Around Town
LAKE IOLA WEED HARVESTING: The Lake Iola Lake District management board faces continued challenges over weed harvesting permits. Six years after launching a weed harvesting program to boost summer recreation, the DNR reduced the allowed cutting area from 45 to 35 acres, despite stakeholder and consultant support for the larger map. The board’s request to restore the 45-acre permit was again denied, with the DNR citing the change as too significant. The DNR insists that only the smaller map will be approved for multi-year permits. The issue will be discussed at the board’s public meeting on Thursday, March 5, at 6 p.m. in Iola Village Hall.
CHILI WALK: Locations for the Saturday, Feb. 7, Iola Winter Carnival Chili Walk have been announced. They are: Crystal Café, 10LA Corner Bar, Little Wolf Gallery, Iola Mills, Iola Coffee, and Mark McCoy’s Flat Tracker Tap.
Job Opportunities
SCANDIHUS: The business is looking for a part-time barista available weekdays to help with closing and on Saturdays. Please submit your resume and availability to scandihus.llc@gmail.com or drop them off at the shop. Applicants must be at least 16 years old.
Around the County
FISHEREE: The Manawa Cowboys Fisheree will be held on Saturday, Jan. 24, at Manawa Area Veterans Park, starting at 1 p.m.
Around the State
WISCONSINEYE CAMPAIGN: WisconsinEye has launched a GoFundMe to raise $250,000—three months’ operating budget—to continue free, live, unedited coverage of the Wisconsin Capitol. Without urgent funding, the network warns it may lose four staff members and face closure, threatening public access to state government proceedings. Read the WSAW story here.
OBAMACARE FOR PETS?: Radio personality Dan O’Donnell indicated that, “Democrats in the Wisconsin Legislature are circulating a bill that would essentially create Obamacare for pets. You know, because Obamacare for people has worked so well…” The bill, LRB-5624/1, is being backed by Sen. Jamie Wall and Assemblyman Steve Doyle. It creates a legal framework in which pet insurance can be sold in the state, allows policy returns, establishes rules on exclusions, waiting periods, and claim denials, and mandates transparency and disclosure, among other requirements.
Interesting Facts
In the daily surfing of the internet, some interesting facts arise that are worth sharing. These are a few recently seen.
ELON MUSK: Elon Musk’s great-grandfather Elon was from St. Paul, Minn., who paid this way through college doing rodeo. He was a school superintendent and part-time sheriff in 1900.
