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The Scandinavia Vikings baseball time secured a first-round victory in the Badger Amateur Baseball Association (BABA) playoffs on Sunday 5-4 over Green Lake. The Vikings will host Plover in the second round Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Aniwa will host Antigo/Polar. In the other bracket, Clintonville will host Marion and Little Falls will host Tigerton. Scandinavia […]
Around Town Mike Mazemke of Iola was the recipient of the 2022 Governor’s Award for Archival Innovation from the Wisconsin Register of Deeds Association. Mike’s program that got the recognition deals with archiving of real estate records and usage of technology to provide online access to the records. Congratulations! Business hour changes LittleWolf Gallery has […]
Scandinavia’s Gordy Peterson will be inducted into the Badger Amateur Baseball Association Hall of Fame on Aug. 21 and represents the South Central Division. Ceremonies will take place during the division finals on Sunday, Sept. 4. Stuff the Bus is at Sentry Foods in Iola on Saturday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Bring school supplies and/or […]
Sheriff Timothy Wilz reaction to his Republican primary victory for a second term was Waupaca County Sheriff. Wilz has “effectively” been re-elected sheriff and barring any write-in candidates for the November election will have secured a second term. Wilz garnered 5,207 votes to Det. Sgt. Cameron Durrant’s 3,748 votes. On his Wilz for Sheriff Facebook […]
Lyle Mork (left) accepts a check for $200 on behalf of American Legion Post 14 in Iola, from Central Wisconsin Electric Cooperative (CWEC) Operation Round Up Board Member Sue Halverson. The funds, made available through the Operation Round Up program at CWEC, were used to sponsor the organization’s 95th Anniversary fundraiser event. Funds in the […]
Results of the Wisconsin Primary on Tuesday, Aug. 9, have been released by the Waupaca County Clerk’s Office. Results in the chart encompass only Iola-Scandinavia area Waupaca County winner votes recorded. The Waupaca County Sheriff race included tallies for both Republican candidates. For complete elections results for Waupaca County go here.
“In reality, there are no issues of wrong doing within the Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office.” By Trey Foerster Waupaca County Sheriff Timothy Wilz attacked Waupaca County District Attorney Veronica Isherwood in a Facebook posting on Monday, Aug. 8. He posted a letter and then a second letter penned by Chief Deputy Carl Artz. Both Isherwood […]
Cathy Borgman grand prize winner By Iola-Scandinavia Chamber of Commerce Congratulations to Cathy Borgman of Iola for being our Grand Prize winner of a basket filled with certificates and gift cards valued at more than $400 from all 16 of our Tastes & Tunes venues! Cathy also went to all 16 venues during the course […]
The Iola Historical Society met on Monday, June 27, in the Machine Shed on Depot Street at 6:44 p.m. The society unveiling two historical markers in July. The first is at Riverside Cemetery and at a bridge over the South Branch of the Little Wolf River which was first installed in 1862 or 1863. The […]
Philip A. “Flip” Strand January 28, 1930 – July 28, 2022 Philip “Flip” A. Strand, age 92, of the Town of Rome, Wisconsin, passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2022, at Willow Brooke Point Memory Care in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Flip was born on Jan. 28, 1930, in Iola, Wisconsin, to J. Roy and Eva […]
