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Barron Electric supports High School to Heroes Banquet
Barron Electric Cooperative recently donated $500 to the Cumberland American Legion-Anderson Thompson Post 98 for the annual High School to Heroes Banquet. Jim Richie of Cumberland and Scott Cramer of Eau Claire both had sons who attended the U.S. Air Force Academy. They developed the idea of an evening to honor local area high school seniors who have committed to serve the nation in the Armed Forces. This year, the...
Kucko is Fortnightly Club's April senior girl honoree
The Rice Lake Fortnightly Club's senior girl honoree at its April 23 meeting was Claire Kucko, daughter of Penny and Scott Kucko. She has a GPA of 3.47 and is participating in the Start College Now program at Northwood Technical College. The senior has been part of the marching band and color guard all through high school. She was color guard captain this year. She also participates in the pep...
Officers retain their roles on Board of Education
At its meeting Monday, the Rice Lake Board of Education officers were all re-elected to their positions of leadership with Keven Jensen as president, Steve Bowman as vice president, Miriam Vavra as clerk and Doug Kucko as treasurer. All committee appointments will remain the same as well. The board discussed changing its board meeting time, on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, from 7 p.m. to 6 p.m. Some were for it and some against. The matter will be brought back to their...
Seniors build raised garden beds, clean kennels and more on Community Service Day
Rice Lake High School held its annual Community Service Day for seniors on April 17. Because it was a rainy day, most activities were done indoors, such as connecting with students in the younger grades and helping out at the Humane Society of Barron County’s animal shelter. Seniors in the technical education program built two types of raised garden beds for a community gardening program. “As we searched for community service projects, Kathy Splett with UW Extension contacted us about building five raised garden beds...
Rice Lake's Sheplee named WIAA Scholar Athlete
Rice Lake High School senior Eliana Sheplee was one of 32 student-athletes statewide named Scholar Athletes by the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. To determine the top award recipients, four boys and four girls were selected based on both athletic and academic achievement from each of the four WIAA divisions. This year, 836 seniors were nominated for the award by 422 high schools throughout the state. “Each of these remarkable student-athletes...
Rustic Romance was theme of Rice Lake High School's Junior Prom
Rice Lake High School held its junior prom, with the theme Rustic Romance, on Saturday evening at Turtleback Golf and Dining Center of Rice Lake. Reigning over the formal event were Queen Julia Holthaus and King Pierce Hastreiter. A post prom party featured activities such as The Eliminator, axe throwing, sumo wrestling, human bowling, poker, black jack, spikeball, bean bags, photo booth and cash vault. Prizes included a mini fridge, trail camera, volleyball set and gift cards. Junior class advisors, who oversaw the event, were Kristin Korbel and Roger Britton.
Local Scholars Shine: Holmes Ridgeland Campus Celebrates Student Achievements at 2024 Honors Day
On April 17, 2024, Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus held its annual Honors Day Program at the Pat McGowan Workforce Training Center. The event recognized students' outstanding achievements in various academic and career-technical programs.
Local high school senior shares experiences in Czechia
When a Rice Lake High School senior ventured abroad recently, he embarked on unexpected adventures — including a transportation blunder, visits to well-known Eastern European cities and sites, and bonds formed with his host family. But most of all he acted as an adept and enthusiastic ambassador in the ongoing cultural exchange between Rice Lake and its Czech Republic sister city Zamberk. Nathaniel Hegle shared the experiences of his nine-week...
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