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Canes football powers past Blackhawks 20-8 for first win
After falling behind 0-8, the Hayward-LCO Hurricanes football team scored the last 20 points of the game to sweep past the Bloomer Blackhawks 20-8 for their first win of the season Friday Sept. 20 at Rod Lundberg Field. Keegan Walsh, Anthony Aranda and Brock Chucka each ran for a touchdown and Aranda and Jacob Schuck each had an interception to preserve the win. “It’s always exciting to get your first...
Rails play hard against Saints; at Cumberland Beavers Friday
SPOONER — The St. Croix Falls Saints, 3-0 in the Heart O’ North Conference and 5-0 overall, may be one of the top teams in Wisconsin this season. And while the Spooner Rails fell 45-20 to SCF on Friday, coach Josh Fizel and the Rails never backed down an inch in the contest. “While we were disappointed in the outcome on Friday night, I was really proud of the effort our kids played with,” said Coach Fizel. “The result wasn’t what we wanted, but I...
Spooner FFA attends Fall Leadership Conference
AMERY - Maelie Baker, Mahalia Castleberg, Ari Frederickson, Hannah Johnson, Austin Neefe, Samantha Peck and Cora Sprenger of the Spooner FFA Chapter attended the FFA Fall Leadership Workshop on Monday, Sept. 16, at Amery High School. The Wisconsin FFA Fall Leadership Workshop is designed to prepare local FFA chapter officers and members both in high school and middle school for leadership roles in their school district for the upcoming year. It also informs each chapter of the new programs available to all FFA members and...
Rails, Lakers compete at Rice Lake cross-country tournament
RICE LAKE — Area cross-country teams competed at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire at Barron County on Tuesday, Sept. 17, for the Rice Lake Invitational Cross Country Meet. Among the 37 varsity boys and girls cross-country squads competing were Spooner and Shell Lake. For the boys, Spooner top individual Rails finishers were Zach Fleishauer, Levi Thornley and Trenton Gullickson. Shell Lake top Laker individuals included Dalton Anderson, Logan Christel and Spencer Palmer. For the girls, top Spooner girls included Clare Essenmacher, Brooke Asleson, Lily Paulson, Annalie Lindgren and Georgianna Gothblad. For Shell Lake, top girl runners included Aubrie Marker and Lucy Schloneger.
VA Health Care System offers walk-in flu shot clinics
The Minneapolis VA Health Care System is offering walk-in flu shot clinics for veterans the next three Thursdays at all 15 locations, including Rice Lake. “Getting a flu vaccine every year is the very best action we can take to prevent flu,” said Megan Daman, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program manager at the Minneapolis VA. When a person with flu sneezes, coughs, talks, or laughs, flu virus can spread...
Library update: Heer to discuss his new book 'NePETism'
Local author Benjamin Heer will talk about his new book, "NePETism" on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. at the Rice Lake Public Library. Heer started drawing comic strips when he was in the fourth grade. His work has been published in a student newspaper, books and in "Hoard’s Dairyman." "NePETism" is a collection of 40 Days Fresh cartoons by Heer, which provides more than 100 pages of single panel humorous cartoons about animals and the people who own them. ...
Canes girls golf continues strong play
The Hayward Hurricanes girls golf team scored a season-low 182 in a nine-hole match with Cumberland and Northwestern Thursday Sept. 19 at Big Fish Golf Course. The Beavers were second with 204 and the Tigers third with 213. Senior Tara Eckes shot 38 to win the first place medal. Senior Sofia Bonicatto took second with a 43, sophomore Macie Mavis was fifth with a 49. And sophomore Lexis Sullivan placed ninth with a 52. ...
Rolling Hills Snowmobile picnic a success
SPOONER — On Monday, Sept. 2, the Rolling Hills Snowmobile and ATV Club held its annual picnic at the Railroad Park Pavilion. The event honors the landowners of Washburn County who donate the use of their land for the trail system. This year celebrated the 50th anniversary of the club. The picnic featured a collection of vintage snowmobiles from the early 1970s. There were numerous raffles and events throughout the day capped off by cash prize drawings of $5,000 total, with the grand prize of...
LCO harriers run at Iron River, Rice Lake
The Lac Courte Oreilles Migizwag cross-country team competed in the Gunderson Invitational at Pron River Thursday Sept. 19. In the boys varsity 5-kilometer race, sophomore Darian Goodsky placed 24th in 25:16, senior Eddie Benton placed 26th in 26:23, junior Gary Clause was 31st in 33:08, and freshman Ninde Goodsky finished 33rd in 33:33. In the middle school boys 3-kilometer race, sixth grader Emeris Brownrigg finished 44th in 23:00. ...
County Board approves new logo design
SHELL LAKE — The Washburn County Board approved the county’s official new logo at their meeting Tuesday, Sept. 17. At a previous meeting, the logo, which was designed by North of Eight Design, was tabled so the board could tweak it a bit. At Tuesday night’s meeting, Emily Gall of North of Eight went over the main logo option, as well as smaller designs. She gave examples of which logo to use in different circumstances. ...
Northwest Express tops Isanti Outlaws 7-1 in first home game
SPOONER – The home opener for the Northwest Express was a huge success as Spooner’s new Junior USPHL - Premier League hockey team hosted the Isanti Outlaws at the Spooner Civic Center. A nice crowd of 250 at the Civic Center was on hand to watch the Express derail the Outlaws 7-1 to record the big victory in their first game on home ice on Saturday, Sept. 21. The Express...
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