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By Tom Anderson, Head Coach WEYAUWEGA – The Iola-Scandinavia softball team beat Weyauwega-Fremont, 20-2, in a CWC-East game on Monday, May 11. The game stopped in the fourth inning due to the 15-run rule after three innings. The T-Birds improved their conference record to 8-3 and their overall record to 12-3. The T-Birds took control […]
By Trey Foerster, Publisher Hikers looking for welcoming stops along Wisconsin’s famed Ice Age Trail have two new destinations to add to their list. The neighboring villages of Iola and Scandinavia officially joined the trail’s growing network of designated communities on Saturday, May 9, at the Iola Winter Sports Club, north of Iola on County […]
WEYAUWEGA – The Iola-Scandinavia Thunderbirds jumped on the Weyauwega-Fremont Varsity Warhawks early and never looked back, cruising to an 11-1 victory Monday at Weyauwega-Fremont High School. Iola-Scandinavia broke the game open with a pair of runs in the top of the second inning and added another in the third, then poured it on against a […]
The Scandinavia Village Board will hold its monthly meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, in the Community Room of the Municipal Center at 349 North Main Street. Board members will discuss and possibly act on several local issues, including zoning and sewer infrastructure updates, a request from the Scandinavia Booster Club, and new business […]
Around Town PASTOR LEAVING: Iola United Methodist Pastor Leo Cadavos Jr. and his family have been transferred to the Janesville, Wisconsin, church beginning July 1. Neither the church nor Pastor Leo wants the transfer, but Pastor Leo is a faithful servant of God and obediently goes where he is needed. Thank you for your service […]
In the wake of voters’ rejection of a key operational referendum in April, the Iola-Scandinavia School District is taking a data-driven approach to understand community priorities and explore a potential modified funding request for November 2026. The district board is expected to vote Monday, May 11, on entering a contract with School Perceptions, a Wisconsin-based […]
The Iola-Scandinavia School Board approved multiple leases, accepted resignations from three staff members, and hired two new coaches during its regular meeting on April 13, 2026. President Mike Harbridge called the meeting to order. All seven board members attended, along with several administrators and community observers. After approving the agenda and consent agenda by voice […]
The School District of Iola-Scandinavia Board of Education will hold its annual special reorganizational meeting followed by a regular session Monday evening, May 11, at the Elementary School, 450 Division Street in Iola. The reorganizational meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in Room #6. Board members will elect a president, vice president, clerk, and treasurer, […]
President Trump’s Administration recently released files on UFOs, an issue that has drawn decades of public fascination. The Pentagon has been reporting what it calls unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs, for decades. Public interest in UAPs has grown in recent years. Most publicized UFO sightings in Wisconsin Wisconsin has a rich history of reported UFO encounters, […]
WASHINGTON — The House passes the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, advancing a long-delayed overhaul of federal agriculture policy that includes amendments from Rep. Tony Wied of Wisconsin. Wied, a Republican who represents Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District, votes in favor as the chamber approves the legislation and sends it to the Senate. […]
