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Thomas M. Finch September 11, 1952 – March 22, 2023 Thomas M. Finch, 70, of Scandinavia, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, with his wife and daughter by his side after battling cancer for over 2-1/2 years. He was born on Sept. 11, 1952, in Iola, Wisconsin to the late […]
The Iola Historical Society will hold a meeting on Monday, March 27, in the Machine Shed, 222 Depot Street, Iola. The board meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. followed by the membership meeting at 6:30 p.m. The program will be on the Short History of Ogdensburg: Part 2 by Harold “Lefty” Clumpner. Next meetings will […]
“Utilizing the proposed Bail Reform Amendment would allow judges to consider the totality of the circumstances when setting bail for violent crimes including the seriousness of the offense charged, previous convictions for violent crimes, the probability the accused would fail to appear in court, the need to protect members of the community from serious harm, […]
Delores Margaret (Kitzman) Rice November 16, 1928 – March 18, 2023 Delores Margaret (Kitzman) Rice, 94, of Iola, Wisconsin, passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at the Manawa Community Living Center, Manawa, Wisconsin, where she had been a resident for the past three years. She was born on Nov. 16, 1928, in Town of […]
By Tom Anderson, Head Coach Iola-Scandinavia high school softball team lost their final game on their spring training trip at the Wide World of Sports complex at Disney World in Florida. The Thunderbirds finished their trip with a 2-1 record. The T-Birds lost to Trinity High School from the Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, area, 11-3, on Thursday […]
By Tom Anderson, Head Coach Iola-Scandinavia high school softball team won their first two games of the season on their spring training trip at the Wide World of Sports complex at Disney World in Florida. The Thunderbirds beat Greens Farms Academy from Westport, Connecticut, 8-0, in the first game and followed that up with a […]
By Jack Vater Iola-Scandinavia junior runner Charlie Vater broke the school record for the 3200-meter run on Saturday, March 18, when racing the SPASH indoor meet at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. Vater’s record time was 9:20.15. The previous record was set by Malachi Cate in 2005. “My friend Aloysius and I wanted […]
By Tom Anderson, Coach Iola-Scandinavia girls’ high school softball team will again be doing their “Egg My House” Easter Egg Hunt fundraiser on Saturday, April 8, the evening before Easter Sunday. We will be taking orders through Friday, March 31. Most of our deliveries are in the Iola and Scandinavia areas, but we have also […]
By Jack Vater Iola-Scandinavia junior Charlie Vater competed in the USSA Junior National Cross Country Ski Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska, March 13-16. Vater qualified for the Great Lakes Junior National Team by skiing in the Salomon CXC Cup races in Brillion, Wisconsin, on Jan. 28-29 and in Golden Valley, Minnesota, on Feb. 18-19. The Great […]
