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2024 Sports Hollow Summer Trap League
Matt Hypponen continues to lead the league in shooting after firing an impressive 50 for 50 during week 11. Sports Hollow extends a shout out to the Ashland Washburn High School team for an impressive No. 46 place finish among 261 teams at the USA Clay Target League national tournament in Mason, Mich., on July 13. Current trap league standings: Individual StandingsShooter Total Avg Rounds Straights Team MATT HYOPPONEN 267...
Chequamegon Bay Golf League
Second Half StandingsLeague races kicked off for the season’s second half with many teams jumping to the top of the standings after some cellar dwelling over the first half of league play. In addition, a highly competitive weekend Shortstop Tournament concluded on July 14 with a recap on winners to appear in the July 25 issue of the Ashland Daily Press. Current standings in CBGL play follow: Men’s LeagueLow rounds ...
Top of hill 'Jills
The Northland College LumberJills volleyball team earned the 2024 American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award announced on July 17. Northland was also named to the Honor Roll for having a team GPA in the top 20 percent of all NCAA D3 volleyball teams. To earn the AVCA Team Academic Award the program must maintain a GPA of at least a 3.3/4.0. This is the first time since 2015 that Northland has won this award and the second time in program history. At the end of the 2023-24 academic year the ‘Jills finished with a whopping 3.73/4.0 GPA, thus earning the major distinction of AVCA Team Academic Honor Roll. This is the first team in program history to earn this honor.
Glidden man’s sentencing rescheduled due ongoing tech outage
A Glidden man accused of sexually assaulting a teenager in his car was to be sentenced on July 19, but the hearing was rescheduled due to a worldwide technical issue. Donald Mertig, 54, was set to go to trial in May, but decided to accept a plea agreement instead. He pleaded no contest to charges of second-degree sexual assault of a child under 16, child enticement and strangulation and suffocation. Charges of first-degree sexual assault — intercourse with a person under 16, exposing his genitals...
Friends of the R.D. Pike Building launch fundraiser to restore historic property
Mary Gruhl thought she could fix up the R.D. Pike Building with just a dustpan, broom, a can of paint and a brush. She was determined to have the building cleaned up in a week. But the building, more than 125 years old and used a fish hatchery and residence, proved to need more work than expected. Gruhl and other Friends of the R.D. Pike Building launched an initiative to...
Clam Lake man set for arraignment on sexual assault charges
A man accused of sexually assaulting a relative is scheduled for arraignment. Jeffrey M. Hanson, 41, appeared in court earlier this month for his preliminary hearing. He faces a second-degree sexual assault charge and a charge for causing a child aged 13-18 to the view a sexual act, both stemming from an incident on April 5 in Gordon. According to court documents, the victim viewed Hanson pulling down his pants before performing sexual acts on her while she lay face down. She tried to stop him, but he overpowered her. While he was doing this, another young teen witnessed the act, the court documents state. Hanson eventually stopped when the victim’s father came downstairs and into the room. Arraignment, the proceeding at which the defendant is formally charged and is asked to enter a plea is set for Aug. 19.
Time stood still
Where is your listening point, your wilderness? Is it quiet, perhaps the light subdued? Surely, it’s away from the bustle in your life and the noise in your head. It’s where life slows down, where thoughts become clear, where you recalibrate and rejuvenate. Yesterday, I walked into the stillness and dimness beneath the boughs of white pines. Tannish pine needles softened my steps like a carpet as I waded deep into the grove. I looked up, feeling small but secure as the formidable trunks formed...
Pet of the week
Chequamegon Humane Association has several of these beautiful mastiff, labrador bully breed mix available. They are exceptionally charming, affectionate, and playful. They would be a wonderful addition to most families. They are about 11 weeks old and have been exposed to lots of things in foster care. More information at www.chaadopt.org Pet of the Week highlights an animal available at the Chequamegon Humane Association. To learn more about CHA or view other pets available, visit chaadopt.org.
Clipper Brewing Company honors Bodin family legacy; Owner Tom Bodin launches beer paying homage to grandfather
Tom Bodin’s lineage is about as rooted in Bayfield as it gets. His great-grandfather moved there in 1881 from Sweden and started commercial fishing on Lake Superior. The family is still at it. “We’ve been commercial fishing for over 140 years,” he said, smiling. Bodin Fisheries has long been the family’s business, but Tom Bodin...
Ashland County Sheriff’s report
7/1 Caller requests to speak to law enforcement because she believes her sister is in her basement on North Third Street in Butternut. Caller at a gas station on Highway 2 in Odanah reports a gas drive off worth about $35. Caller reports there’s an injured fawn at the bottom of Hidgbridge Hill. ...
Ashland Through History
1924The condition of Alex Kitchak, who was burned in a explosion in his boat, is better. He is about to be “up and around “ at Trinity Hospital soon. 1924A city museum was voted for by the Ashland city council. The long dreamed of historic museum for the city will become a reality. 1944Ashland’s drive-in theatre opens Thursday. The Triad, the only drive-in theatre in Northern Wisconsin will hold about...
The Dushek boys, then and now
Hello friends, This column has spanned over 35 years of my life and this week I have returned home from a wedding on Madeline Island that I simply have to write about. I think that you will understand after reading it and as always, thanks for reading. In 1997 Kevin, Travis, and Joey Dushek came into my life as I was dating their mother. I had been writing this column...
All-Stars align for North
The Upper 13 Baseball League All-Stars were shining brightly at Pufall Field in Ashland on July 12 when the North All-Stars swung past the South in a 4-2 extra innings win in the annual U13 All-Star Game. Peyton Solberg took home the Ed Pufall MVP award. Regular season play resumes on July 21 with Washburn, Glidden, and Lake Superior all in a race for first place. Upper 13 Baseball League(All games at 1:30 p.m. subject to change) ...
Spilled pennies
“You’re in charge, Keir,” said Mary Ann Feist, a curator from the Wisconsin State Herbarium and organizer of the Peatland Field Course. “Ok, then I’m just going to walk in until I can’t stand it anymore,” replied Keir Wefferling, a botanist from UW-Green Bay. He began picking his way over the gnarled trunks of fallen cedars and around black pools of unknown depth. We, a group of about 20 professional and amateur botanists, followed him gingerly into the dark forest, not knowing what to expect. ...
Nature fairies
Hummingbirds flit and buzz about the four feeders in our pollinator garden at Farmstead Creamery. They duck under the canopied entrance, sometimes sitting on the strings that hold the top snugly. They chatter at each other, swooping and diving in an out of the hydrangeas and bee balms. The aerobatics of these tiny birds are stunning, their iridescent feathers glinting in the summer sunlight. Sometimes, as I step out to help clients with scoops of our sheep milk gelato, they will buzz past right in...
Northland College Notes
Batting third for ‘Jacks baseball teamJanesville Craig High School baseball standout Jonjay Arreazola has signed to play for the Northland College LumberJacks baseball team in 2024-2025, it was announced on July 9 by Northland Head Baseball Coach Cal Fougner. With the signing, Arreazola becomes the third member of his family to play baseball at Northland College. Brothers Rian and Keaton have also played for the ‘Jacks. Arreazola is an infielder who last season batted over .300 with an on base percentage of over .400 for...
Unprecedented -A Q&A with Olympian and Bay Area's own Megan Gustafson
Unprecedented — A Q&A with Olympian and Bay Area’s own Megan Gustafson The list of accolades is long, and getting longer, for former South Shore High School basketball star Megan Gustafson. Currently playing for the WNBA’s defending champion Las Vegas Aces, Gustafson is a citizen of Spain and will be competing for the Spanish women’s basketball team in the 2024 Olympics. If research proves accurate, she is the first woman to ever graduate from a Wisconsin high school and play basketball in the Olympics. The...
Local historian offers walking tour of Bayfield
Local historian Elizabeth Downey wants to expose Bayfield’s past through historic walking tours. Each tour features 15 stops complete with vintage photos and commentary along a half-mile loop of the downtown area. Participants will learn about Bayfield’s early days as a city in the mid-1800s and the boomtown days. “I designed the tour to be interesting to both locals and tourists—there’s something for everybody. I love seeing peoples’ jaws drop...
Bayfield County sheriff’s report
7/9 Caller reports someone is causing a disturbance at a bar on Highway 2 in Iron River. Caller reports a male is walking down the centerline of Highway 2 near Iron River. Caller said the person is waiving his arms at passing vehicles. Caller in Washburn requests to speak to law enforcement about a letter...
Melissa Martinez Selected for U.S. Chamber Foundation Education and Workforce Fellowship Program
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation recently announced that Melissa Martinez, Director of the Washburn Area Chamber of Commerce, was selected to participate in the tenth cohort of its premiere business leadership program. The Business Leads Fellowship Program trains and equips leaders from state and local chambers of commerce, economic development agencies, and trade associations with resources, access to experts, and a network of peers to build their capacity to address the most pressing education and workforce challenges. “It’s such an honor to have been...
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The Ashland Daily Press can trace its beginnings to the summer of 1872, when Sam Fifield began printing the Weekly Press. The first edition of The Daily Press then came out on March 5, 1888. Fifield soon lost interest in the paper and sold the operation to Joe Chapple. The Daily Press business was soon left in to his brother, John C. Chapple, who had started working at the paper in 1890 at the age of 15. The paper was sold to J.T. Hooper in 1910, and then again to a Milwaukee businessman named Green. He, in turn, sold it back to Myrta Chapple, John’s wife, and John spent 56 years working every job from printer’s devil to publisher until his death in 1946. Myrta worked on the paper until the early 1950s and upon her death in 1973, she had one of the longest newspaper careers of any woman in the nation. Their son John B. Chapple worked as a newspaperman at The Daily Press for 75 years, from 1925 through his death in 1989, when he still was contributing stories. The Daily Press was sold to Morgan Murphy’s Superior Telegram in 1956, and in 1996, the paper became part of Murphy McGinnis Media. On Jan. 31, 2003, Superior Publishing — an affiliate of investment firm MCG Capital Corporation — purchased the firm. American Consolidated Media bought the newspaper in 2007. On March 14, 2014, The Daily Press was among the papers acquired from ACM by the Adams Publishing Group. As part of the APG Media of Wisconsin group, the Ashland Daily Press is part of six subscription newspapers and eight shoppers in that region.
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