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Courtesy Waupaca Community Arts Hub The Arts HUB is excited to welcome our newest music teacher! Eric Bestul comes to us from the Iola area and will be teaching on Mondays. Eric is a multi-instrumentalist and music teacher who has toured the U.S. and Europe with a multitude of bands playing everything from country to […]
Local artist Carolyn Rosenberger will be instructing a class on Monday, March 7, from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Lessons from the Art, downtown Iola. We will be putting rice paper on our watercolor paper to add extra interest and amazing textures as we paint wildflowers with a beautifully colored background. Cost of the class […]
Weave your own wren house in a March 12 class at Lessons from the Art, downtown Iola. Home is where the birds are! In this class from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., you will be weaving a birdhouse, which will look adorable in your backyard or sitting on your porch. It makes a great gift. […]
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I-S High School: Congratulations to the FCCLA students who participated in the Region 3 Regional competition on Monday evening in Stevens Point. Both teams have moved on to state competition in April! Ella Gullixon, Marin Hoyord and Makayla Much presented our “Chapter in Review” and received a Gold rating. Alyssa Tap and Miranda Wegener presented […]
Presentation on sewing machines The Iola Historical Society will hold its monthly board and membership meetings on Monday, Feb. 28, in the Machine Shed, Depot Street, Iola. The board meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. The membership meeting commences at 6:30 p.m. Jerry Johnson will present a program on the “Wonderful Vintage Sewing Machines World”.
Lion Mark Sether (right) presented Phil Johnsrud, president of the Iola Winter Sports Club, with a $2000 check from the Iola Lions Club. The donation is to help make improvements to ski jump facilities. IWSC needs to modify the 60-meter hill to meet current safety standards and would like to make the 10-meter hill usable […]
Kevin A. Olson February 23, 1951 – February 11, 2022 Kevin A. Olson, 70, of Evansville, Wisconsin, passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. He was born Feb. 23, 1951, in a small home in Iola, Wisconsin, to his wonderful mother Eloise A. (Schneider) Olson and father Donald M. Olson. He was the second-born to the […]
Ronald Edward Winkler Sr. April 18. 1939 – February 16, 2022 Ronald Edward Winkler Sr., age 82, of Iola, Wisconsin, passed away surrounded by family on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, at Thedacare Regional Medical Center, Appleton Wisconsin. Ron was born on April 18, 1939, in Plymouth, Wisconsin, to the late William and Olga (Grams) Winkler. […]
The Rotary Club of Waupaca members of our club helped the good folks at Sleep in Heavenly Peace build 15 beds. A couple of days later, a few of our members delivered one of the beds, along with a mattress and bed coverings, to a child in our area who did not have a bed […]
