By Kelsie Hoitomt HAMMOND — With the weather finally cooperating, the Glenwood City track and field team was able to compete for the second time this year at the St. Croix Central High School last Tuesday, April 30. The girls’ team had a third place finish and the boys placed ninth out of nine total…
Read MoreBy Kelsie Hoitomt GLENWOOD CITY — It was just over one year ago in March 2012 that Cody Varney was riding in a vehicle with friends when he nearly lost his life after the vehicle lost control and rolled several times. Varney suffered a broken tibia, femur, hip, ribs, sternum, punctured lungs and had massive…
Read MoreBy Kelsie Hoitomt FALL CREEK – The Boyceville track and field team competed in the Cricket Invite at the Fall Creek High School against seven other schools with the boys’ team taking second place and the girls’ team fifth. The boys’ team had an excellent day with several finishes in the top two. In first…
Read MoreELK MOUND — Karie Jo Nigon, an eighth grader at Elk Mound Middle School, recently placed third at the state archery championships in Wisconsin Rapids.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The calendar does say it’s May — right? A “winter” storm that stretched from Texas to Lake Superior dumped up to 18 inches of snow in West Central Wisconsin May 2. In the Colfax area, totals were around 15 inches of wet, heavy snow.
Read MoreBefore the snow came flying, the Colfax golf team played a pair of conference matches amid sunny skies and warm temperatures at Glenwood City April 29 and Mondovi April 30, then persevered through windy and cool weather in a 17 team invite held at the Whitetail Golf Course May 1.
Read MoreThe National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA’s) new report on home fires shows that U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated annual average of 366,600 home structure fires from 2007-2011. Seven people died each day in U.S. home fires, on average, and older adults were the age group most likely to die in a home fire.…
Read MoreFor the last 18 months the United Way C-3 Store has provided, free of charge, household necessities such as furniture, kitchen utensils, pots and pans, appliances, linens, and family clothing to those who are experiencing difficult times.
Read MoreIf you miss your exit or need to change direction on an interstate highway or other freeway, you might be tempted to make a U-turn at a median crossover that connects with the opposite lanes. It’s a temptation you must resist. The signs warning that U-turns at freeway crossovers are illegal should be your first…
Read MoreAn Outdoorsman’s Journal – 5-8-2013 A column by Mark Walters Living on the Ice in late April Hello friends, The life that I live is sometimes quite different than the average person’s and my ties to Mother Nature are very close. Back on January 18th I asked for cold, wet weather until March 31st and…
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