Around Town
RETURN TO IOLA: Downtown Iola could soon see a lively revival as the Iola Car Show hopes to draw classic cars, residents and visitors into the heart of the community all day on Saturday, Sept. 5. The vision is simple: streets lined with polished vintage vehicles, local businesses welcoming foot traffic and families enjoying a friendly small-town atmosphere. Supporters say the effort would celebrate Iola’s automotive heritage while strengthening downtown activity and community pride. If successful, the gathering could become a signature attraction, bringing smiles, conversation and renewed energy to the village center. Organizers are encouraging participation from car owners, spectators and businesses eager to help make downtown Iola shine. Thank you, car show staff!
SAVE THE DATE: September 15 will mark the 15th anniversary for the current owners of Schmidt’s Corners. Lots of good times being planned!
Business Hours
IOLA MILLS: Starting Friday, Aug. 21, new hours are Friday 4-8 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-8 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Around the County
TRUCK AND TRACTOR PULL: Smokin’ Behind the Binz will be held on Friday, Sept. 4, starting at 4 p.m. at E3290 Appletree Lane in Waupaca. The Scandinavia Vikings Snowmobile Club is hosting it. Admission is free.
WAUPACA CITY COUNCIL is considering a proposed ordinance restricting where registered sex offenders can live and loiter. The measure would bar residence within 1,000 feet of schools, daycares, parks, playgrounds and churches, plus a 500-foot loitering zone. Current offenders would be grandfathered. (Source: Waupaca County Post)
WEYAUWEGA LAKE restoration advocates secured a state DNR permit for mechanical weed removal on the 251-acre lake. The group plans 10-foot navigation channels and seeks a $121,000 grant to buy a $125,000 Eco Harvester. (Source: Waupaca County Post)
NEW LONDON ECONOMIC Development Committee directed staff to negotiate a developer’s agreement with Tom McHugh Construction for a 30-lot residential and two-lot commercial project north of Walmart. Homes are projected around $340,000. (Source: Waupaca County Post)
CLINTONVILLE CITY COUNCIL renewed its five-year garbage and recycling contract with Harter’s Fox Valley Disposal. The selected option totals $16 per month, lower than a competing bid.
(Source: Waupaca County Post)
IOLA-SCANDINAVIA BACK to School Family Week runs Aug. 22-28 with free activities. A kickoff bash is set for noon-4 p.m. Saturday at the Historical Society Machine Shed. (Source: Waupaca County Post)
IOLA CAR SHOW launched its first online Cruise of Honor Benefit Auction with Rawhide Youth Services. Featured is a 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 built live at the 2026 show; proceeds aid veteran programming. (Source: Waupaca County Post)
Around the State
Here are the top overnight news stories from across Wisconsin:
HEALTHCARE COSTS: Wisconsin hospitals charge nearly 26% more for inpatient services than comparable Illinois health systems, according to a new University of Wisconsin-Madison report. The study found prices exceeded 25% for patients covered by UnitedHealthcare and Blue plans. Hospital Association officials questioned the findings, citing limited services, hospitals and insurer data. (Source: Wisconsin Public Radio)
TWO PEOPLE DIED after a vehicle struck a tree on South Lake Drive in St. Francis early Thursday. Police say the 68-year-old driver suffered a medical emergency, crossed the centerline and hit a pole and tree. The 67-year-old passenger and driver both died at a hospital. (Source: FOX6)
A 19-YEAR-OLD was shot and wounded near 23rd and Michigan in Milwaukee around 12:10 a.m. Friday. The victim was treated at a hospital. No arrests have been made. Police are seeking information. (Source: FOX6)
A THREE-ALARM FIRE heavily damaged the under-construction West Allis-West Milwaukee Department of Public Works building near 53rd and Burnham on Thursday morning. All workers evacuated safely; no injuries were reported. The cause remains under investigation. (Source: FOX6)
TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED and a man arrested after a two-vehicle crash west of Durand in Pepin County on Aug. 19. The 66-year-old driver was charged with sixth-offense OWI and operating after revocation. (Source: WEAU 13)
KEVIN LYCHWICK WAS SENTENCED to life in prison Thursday in Waukesha for killing his neighbor and hiding the body in 2024. (Source: FOX6)
WAUKESHA POLICE are seeking a suspect after a gas station employee was robbed at gunpoint early Thursday. (Source: FOX6)
MILWAUKEE POLICE are asking for help locating a critically missing 14-year-old girl last seen near 84th and Northridge. (Source: FOX6)
WISCONSIN’S TORNADO COUNT reached 47 for the year after an EF-0 touched down in southern Washington County on Tuesday, the second-highest annual total on record. (Source: FOX6)
Today in History
Here are 10 notable moments from Today in History:
1831 — NAT TURNER launches a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia. The uprising kills about 55 to 60 white people before being suppressed; Turner is later captured and executed.
1858 — ABRAHAM LINCOLN and Stephen A. Douglas hold the first of their seven historic U.S. Senate debates in Ottawa, Illinois, focusing on slavery’s expansion into western territories.
1888 — WILLIAM SEWARD Burroughs receives a U.S. patent for his adding machine, an early mechanical calculator that becomes a foundation for modern computing devices.
1911 — LEONARDO DA Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” is stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris by Italian employee Vincenzo Peruggia; the painting is recovered in Italy two years later.
1940 — LEON TROTSKY dies in Mexico City from wounds inflicted the previous day by an assassin using an ice ax; the exiled Bolshevik leader was a key figure in the Russian Revolution.
1942 — WALT DISNEY’s animated feature “Bambi” receives its wide U.S. theatrical release, becoming a landmark of American animation despite wartime box-office challenges.
1944 — DELEGATES FROM the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and China open the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington, D.C., laying groundwork for the United Nations.
1959 — HAWAII BECOMES the 50th state of the United States as President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the proclamation admitting the former territory into the union.
1982 — SURVIVOR’S “Eye of the Tiger” holds the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100; the song, tied to the film “Rocky III,” spends six weeks at the top.
1991 — A HARD-LINE coup against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev collapses after three days amid popular resistance led by Boris Yeltsin, accelerating the Soviet Union’s dissolution.
