by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent GLENWOOD CITY — Losers of two straight games, the Glenwood City boys’ basketball team was hoping to snap out of a funk. The second half of both losses saw the Hilltoppers outscored by a combine 23 points en route to dropping to 1-2 in early action. The Hilltoppers had two…
Read MoreSOMERSET — Glenwood City wrestlers concluded a challenging pre-holiday schedule Friday, December 20 when it competed in the Somerset Invitational. The Hilltoppers, ranked tenth in Division 3, placed second in the 13-team tournament after scoring 458 points. Powerhouse St. Croix Falls, which is number 2 in this season’s first Division 2 state poll, captured the…
Read MoreBOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville girls’ basketball team took advantage of Lake Holcombe’s numerous turnovers when it hosted the Lady Chieftains in a non-conference basketball contest on Monday, December 16, turning several into points, lots of points. In fact, the Bulldogs put so many biscuits in the basket, particularly in the first half, that they held…
Read MoreVictory eluded the Boyceville boys’ basketball team in its first five games of this season. After Boyceville remained winless when a close non-conference contest played last Tuesday, December 17 at Chetek-Weyerhaeuser got out of hand in the second half and resulted in a 74-55 set back, the Bulldogs overcame a one-point halftime deficit last Friday,…
Read MoreNEW AUBURN — After getting off to a 3-2 start, the Glenwood City girls’ basketball team lost its third consecutive game last Tuesday, December 17. The girls traveled to New Auburn for a non-conference contest and were soundly beaten by the undefeated Lady Trojans, 51-29. Glenwood City was able to keep the game fairly close…
Read MoreBy Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE-At their meeting held on December 18 the Boyceville school board heard a fall sports report from athletic director Brian Roemhild. “We had another amazing fall season across the board,” said Roemhild. According to Roemhild, the number of high school athletes participating in fall sports this year was down a bit from…
Read MoreBy Alyssa Van Duyse Chippewa Valley Technical College At a young age, Jeremiah Coey’s mental health sent him down a path of self-destruction. In middle school, he was diagnosed with ADHD, and by his senior year, he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, admitted to the hospital twice and attempted suicide. Today, at age 38,…
Read MoreOn December 15th, after a life of ministering to others, the Rev. Dean C. Brockmeier passed on to his heavenly reward surrounded by his family. Born October 11th, 1940, in Holdredge NE, Dean grew up on a cattle farm but felt the call to the ministry as a teenager. He graduated from Wartburg Seminary in…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — It wasn’t exactly a pretty game for either team but the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team played well enough to finish with a 55-49 win over the Colfax Vikings on the Mounders home court Friday, December 20. For first-year Colfax head coach Nick Heit it was a…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Only one “problem” showed up on the audit of the Elk Mound school district’s finances for the 2023-2024 school year, which was a “material weakness” related to segregation of duties. Since the only issue pointed out on the audit was the material weakness related to segregation of duties,…
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