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IWSC OPEN FOR SKIING: Trails opened Nov. 30. Green, Blue, and Purple are open. Here are a couple of reminders. Make sure you have a season pass or a daily trail pass before skiing. Trail Passes can be purchased here. Remember that your membership is not your trail pass this year; details about this are posted here. There is absolutely no foot or snowshoe traffic on the groomed ski trails! Skijoring is allowed on the Purple trail only. Access to the Skijoring trail is at the West end of the parking lot. Snowshoe trails are open, and rentals are available in the chalet.
I-S BASKETBALL: The Iola-Scandinavia High School Varsity Boys Basketball Team is Top 10 ranked in Division 4 going into the season.
Job Opportunities
IOLA-SCANDINAVIA SCHOOL DISTRICT: Currently looking for dedicated individuals to join our team as substitute teachers! Flexible hours! Competitive daily rates! Apply here.
Around the County
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS MEAL: A free Christmas Meal will serve dine-in persons on Thursday, Dec. 25, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in its Fellowship Hall, located at N2845 Shadow Road, Waupaca. Please RSVP by Wednesday, Dec. 17, to 715-258-2088. All are welcome, bring a friend!
POACHING SPREE: Three young men have been charged with numerous poaching-related charges after a gun-toting rampage where they took pot shots at raccoons and deer at night with semiautomatic handguns. Read the in-depth Waupaca County Post article here.
SAFETY AWARD: The Waupaca Foundry is the recipient of the 2025 Safety & Insight Award by the American Foundry Society. It was for the company’s material handling system upgrade. Congratulations!
Around the State
DEER HARVEST: Preliminary figures released Tuesday, Dec. 2, by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources show hunters registered 182,084, down nearly 1 percent overall from the 183,532 deer registered last year. The harvest was down 1.5 percent from the five-year average. In Waupaca County, 2,893 deer were harvested opening weekend of gun deer season.
HOUSING MIGRANTS FOR ICE IN COUNTY JAIL: The Wisconsin Supreme Court, narrowly split 4-3 along liberal lines, has agreed to hear a case from the American Civil Liberties Union representing an immigrant rights group. The case challenges whether local jails can legally detain immigrants at the request of federal authorities, according to an Associated Press story. In a move bypassing lower courts, the justices voted to take the case as an original action, setting the stage for a key legal battle over the role of local law enforcement in federal immigration enforcement.
