. At times the news has been negative due to product out-of-stocks, limits on purchase quantities, masks or no-masks, and other operational issues. Just like every other business, Covid-19 […]
“We hope as the summer progresses, we will be able to select dates that allow our swap vendors and shoppers the opportunity to gather and do business later this summer or fall.” By Joe Opperman Executive Director Iola Car Show & Swap Meet It is with a heavy heart that I have the unfortunate duty […]
By Clifford Mishler, President Just as it was necessary to cancel our monthly meetings for March, in deference to the coronavirus/Covid-19 restrictions, the April meetings are being cancelled as well. We are hoping that the social distancing restrictions will be relaxed sufficiently to convene our scheduled monthly meeting for May on Tuesday, May 26. We […]
