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Around Town IOLA VACANT BUILDINGS: The Village of Iola’s Revitalization Committee will have a questionnaire mailed out to property owners about plans for their vacant downtown buildings. WORKERS NEEDED: Iola-Scandinavia Track & Field needs a couple more adult workers for the April 27 middle school track meet. Meet start time is 10 a.m. Pay is […]
By Tom Anderson, Head Coach The Iola-Scandinavia varsity softball team – behind another strong pitching performance by Julia Munoz – beat Shiocton, 4-1 in a CWC-East game on Thursday, April 18. Munoz went the distance allowing four hits, and one walk while striking out 10 batters. The one run scored by Shiocton was an unearned […]
The Village of Iola Community Development Authority met on Tuesday, March 26, at Iola Village Hall and centered its attention on the signage at the intersection of State Highways 49 and 161. Present for the meeting were Jennifer Schustek, Mark McCoy, Jim Rasmussen, Mark Sether, Clifford Mishler, Joe Opperman, Glenn Tetzlaff, Scott Bestul, Phil Johnsrud, […]
Alan Bauer replaces Shannon Dane as trustee The Village of Iola Board met for its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 12, in the Iola Village Hall. In a special public hearing, a motion was made by Rick Meyers to open the public hearing to consider the application for a combination Class “B” Beer and […]
The Village of Iola’s Public Works & Property Committee is set to meet on Monday, April 22, at 3 p.m. in the Clerk’s Office located at 180 S. Main St, Iola, WI. The meeting is open to the public and will address several agenda items, including a proposal for the sale of a property parcel, […]
The Town of Harrison met on Monday, April 8, at Northland Lutheran Church and considered a variety of topics including moving the regular monthly meeting date. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Dean Lashua. Present at the meeting were Alex Senkvitch, Pam Wellbock, Brandon Schuster, Nick Schaw, Erica Ubanks, John Phillips, Mike Schultz, […]
FIRST PLACE POWERLIFTING: Baylee Donovan won her class in state powerlifting competition on March 1 in Appleton, Wisconsin. She is a junior at Iola-Scadinavia High School. Congratulations! Read about her in the Waupaca County Post here. SOFTBALL COACH NEEDED: An 8U softball coach for first and second grade girls is needed. The season runs from […]
A new local event, sponsored by the Iola-Scandinavia Chamber of Commerce, called the Mead Meander will take place in Scandinavia on Friday, May 17, starting at 4 p.m. For Norweians, May 17 is Syttede Mai, Constitution Day. That document was signed in 1814. The day is a national holiday in Norway and is celebrated with […]
By Tom Anderson, Head Coach KESHENA – The Lady Thunderbirds softball team beat Menominee Indian 14-0 in a CWC-East game on Tuesday, April 16. The game was stopped after five innings due to the 10-run rule. The Thunderbirds improved their conference record to 5-0 and overall record to 6-2. Pitcher Julia Munoz went the distance […]
By Tom Anderson, Head Coach It took nine innings, but the Iola-Scandinavia varsity softball team finally pushed a run across the plate to beat Weyauwega-Fremont, 1-0, in a true pitchers’ duel. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, freshman pinch-hitter Sophia Munoz drew a walk. Sophomore Maya Munoz singled to advance Sophia […]
