ELK MOUND — Returning the leading scorer for the conference along with several other returning letter winners from last season, Elk Mound girl’s basketball coach Jordan Kongshaug has reason to believe his team will improve on their 14-10 overall record and 8-8 conference record.
Read MoreAfter 39 years, is it really over? Last night I attended the awards night for the Elk Mound High School Football Team. They had a great year. Not because of the record, 8-2. Not because they had so many individually talented athletes. Not even because it was Coach Dan Pedersen’s last year as head coach.
Read MorePlaying a non-conference game at home against Eleva-Strum Nov. 13, then beginning conference play on the road against Boyceville, a sectional finalist last year just two days later, the Elk Mound boys began their season with a pair of wins, defeating the Cardinals 57-41 and the Bulldogs 62-36.
Read MoreThe Sand Creek Pipers 4-H club held their annual Awards Affair at the Olde School on Nov. 11th. Recognition was given to all 18 members with special gifts to graduates Angela Sparks and Paula Omtvedt.
Read MoreIn just three years of having a program, the Elk Mound cross country program graduates 15 athletes, many of which have competed all three seasons.
Read MoreCOLFAX — Louis Solberg, who passed away in 2008, grew up in Albertville, owned a farm north of Colfax and later on farmed on the Rusk Prairie. He and his wife, Alda, who passed away in 2006, operated the farm in the Town of Otter Creek during the 1940s and 1950s. Here is Part 3…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Members of the Colfax Village Board do not seem very happy about the Colfax EMS Association’s efforts to procure grants to pay for new equipment for the Colfax Rescue Squad. The most recent case in point is a $4,000 grant awarded to the EMS Association to purchase a back-up…
Read MoreBy Marlys Kruger 12 senior football players and eight volleyball players concluded their fall sports careers by winning conference championships for Elk Mound recently. Having the distinction of playing on the last team coached by Dan Pedersen were Jordan Klemp, Nick Heit, Will Miller, Dakota Tarnow, Nate Mack, Yeng Her, Josiah Bauer, Jon Wolgemuth, Chris…
Read MoreIn an early morning match-up the Hilltoppers met with the Potosi Chieftains at Camp Randall Stadium on the UW-Madison campus. The Toppers drew opening blood with 6:16 on the clock and a 2-yard rush by Adam Holmquist. They wouldn’t score again until the second quarter with an 8-yard rush by Tuttle leaving 1:49 on the…
Read MoreBy Kelsie Hoitomt GLENWOOD CITY — The Glenwood City Board of Education met on Monday, November 12 where President, Dr. Charles Rasmussen opened the meeting with a congratulations to the state-bound Hilltopper football team on their excellent season thus far.
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