Around Town
STATE TRACK RESULTS: Iola-Scandinavia High School’s track athletes had strong State finishes June 6-7 in La Crosse. Ben Beck is the State Champion in the boys’ 3200m with a time of 9:28.02!
Korz Loken took third place in the Discus Throw with a distance of 162-5, with Marathon’s Chris Marcell garnering first with a throw of 211-4. Beck placed 4th in the 1600m with a time of 4:18.52, with Taylor Karcz of Crandon finishing first in 4:15.78. Aiden Bowen had an 8th-place finish in the 100m with a time of 11.26, and Paxton Kuehn of Shiocton took first with a time of 10.99. Congratulations to these State athletes!
GOATS GONE: Goats had to leave Iola for some other jobs. They will return this summer to clear out more buckthorn.
Business Hours
BART’S PIZZA PUB: Summer hours have been adjusted to Monday and Tuesday closed, Wednesday bar 4 p.m.-close and kitchen 4-10 p.m., Thursday bar 4 p.m.-close and kitchen 4-9 p.m., Friday bar 3 p.m.-close and kitchen noon-10 p.m., Saturday bar noon-close and kitchen noon-10 p.m., Sunday bar noon-close and kitchen noon-9 p.m.
Around the State
TRANSPARENT HOSPITAL COSTS: Wisconsin hospitals could soon be forced to post information online to give patients an idea of the cost of common services. LRB-1381 would require hospitals to publish standard service charges on a “prominent location” on the home pages of their websites, and must include certain information, including a description of each item or service provided.
Additionally, the list must be available free of charge and without requiring a user account log-in.
Read the Just the News article here.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BILL: Rep. Nate Gustafson (R-Fox Crossing) introduced the Assembly’s version of the bill in April alongside a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The bill was referred to a committee April 2. The bill notes that federal law generally bans states from deviating from standard time or eliminating daylight saving time, but allows a state that lies entirely in one time zone, as Wisconsin does, to observe standard time instead of daylight saving time as long as its throughout the whole state. Read The Badger Project story here.
FARMLAND PROTECTION ACT: Bill would the limit amount of agricultural land a foreigner could own to 50 acres. Read the Just the News article here .
