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By Iola Winter Carnival The 60th Annual Iola Winter Carnival (IWC), set for Feb. 5-7, 2021, has been cancelled. This includes all of the events related to it: Snow Bully Fat Bike Race, Norwegian Lutefisk Supper, Iola-Scandinavia Chamber of Commerce Craft Show, ice-sculpting contest, skijouring, snowshoe race, kid’s ice fishing contest on Lake Iola, Snow […]
Tenny R. Fogelberg April 8, 1905 – October 22, 2020 Tenny R. Fogelberg, age 95, of Iola, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. He was born in Kennedy, Minnesota, in 1925, and grew up in Marble, Minnesota, on the Iron Range. He graduated high school in 1942. Then Tenny served in the US Army […]
Florence Oligney will look back at 22 significant individuals and families in the Iola-Scandinavia area at the Oct. 26 meeting of the Iola Historical Society. The membership meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Machine Shed at 222 Depot Street. The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Also on the agenda for the […]
Phyllis Mae (Harms) Pettit February 2, 1933 – October 13, 2020 Phyllis Mae (Harms) Pettit, 87, North Manchester, passed away October 13, 2020, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. On Feb.2, 1933, Phyllis was born in North Manchester, to Herman and Elvah (Bolinger) Harms. Phyllis graduated from Central High School in 1951 and then from […]
Robert L. Rollyson June 29, 1931 – September 26, 2020 Robert L. Rollyson, 89, of Iola, passed away on Saturday Sept. 26, 2020. He was born on June 29, 1931, to Blaine and Madge (Hornor) Rollyson in Roanoke, West Virginia. On Aug. 9, 1958, he married Charlene Jones. Bob was in the US Coast Guard, […]
Dorothy Irene (Dahlen) Larson August 6, 1927 – September 23, 2020 Dorothy Irene (Dahlen) Larson, from Rosholt, Wisconsin, peacefully passed away on Sept. 23, 2020. She was 93 years old. Dorothy was born on Aug. 6, 1927, on the family farmstead, “the farm,” in the township of Alban, Wisconsin, to Fred and Inga Dahlen, who […]
The Iola Historical Society will meet on Monday, Sept. 28, in the Machine Shed at 222 Depot Street. Norman Mortenson will present a vintage player piano musical recital. The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. The membership meeting will commence at 6:30 p.m. Items on the agenda include: Past year was like no other Some […]
The Iola Lions and American Red Cross will co-sponsor a Blood Drive on Wednesday, Sept. 23, from 12-5 p.m. at the Iola-Scandinavia Fitness & Aquatic Center. “There is a huge demand for blood right now, according to Red Cross,” said Blood Drive Coordinator Lion Sandi Moore. The need for blood has not ended due to […]
Janice Poulin Buffo December 13, 1926 – September 14, 2020 “You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your Mountain is waiting, So … get on your way! Dr. Seuss, “The Places You’ll Go” I’m off on my next adventure, but what a wonderful life I’ve had! I, Janice Poulin Buffo, was born Dec. 13, 1926, […]
