Around Town
ONLINE REGISTRATION: The Iola-Scandinavia Recreation Association now has online registration. Go here.
SAVE THE DATES: Celebrating our local songwriters, I-S Songfest features live, all original music July 18-20 at Iola Mills, LittleWolf Gallery, and Odin and Frejas Place. Support our local artists and businesses! There will also be opportunities to be entered in a Grand Prize drawing. Stay tuned for more info!
PLAN AHEAD: The school supplies list for the 2025-26 year has been posted for the Iola-Scandinavia Elementary School. Go here to see the lists.
Around the County
MOTORCYCLE DEATH: A 46-year-old man is dead after a motorcycle crash in Waupaca County on Tuesday. The Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened at 1:48 p.m. near CTH E and Casey Road.
DA RESPONDS: In response to a video posted last Week by former Waupaca County Sheriff’s Deputy Justin Malueg, Waupaca County District Attorney Kat Turner issued a statement to Action 2 News. Read the statement here. D.A. Kat Turner conducted an investigation last year into then-Deputy Justin Malueg.
Around the State
CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS: The percentage of Wisconsin schoolchildren not receiving state-mandated vaccinations because of their parents’ personal beliefs is four times higher than it was a generation ago. Wisconsin’s measles vaccination rate among kindergartners was the third-lowest in the nation in the 2023-24 school year, behind Idaho and Alaska. (Montana didn’t report data.) For more on this, go here.
