Roughly 20 persons appeared Friday night, Oct. 25 at the Cable Community Center in Cable to hear a presentation by the Telemark Northwoods Community Foundation (TNCF) on the Telemark Activity Center, a proposed facility on the grounds of the former Telemark Lodge in vicinity of the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation’s (ABSF) (‘the Birkie”) new Base Camp. After hearing how the foundation had proceeded over the last two years from concept to a recent design prepared by LHB (the same architects/designers of Base Camp), a plan...

The Hayward Hurricanes boys cross-country team will run in the WIAA state championships at Wisconsin Rapids Saturday Nov. 2, after placing second in the sectional at Rice Lake Friday Oct. 25. Running on the UW-Eau Claire Barron County campus on Friday, the Hurricanes placed second to Osceola. Both teams advance to the state meet, along with the top five individuals who are not part of a qualifying team. They are from Bloomer, Rice Lake, Baldwin-Woodville, Ashland and Northwestern. ...

Hayward-LCO Hurricane football players received numerous awards and kudos from their coaches and the Heart O’ North Conference at a season recognition banquet Monday Oct. 28 in the HHS Commons. This year’s varsity team had 11 seniors, 21 juniors and two sophomores. “It was a year of ups and downs,” said Coach Noah LeBlanc. “We were two field goals away from qualifying for the playoffs. The special thing about this...

Saturday, Nov. 2 Hayward Hurricanes boys cross-country at WIAA Division 2 state championships, Wisconsin Rapids, 2:35 p.m. Wisconsin Selects 19U girls hockey vs. Thunder Bay Queens at Hayward Sports Center, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Hayward youth hockey: Namekagon Rush Girls 10U hosts WarEagles, 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; PeeWee 12U hosts Superior, 10 a.m. ...

Several LCO Migiziwag boys cross-country runners finished their season at the WIAA Division 3 sectional at Hidden Greens North golf course in Solon Springs Saturday Oct. 26. In the 5-kilometer event, sophomore Darian Goodsky placed 91st in 23:31, junior Gary Clause was 94th in 27:39, freshman Ninde Goodsky was 95th in 30:42 and junior Charles Trepanier was 97th in 33:40.

Hayward area gymnasts competed in the Gym Stars Invite at Fitchburg Oct. 12-13 as part of The Kipsters team out of Deutsch’s Gymnastics Training Center in Rice Lake. In Feel Four, Junior B, Natalie McCue scored a personal best 33.15 points all-around, including personal best scores of 8.9 in the vault, 7.0 in the bars, 8.45 in the beam and 8.8 in the floor exercise, and scored team points in the vault and floor exercise. In Level Five, Juniors, Annika Schlafke placed sixth overall with a score of 31.45. She scored 8.45 in the vault (sixth), 6.6 in the bars (fifth), 8.15 in the beam (second place) and 8.25 (sixth) in the floor exercise, all personal bests.

Retired Cable school teacher and author Jim Anderson, 72, has switched to running half-marathons after completing a marathon in each of the 50 states, plus the Yukon and Quebec in Canada and places such as Scotland, Bhutan, Australia, the Great Wall in China, Patagonia and South Africa. Anderson spoke and presented a slide show at the Sawyer County Historical Society’s quarterly meeting Oct. 24 and signed copies of his book “Discovering America One Marathon at Time.” ...

The defending USA national champion Wisconsin Selects Girls U-19 hockey team will host three games this Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 2-3, at the Hayward Sports Center. The team’s roster includes six players who are members of the Hayward Co-op Hurricanes high school team. Wisconsin Selects will face the Thunder Bay Queens twice this Saturday, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and also will play Thunder Bay at 9 a.m. Sunday....

The first national convention of Fishing Has No Boundaries Inc. since 2019 was held at the Flat Creek Inn & Suites in Hayward over the Oct. 25-27 weekend, with 11 chapters from six states represented. The speakers included Jim Mathis on getting and retaining volunteers; Kyle Kleist, executive director for the Center for Independent Living of Western Wisconsin, on disability etiquette; Brandon Mueller, a college student with autism working on his social worker degree; Colleen Brewer. Bayfield County, with the Aging and Disability Center of...

Voters in Sawyer County and across Wisconsin and the nation will go to the polls Tuesday Nov. 5 to elect a President of the United States and a variety of state and local officials. A presidential race typically draws a huge turn-out of voters. Four years ago, the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and Mike Pence received 5,883 votes in Sawyer County while the Democrat ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris received 4,494 votes. ...

First Lutheran Church of Hayward will host their annual Scandinavian Dinner and Bake Sale Friday Nov. 1, with the bake sale beginning at 3:30 p.m. and the buffet-style dinner served from 4-7 p.m. Now located at he north end of Main Street, the church was originally named Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Church and held its first services in 1886. The dinner was re-started 29 years ago to honor its Scandinavian heritage. ...

Due to scheduling conflicts with key competition vendors, the Lumberjack World Championships is changing the dates of their event in 2025 to ensure that they continue to provide the highest quality competition to athletes and spectators. The 65th annual Lumberjack World Championships will take place Thursday through Saturday, July 17-19. The Lumberjack Run will take place on Championship Saturday morning, July 19. Lumberjack World Championships athletes compete in a combined 24 events, including, logrolling, boom running, sawing, chopping, axe throwing, and speed climbing. Information on each unique timber sports discipline is available at www.lumberjackbowl.com.

The Hayward High School Choir will honor all veterans at their annual Veterans Day concert at 7 p.m. Thursday Nov. 7 at the ADS Auditorium. The choir will feature pieces sung by their men, women, Mixed Choir, and Treble Choir. There will be a slide show recognizing friends, family, and community members who have served or are currently serving in the Armed Forces., ...

The Hayward Hurricanes boys cross-country team will run in the WIAA state championships at Wisconsin Rapids Saturday Nov. 2, after qualifying in the sectional at Rice Lake Friday Oct. 25. Running on the UW-Eau Claire Barron County campus on Friday, the Hurricanes placed second to Osceola. Both teams advance to the state meet, along with the top five individuals who are not part of a qualifying team. They are from Bloomer, Rice Lake, Baldwin-Woodville, Ashland and Northwestern. ...

Sawyer County felony charges have been issued against an Exeland man who was involved in a stand-off with SWAT teams from several counties and fired rifle shots at two armored vehicles and a robot at his home on Oct. 3. Charges were filed with the Sawyer County Court Friday Oct. 18. They accuse Jason Paul Arnold, 42, of 871N Elm Park Drive, of two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, two counts of endangering safety by reckless use of a firearm, possession of a firearm...

At their Monday Oct. 21 meeting, the Hayward Community Schools Board of Education approved an annual tax levy of $4.89 per $1,000 of property value. The levy includes taxing an additional $1.5 million to pay off referendum debt early (defeasance), thereby saving almost $1 million in interest costs going forward while still having a lower tax rate (mil rate) than last year, said Finance Committee chairman Dr. Harry Malcolm. Defeasance...

Several Halloween events will be held for young trick-or-treaters in this area from Oct. 25-31. They are: Thursday, Oct. 24 Halloween dance party at Boys and Girls Club of Lac Courte Oreilles. Friday, Oct. 25 4:30-6:30 p.m.: The Sevenwinds Casino...

Registration is now open for Christmas 4 Kidz, which provides Christmas gifts for Sawyer County children (ages 0 to 12 years) from families with limited resources, or who are facing financial challenges. If you or someone you know needs assistance, registration is open now through 5 p.m. Dec. 6. Early registration is encouraged. Registration is available to those who are not registered with another agency. Late registrations cannot be accepted after the deadline. To register, call 715.699.2856 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. “If you are asked to leave a message, please include your name, phone number, and a convenient time for us to call you back,” said project coordinator Cathy Weis, the granddaughter of Christmas 4 Kidz founder Nancy Begley. “Your call will be returned! “Sharing the magic so every child has a Merry Christmas!”

The Hayward Hurricanes volleyball team lost a match to undefeated Barron on Senior Night at the RJS Gym Tuesday Oct. 15. The Golden Bears won three sets, 25-12, 25-19, 25-11. The leaders for the Canes were Grace Schmidt with seven kills, Melody Isham with two aces and 18 assists, Reese Sheehan with 15 digs and Abby Laird with one block. On Thursday Oct. 17, the Canes traveled to Chetek-Weyerhaeuser, where the host Bulldogs won the match 3-1. Colby Sprenger had seven kills, Rachel Miller and Melody Isham each had two aces, Isham had 18 assists and Sheehan had 17 digs. The Hurricanes finished their regular season in fourth place in the Heart O’ North Conference at 4-5.

Thursday, Oct. 24 Hurricanes boys soccer at Osceola, WIAA regional semifinal playoff, 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 Hurricanes boys, girls cross-country at UWEC-Barron County campus, Rice Lake, WIAA Division 2 sectional: Girls race at 4:30 p.m., boys race at 5:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 LCO Migiziwag boys cross-country runners at WIAA Division 3 sectional, Solon Springs, 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29 Hayward Hurricanes winter sports meeting, ADS Auditorium, 5 p.m.