Town of Iola to discuss road maintenance and tractor purchase at Feb. 24 meeting

The Town of Iola’s monthly board meeting, set for 6 p.m. on Feb. 24, at the town hall, will focus on ongoing road maintenance, snow plowing concerns, and the potential purchase of a new tractor for mowing. Chairman Mark Sprangers, along with Supervisors Bruce Faldet and Josh Franchuk, Clerk Steve Madson, and Treasurer Denis Walter, […]

Local state reps respond to Evers’ budget proposal

State Rep. Brent Jacobson and State Sen. Cory Tomczyk both responded to Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal. State Rep. Jacobson’s response is as follows: “For over a decade, Wisconsin Republicans have fought for fiscal responsibility in the State Budget,” said Rep. Jacobson. “As a result, while neighboring states face deficits and budget shortfalls, Wisconsin is […]

Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal: $4 billion for education, $2 billion in tax relief

Proposal also includes tax hikes for wealthy, Medicaid expansion, environment investments By Baylor Spears, Wisconsin Examiner Gov. Tony Evers unveiled a sweeping 2025-27 state budget proposal Tuesday evening that would come at the cost of $55.5 billion in state funds across the biennium — an increase of about 18%. The proposal lays out many priorities including investments […]

Assembly passes bills to regulate test scores, school spending, cell phone policies

By Baylor Spears, Wisconsin Examiner Wisconsin Republicans in the state Assembly passed a package of education bills Wednesday to implement new standards for standardized test scores, school funding allocations, responding to curriculum inspection requests and for keeping cell phones out of schools.  Republicans argued that the state needs to ensure that schools are meeting certain […]

Friday Iola-Scandinavia news items

Around Town FIRST MONDAY TRAIL RACES: The Iola Winter Sports Club will be hosting a new event called First Monday Trail Races (5k) because they are scheduled to take place on the first Monday in June (2), July (7), and August (4). Each will start at 5:30 p.m. Each month there will be a new […]

Iola mining permit issue kicked down the road … again

By Greg Ambrosius Yesterday, Waupaca County Judge Vicki Clussman recused herself from our case. She cited Wis. Statue s. 757.19(2)(g), which states that the judge determined that she could not act impartially in this case. Another judge in another county will now decide the case over the Iola Car Show’s non-metallic mining permit because all three […]

Wednesday Iola-Scandinavia news shorts

Around Town KWIK TRIP ATHLETES OF WEEK: WIAC Kwik Trip Athletes of the Week nominations for the week of Feb. 10-16 include Iola-Scandinavia’s Will Cady now at UW– La Crosse in Field. Congratulations! SOUTHEAST GASSERS ASSOCIATION SEASON: Greg and Leah Stelse of Iola will be entering their car “The Joker” in the March 21-22 competition […]

RIBFEST slated for March 2

Dine-in and carry-out dinners available By Tom Anderson, Iola-Scandinavia Softball Coach The Iola-Scandinavia Girls Softball Team will be hosting their very popular RIBFEST dinner on Sunday, March 2, at Silver Lake Lanes in Scandinavia. Dinners will be served from 1-5 p.m. Dine-in and carry-out dinners are offered. This is the 20th RIBFEST dinner. A full-rack […]

Monday Iola-Scandinavia news tidbits

Around Town VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: The I-S Rec Association is looking for a boys basketball coordinator for grades 3-8. If you are interested or would like to learn more come to the ISRA meeting, message us or reach out to Miranda Bestul mbartel20@yahoo.com. TOURNAMENT TIME: The Lady T-Birds basketball team will plays its first WIAA tournament […]