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The Iola Lions Club recently donated $1,500 to Iola Project Backpack. Project Backpack provides food for hungry students at the Waupaca elementary, Chain, middle and high schools, Waupaca Accelerated Learning Center, Waupaca Head Start, Weyauwega-Fremont School District, Amherst elementary, middle and high schools, Iola-Scandinavia elementary school, and Manawa elementary, middle and high schools.
Catherine “Katie/Kate” Isabell Olson February 13, 1926 – February 10, 2022 Catherine Isabell Olson “Katie/Kate” 95, passed away peacefully on Thursday Feb. 10, 2022, just three days before her 96th birthday. She was born on Feb. 13, 1926, in Bismarck, North Dakota, to the late Frederick and Susanna (Waters) Olson. By the age of 3, […]
Karina Hass has been named middle/high school Teacher of the Month for February in the Iola-Scandinavia School District. High School Student of the Month is Rebecca Woiak and Middle School Student of the Month is Brady Kuhns. The Military Appreciation Night sponsored by ISHS NHS, DECA, and FCCLA was a huge success at Iola-Scandinavia High […]
PRESS RELEASE State Sen. Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) joined her Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) colleagues on Feb. 9 in approving funding for her agriculture and agribusiness export initiative. JFC also approved her bill which raises the standard for exempting sales tax for entertainment admission sales by nonprofit organizations. “Representative Kurtz and I have worked hard […]
Odin & Freja’s Place in Scandinavia needs some help finding equipment for their bar renovation project. They are looking for a used four door under counter beer cooler. We’d also be interested in finding a small kegerator. Starting Monday, Feb. 14, Northland Sports Bar and Grill will be opened Mondays starting at 2 p.m. Talk […]
Anthony “Tony” J. Cisewski May 16, 1951 – February 8, 2022 Anthony “Tony” J. Cisewski, age 70, of Iola, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. He was born on May 16, 1951, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, to the late Joseph and Laura (Simonis) Cisewski. On March 4, 2000, he married Diana Cain in Waupaca. […]
Wednesday Night Women’s high scores on Feb. 9 at Silver Lakes Lanes, Scandinavia. 200 Games Rachel Nelson – 268, 258 Melissa Garbe – 236, 230, 213 Flonnie Pliska – 228 Vicky Koss – 218, 216 Ashley Kons – 204 Jackie Hoffman – 203 700 Series Rachel Nelson – 709 600 Series: Melissa Garbe – 679 […]
If you are a pool player, you might be interested in the Scotch Doubles Pool Tournament on April 9 at Northland Sports Bar and Grill. Cost $24 per team with 100 percent payout. Call 715-677-3491 for info. Little Wolf Gallery on South Main Street in Iola will commence with a Jazz Jam night from 5-8 […]
Results for the 2022 Iola Winter Carnival kid’s ice fishing contest this past Saturday, Feb. 5 on Lake Iola, have been announced by the Lake Iola Lake District. A total of 129 youths participated, with their families. Fish caught and mostly released included: 19 blue gill (biggest 8 inches), 3 crappie (biggest 8.75), 9 Northern […]
Norris J. Hanson is the first-place winner of $500 in the Iola Winter Carnival Raffle. Other top prize winners are: Sheila Olson $250, Joanne Mattes $250 Grocery Shopping Spree at Iola Sentry Foods, Willow Creek Lanes $100, Mary Miller $100, David Trader $100, and Sandy Zastrow $100. Besides top-place winners in the 2022 Iola Winter […]
