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AAUW used book sale kicks off Thursday
JANESVILLE – Need a good book -- or 10 -- to get through those darker, colder nights ahead? Members of the American Association of University Women sorted and categorized more than 5,000 books on Tuesday for their upcoming used book sale. The sixty-third annual sale is Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 10-13, and Friday through Sunday, Oct. 18-20, at the Old Towne Mall, 20 S. Main St., Janesville. Hours for the...
Lake Mills ends girls tennis season at subsectional
LODI — Lake Mills’ girls tennis team finished its season at the WIAA Division 2 subsectional hosted by Lodi on Monday. At the No. 1 singles flight, Lake Mills’ Skylar Raatz lost her opening match to Luther Prep’s Alli Olson 6-0, 6-1. The L-Cats’ Emma Silva beat Wayland Academy’s Reagan Born 7-5, 8-6 at the No. 2 singles flight in the opening round. In the semifinals, Silva lost 6-2, 6-1...
Hononegah graduate Cole Warren staying steady while leading UW-Oshkosh offense
WHITEWATER Wis. — The UW-Oshkosh football team was down 21-7 to UW-Whitewater early in the fourth quarter and freshman Cole Warren was behind center trying to propel the Titans back into it. On the second play of the drive, an intense pass rush from the Warhawks forced an incompletion and sent Warren flying into the turf, where he withered in pain and, because the athletic trainer had come onto the field, was forced by the referees to come out for a play. ...
Clutch Second-Half Goal Propels Milton to Conference Win Over Watertown
MILTON - Through 60 minutes of Milton's home boys soccer game against Watertown, both teams had failed to get on the scoreboard. Scoring chances were there, but certainly not plentiful due to the physicality each team brought to the match. With the Red Hawks needing a goal, Sal Hernandez and Ethan Hall came through with a play to lift Milton to a 1-0 victory over Badger Large Conference opponent Watertown. ...
Beloit Memorial wins for first time in Southern Lakes Conference with five-set thriller against Elkhorn
BELOIT — When Beloit Memorial joined the Southern Lakes Conference, the girls volleyball team surely felt like they had the short end of the stick entering one of the best conferences in Wisconsin. The SLC proved to be as advertised when the Purple Knights went winless last season, their first one in the new conference. But on Tuesday night, Beloit finally broke through by battling intensely with Elkhorn before coming...
Fort Atkinson Club looks to grow diverse programming
FORT ATKINSON — The Fort Atkinson Club is partnering with UW-Madison’s Division of the Arts for an upcoming conversation with Laura Anderson Barbata about textiles and preserving cultural heritage. The presentation “Thread: Artists, Activists, and Educators working with Fiber,” which has also been made possible through support from the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, is Saturday, Oct. 26, from 3-5 p.m., at the Fort Atkinson Club, 211 S. Water St. E. ...
Boys soccer roundup: Lakeside falls to Kettle Moraine Lutheran, McFarland
LAKE MILLS — Kettle Moraine Lutheran defeated host Lakeside Lutheran 3-1 in nonconference boys soccer on Saturday. The Chargers (6-7-1) took advantage of a Warriors own goal on a header in the 33rd minute to take a 1-0 lead into halftime. KML’s Zach Kneser scored on Jacob Schwalenberg’s assist in the 41st minute. Lakeside (7-6-1)...
Firefighter Storytime at Karl Juninger Memorial Library
The Karl Junginger Memorial Library collaborated with the Waterloo Fire Department to present a firefighter storytime in recognition of October being Fire Safety Month. Matthew Petrie presented to the families about the importance of fire safety including how to take care of home fire/smoke detectors. When the families went outside to see the fire truck up close, Aiden Ciha showed how much safety gear firefighters wear and how to get...
Pirates and Cardinals run at Nightfall Classic
It should come as no surprise that cross country programs from across the state, and even a few from Illinois, were lined up for the opportunity to run in Lake Mills’ annual Nightfall Classic 608. Hosted at Lake Mills Golf Course on Friday, Oct, 4, the massive invitational has a unique draw as it is run at dusk. Both Marshall and Waterloo were in attendance for the festivities. The massive invitational was split into three separate races, of which both the Cardinals of Marshall and...
'Service above ourselves.' Janesville volunteer helps with Florida Helene recovery
JANESVILLE — Janesville resident Matthew Peters returned from Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in Florida in the early hours of Sunday morning, Oct. 6. Peters participated in volunteer recovery efforts led by nonprofit Sheep Dog Impact Assistance of Rogers, Arkansas. The organization works on a nationwide scale to support veterans as well as law enforcement, fire and rescue and EMS personnel. He volunteered with the group for a week, leaving for...
UW-Whitewater staves off UW-Oshkosh 21-14 in conference opener
WHITEWATER — Paul Kim couldn’t have made a more impactful play in his initial start of his freshman season at UW-Whitewater With less than five minutes to go in the fourth quarter, the Warhawks’ defense needed to stop the UW-Oshkosh Titans from scoring a game-tying touchdown. A stop by the Warhawks defense would secure a victory against one of their fiercest competitors in the No. 17-ranked Titans. The Titans were...
Cross country: Berger sets new school record at Nightfall Classic
Under the lights on a cool October evening this past Friday, junior Emily Berger set the school record for girls’ cross country at the Nightfall Classic in Lake Mills. Her time of 18:39.5 in the 5k race bested the previous school record, set by Reagan Hoopes in 2018, by two seconds. “It was really for a fun race. It was an energetic environment,” said Berger, after competing in her first ever cross country race at night. “The whole race I was just excited to see...
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