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Winners of the 2022 Iola Norseman Snowmobile Club raffle have been named. Grand prize winner of an UTV is Cathy Langaard of Westby, Wisconsin. Other winners are: 2nd – Jay Pethe, Iola – Browning X-Bolt 30-06 rifle 3rd – Joe Miller, Esko, Minnesota – Glock 19 9mm pistol. 4th – Jeremy Staszek, Appleton, Wisconsin – […]
Around Town On Friday, Aug. 26, there will be a Brat Fry at Sentry Foods from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p..m. by the Waupaca County Sheriff Department to raise funds for its Dive Team. Funds generated will be 100 percent matched by BankFirst. Barts and burgers are $3 each, soda/water 75 cents each. Over $200 was raised […]
The Village of Iola Park Committee met on July 28 in the Iola Community Center. Upcoming Fundraisers: Sept. 3, Iola Sentry Grocery Store, Brat Fry and Bake Sale from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Rick discussed needed volunteers to help with sale and make bakery items. (Volunteers: Rick, Natalie, Erika, Pamela, Kathy-bakery pies; possibly others). […]
The Village of Iola will hold an audiovisual public hearing on its application to raise water rates in the municipality. This hearing has no physical location. Parties and Commission staff appear by audiovisual connection over the internet. Parties and Commission staff may use the audio only telephone connection as a backup, or if no practicable […]
Around Town The 12th Annual Schmidt’s Corners Woodtick Tournament will be played on Saturday, Aug. 20, starting at 8 a.m. Team schedules: 8 a.m. Sewer Rats vs. Team Jose; 9 a.m. Silver Lake Lanes vs. Nail It; 10 a.m. Bear Lake Campground vs. Team Better Bats; 11 a.m. Schmidts Corners. This past Monday (Aug. 15), […]
Dolores Emma Melum April 5, 1933 – August 16, 2022 Dolores Emma Melum age 89 of Iola and the Town of New Hope, Wisconsin, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, at Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital. Dolores was born April 5, 1933, at home to the late Walter and Alice (Eckert) Toellner in Nichols, Wisconsin. […]
By Waupaca County Sheriff’s Department We at the Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office want victims of Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel for your fur babies too. The staff at the Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office learned about this great organization and we want to make […]
With less than three months to go before the mid-terms, the race for Wisconsin governor is a statistical dead heat, according to the latest Marquette University Law School poll. Democrat incumbent Gov. Tony Evers leads newly minted Republican challenger Tim Michels 45% to 43%, but the numbers are within the poll’s margin of error of +/-4.2 […]
Waupaca GOP chair disagrees with Petersen In a press release dated Aug. 12, State Rep. Kevin Petersen (R-Waupaca) stated, “I support the Speaker’s move to close the Office of the Special Council. This past session, along with my Assembly colleagues, I voted for a series of bills that would have addressed concerns that were uncovered […]
