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Lumberjack contestants to chop, saw white pine
Athletes at the 64th annual Lumberjack World Championships (LWC) in Hayward Aug. 1-3 will saw blocks of white pine obtained from trees cut from Menominee Tribal Enterprises (MTE) property. They will chop white pine cut from a white pine plantation in West Virginia, obtained with the help of former LWC competitor Matt Slingerland. D.J. Aderman, chief of competition for the LWC, said Futurewood Corporation foresters (Aderman and Ben Hansen) worked with MTE to select parts of eight trees for the sawing competition. The wood was...
Lumberjack Run to be held Saturday
With a nod toward Hayward’s deep-seated timber roots, runners and walkers can channel their flannel at the Backroads Coffee Lumberjack 5K Run-Walk Saturday, Aug. 3. The 5K (3.1 mile) Lumberjack Run starts at 8 a.m. on Hall of Fame Drive next to Lumberjack Bowl, home of the Lumberjack World Championships. Participants will traverse a route through city streets and a pedestrian trail on the southeast side of Hayward, finishing behind...
Hawks baseball beats Brill, tightens league race
Jonah Sande pitched a two-hit shut-out as the Hayward Hawks beat the Brill Millers 2-0 Saturday July 20 at Havelka Field in Brill, snapping a four-game losing streak. Sande struck out 10 and walked one in the win. The Hawks scored a run in the fourth inning on singles by Austin Wessel, Kyle Cummings and Micah Bacon. They added a run in the eighth on a double by Terry Kilmer...
Area golf news
Twenty-two members of the Big Fish Ladies Golf League played the beautiful back nine on July 17. Proxy winners were Tammy Vergeront, who had closest to the pin on her drive on hole #16, and Laura Hager, who had the closest chip on #18. Elyce Rembos had a chip in on #17. The game for the July 19 Lakeview Golf and Pizza Friday Morning Ladies’ Golf League was Subtract Highest Hole from Your Score. Jean Purtell came in first place. Mary Marienfeld came in second, and Carol Himle came in third. Jean Purtell took home the putting honors for the day. The next outing will be at 9 a.m. Friday, July 26. The game for the day will be Regular Golf Middle Score. New players are always welcome. For more information call Lakeview at 715-462-3787.
Hayward logrollers to host large tournament
The Namekagon River Rollers logrolling club will host more than 100 amateur and elite logrollers and boom runners for their annual Namekagon River Roll-Off Saturday and Sunday July 27-28 at Lumberjack Bowl in Hayward. The competition is free and open to the public to watch. Boom runners will compete at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, staring with the pros and followed by the amateurs. In the boom run, athletes run two at...
Hunter education course slated here
A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Hunter Education course will be offered in conjunction with Sawyer County Outdoor Projects and Education (SCOPE) August 6, 8, 10 and 13 at Grace Lutheran Church in Hayward. Registration will close at noon Monday July 29. To register, visit https://www.sawyercountyoutdoors.com/hunter-education. The evening sessions will be from 5:30-8:30 p.m. and include hunter education, understanding firearms, proper care and storage of firearms, marksmanship fundamentals, responsibilities of...
Free airplane rides at Cable
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 631 will give free airplane rides for young people ages 8 through 17 at the Cable-Union Airport, 42905 Telemark Road in the town of Cable, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday Aug. 3, weather permitting. This is a great opportunity for young people to experience the wonders of flight. A parent or guardian must accompany the individual in order to sign the permission forms. Pre-Registration online is required at https://youngeaglesday.org/?9536.
Lumberjack World Championships return August 1-3
The 64th annual Lumberjack World Championships (LWC), also known as the “Olympics of the Forest,” will return to historic Lumberjack Bowl in Hayward Thursday through Saturday Aug. 1-3, featuring intense competition in 24 events, including chopping, sawing, 60-foot and 90-foot pole climbing, log rolling and log boom running. The LWC will showcase more than 100 athletes from four countries, including Australia, Canada and Japan as well as 17 states across the U.S. ...
Junior royalty chosen at pow wow
New junior royalty were chosen during the 51st annual Honor the Earth Homecoming Celebration and Pow Wow July 18-21. The pageant and coronation were held Thursday, July 18. The new royalty are: Miss Lac Courte Oreilles, Delila Barber. Junior Miss LCO, Avery Fones; First Runner-up, Ally Perry; Second Runner-up, Zaidyn Isham McDaniel. ...
People in the news
Aubrie Larson of Hayward, a sophomore in the field of nursing at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota, has been awarded an Avera Achieve Sponsorship. Established in 2022, the Avera Achieve Sponsorship Program supports selected sophomore DWU nursing students with $20,000 in education funding for their junior and senior years, as long as they successfully complete their studies and commit to working as nurses in the Avera Health System for three years following graduation.
Birkie to hold grand opening of Base Camp Aug. 17
The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation will hold the grand opening celebration of Base Camp at Mt. Telemark Village from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. “This is not about the Birkie or the ABSF, this is about a community doing something together,” said Ben Popp, Executive Director of the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation. “It takes a village to raise a village and through this community and our partners, Base Camp, the hub of our Mt. Telemark Village, is standing today. “ ...
Fire damages house near Sand Lake
A structure fire reported at 2:33 p.m. Friday July 19 damaged an A-frame house at 5773N County Road F, approximately one mile south of State Hwy. 27-70, east of Sand Lake. Stone Lake Fire Thief Rob Paine said a resident in the house, one of three people renting it, saw smoke coming from the basement and the next thing he knew, the house was on fire. The fire started in...
President Joe Biden drops out of the 2024 race after disastrous debate inflamed age concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden's Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 debate, in which the 81-year-old president trailed off, often gave nonsensical answers and failed to call out the former president's many falsehoods. ...
Trump pledges to ‘make Wisconsin great again’ in RNC acceptance speech
Partway through his speech formally accepting his party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention Thursday night, former President Donald Trump shouted out the host city of Milwaukee. Pledging to invest millions in Wisconsin, he asked the crucial swing state to remember that in November. “I am trying to buy your vote!” he said, to applause. ...
Hayward hosts Little League Summer Bash
The Hayward Northwest Little League will host their Summer Bash Tournament for U10 and U12 traveling teams Saturday and Sunday July 20-21 at the Hayward Sports Center fields. The schedule is: U10 teams Saturday, July 20 9 a.m.: Hayward vs....
Author to speak on Chippewa Flowage history
John Dettloff, co-owner of Indian Trail Resort and famous musky fishing guide, will be the guest speaker at a special program hosted by The Stone Lake Area Historical Society and Sawyer County Historical Society at 7 p.m. Thursday July 25 at the Stone Lake Lions Community Center. Dettloff will speak about his newly-published book, “Whispers of the Past, a history of the Chippewa Flowage.” Admission is free and light refreshments will be served. The book will be available for purchase. Everyone is welcome. The Lions Community Center is located at the corner of Frost Avenue and Main Street (Sand Lake Road) in Stone Lake.
School board approves hours, fees for fitness center
Hayward Community School Board members on Monday July 15 approved hours and fees for community members to use the newly-constructed Tamarack Health Fitness Center at the high school. The weight room, cardio/walking track and courts will be open from 8 a.m. to noon and 6-7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7-10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. The cardio/walking track also will be open from 6-7 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. District...
City council approves school resource officer contract
At their postponed regular meeting July 10, the Hayward City Council approved an agreement with the Hayward Community School District to provide two sworn full-time police officers as School Resource Officers (SROs) to work in the schools during the 186-day school year in 2024-25 when students are present. The agreement’s stated purpose is to “provide the SROs to receive the necessary support and training to ensure a safe school environment, the building of relationships, offering student support, maintaining a positive educational environment, respecting the rights...
Hayward man gets probation in U.S. Capitol riot
A Hayward man, Jonathan R. Bonney, 40, has been sentenced to 12 months probation and assessed $500 restitution after being convicted of four federal misdemeanor offenses in the riot by supporters of former President Donald Trump during the certification by Congress of the 2020 Presidential election at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. January 6, 2021. Bonney was convicted of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, disorderly conduct on U.S. Capitol grounds, and parading,...
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