Iola-Scandinavia T-Bird Spotlight: Brittney Langman

By Iola-Scandinavia School District Brittney (Erickson) Langman is married to her husband Ryan. They have two children, Devyn and Kade. Brittany has one younger sister. Brittney graduated from Iola-Scandinavia High School Class of 2005. In 2010, she earned her B.S. Degree from UW-Stevens Point. She double majored in Exceptional Education and Elementary Education and triple […]

Iola-Scandinavia T-Bird Spotlight: Nikki Goeben

By Iola-Scandinavia School District Nikki Goeben is married to her husband, Chris. They have two children, Jaxson and Abbie. They have a dog named Gizmo and a guinea pig named Romeo. Nikki has one sister. She graduated from Bonduel High School and attended Lakeland University for 1-8 Education and St. Mary’s University for Special Ed. […]

Iola-Scandinavia T-Bird Spotlight: Hayli Breyhan

By Iola-Scandinavia School District Hayli Breyhan is married to her husband, Justin. They have two children, Jax and Jazzli. She has two siblings. Hayli graduated from Spring Lake Park High School in Minnesota. She earned a B.S. in Elementary Education with a Math Minor from UW–Stevens Point and a M.A. in Education from St. Mary’s […]

Iola-Scandinavia T-Bird Spotlight: Sarah Thiel

By Iola-Scandinavia School District Sarah Thiel is married to her husband, Mike. They have three children: Anthony, Jackson, and Olivia. They have two dogs, Lola and Rigby. Sarah has four sisters. She graduated from Tigerton High School. She attended UW-Oshkosh (Bachelors-Marketing and HR) and UW-Whitewater (Masters – School Bus Mgr). Sarah chose to work in […]

Iola-Scandinvia T-Bird Spotlight: Kaytlin Zdroik

By Iola-Scandinavia School District Kaytlin Zdroik is married to her husband Dillon. They have one child, Adalynn. Kaytlin has one brother and one sister. Kaytlin graduated from Faulkton High School in Faulkton, South Dakota. She double majored in Elementary and Special Education at South Dakota State University. She chose to work in a school because […]

Iola-Scandinavia School Board to meet July 12

The Iola-Scandinavia School Board will meet on Monday, July 12, at 7 p.m. in the elementary school library. Agenda Call meeting to order in the Elementary School Library with the reading of the official notice.  Roll call. Pledge of Allegiance Approval of agenda                                                                                                           Public input/comments – Members of the public must register by filling out […]

Iola-Scandinavia T-Bird Spotlight: Katie Larson

By Iola-Scandinavia School District Katie Larson is married to her husband, Travis. They have a dog named Annie. Katie has one sister, who is also a teacher. She graduated from Oak Creek High School. Katie chose to work in a school because “I wanted to work in a school to help students not only with […]

Iola-Scandinavia T-Bird Spotlight: Diane Pedersen

By Iola-Scandinavia School District Diane Pedersen has three siblings and two cats, named Groucho Marxie and Orange Peel. Diane graduated from Iola-Scandinavia High School. She has a B.S. in Music Education from University of Wisconsin Stevens Point and Masters in Music Therapy, Counseling Psychology from The Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Diane chose to work […]

Iola-Scandinavia T-Bird Spotlight: Karina Hass

By Iola-Scandinavia School District Karina is married to her husband, Logan. She has a brother, Kristian, and a cat, Jubilee. Karina graduated from Iola-Scandinavia High School. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education and Minors in Spanish and Teaching English Language Learners from UW–SP. Her furthest road trip was to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. […]

Glad recipient of Joan Ballweg Leadership Scholarship

Press Release State Sen. Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) presented her 17th Annual Joan Ballweg Leadership Scholarship to ten outstanding students across the 14th Senate District. “These students exemplify the role of young leaders in our communities,” said Ballweg. “They all excel in academics and beyond and will continue to do great things as they go on to pursue […]