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PASTOR LEAVING: Iola United Methodist Pastor Leo Cadavos Jr. and his family have been transferred to the Janesville, Wisconsin, church beginning July 1. Neither the church nor Pastor Leo wants the transfer, but Pastor Leo is a faithful servant of God and obediently goes where he is needed. Thank you for your service to the Iola-Scandinavia community!

SOFT SERVE DOWN: Iola Soft Serve had to close early on opening day because the new soft serve machine went down. The shop will inform patrons when it can reopen.

NATIONAL POLICE WEEK: The week saluting our law enforcement officers is May 10-16. National Peace Officers Memorial Day is Friday, May 15. Remember Iola’s Jerry Mork on that day!

BANKFIRST WARNS OF SCAM: Scammers are targeting banking customers nationwide with phishing calls, texts, and emails posing as financial institutions, sometimes spoofing legitimate numbers, including Bank First’s 920-652-3300. Customers should not share personal or financial information. Bank First said it will never ask for online banking credentials, passwords, or authentication codes.

EMPLOYERS: The Trump Administration has dismissed a legal challenge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to a ruling on President Biden’s 2024 overtime rule. With the dismissal, the threshold weekly salary or fee for a person classified as exempt from overtime pay rolls back from $844 per week to $684 per week. Workers paid less than that threshold are due time-and-a-half for work over 40 hours a week.

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FERTILIZER COSTS: As the Strait closure enters its tenth week, supply chain gridlock and policy hurdles suggest high input costs will persist through the 2027 planting season, according to Josh Linville, vice president of fertilizer with StoneX. Read the AGWEB story here.

WIAA WARNED: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has sent a warning to the WIAA to scrap its illegal race- and sex-based quotas for leadership and board positions.