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OFF THE AIR: Iola’s Dan Halverson is “pulling the plug” on his internet radio station Paradise Tunes at the end of February. “Thank you all for the many years of enjoyment I’ve had in providing deep album cuts to your listening ears,” Dan said. “I wish to thank all the loyal listeners throughout the years and everyone who has supported the station by donations and song requests.” In an added announcement, Dan indicated “ I plan on redirecting paradisetunes.com to my YouTube channel, RVRadio Records very soon. On this channel, I create classic rock music video covers. All instruments and vocal tracks are produced and recorded in my studio at RVRadio Records.”
LEGALIZE CHICKENS MOVEMENT: There’s a new effort to have the Village of Iola legalize domestic chickens on Iola-Scandinavia Happening Now. Brad Schulke posted a link on how to get the fowl legalized. “People are also going after gardening ordinances and changing those laws right away too. It’s our right to grow our own food. Some local small towns they’re not even waiting for changing the laws they’re telling their local government to suck eggs and they have chickens anyways,” Schulke noted.
Around the County
SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT: On Feb. 115 around 3:57 p.m. the Waupaca County Communications Center received a call of a motor vehicle crash on Highway 54 and Pine Street in the Town of Royalton. The preliminary investigation revealed a two-vehicle crash involving a school bus and truck pulling a trailer. The school bus was stopped and the truck traveling westbound failed to stop, striking the rear end of the school bus. Two students just got off the bus, one actively getting off the bus, and one still on the bus, at the time of the crash. No serious injuries were reported.
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COVID-19 VACCINE SAFETY DATA: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) announced that on Jan. 28 he issued his first subpoena as chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for records relating to COVID-19 vaccine safety data and communications about the COVID-19 pandemic, including a subset of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s emails. Read his office’s press release here.
