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Jefferson County Master Gardener and Volunteers will meet Oct. 10
JEFFERSON -- Jefferson County Master Gardener and Volunteers will meet at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 10, at the Jefferson County Extension Office, 864 Collins Road, Jefferson. The meeting and presentation is open to the public. At the September Association meeting, Gary Olson, the JHS Ag teacher and FFA advisor presented an opportunity of a joint project with the Jefferson FFA/JHS Ag. The project will be long term with stages of development. ...
L.D. Fargo Library celebrates 122 years
LAKE MILLS — The L.D. Fargo Public Library is celebrating 122 years, and invited the community to visit the library for cake, coffee and to read about the history of the library Oct. 7. In 1899, L.D. Fargo offered to donate to Lake Mills so a library could be built in the historic home. Following construction, the library was opened by October 1902, and has since had updates to the rear, new shelving and updated technology. Now, the library is looking to expand the upstairs section that would still preserve the historic outside of the library. Library leaders have said the current size is not large enough to best serve the community.
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...
Cross country: Lakeside girls 3rd, boys 4th at Nightfall Classic; Lake Mills boys 5th, girls 10th
Lakeside Lutheran’s girls cross country team finished third in Division 2 with 92 points at the Nightfall Classic on Friday. Sophomores Hannah Minning (ninth, 20:19) and Natalie Schultz (11th, 20:37), freshmen Iris Ingebrigsten (12th, 20:44) and Esther Bohl (17th, 21:17) and senior Mara Minning (43rd, 22:27) scored for the Warriors. “It was an exciting step forward for the girls team, which saw a majority of the group run lifetime bests...
Cross country: Fort's Worden, Heagney post top 5 finishes at Nightfall Classic
LAKE MILLS — Fort Atkinson senior Mary Worden and junior Grant Heagney both earned top-five finishes in the Division 1 races at Friday’s Nightfall Classic held at the Lake Mills Golf Club. Worden placed fourth in the girls race with a time of 19 minutes, 45 seconds in the 167-runner field for the Blackhawks, who posted a 95 team score to finish third and after losing a sixth runner tiebreaker for second place with Oshkosh West. ...
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...
Downtown Jefferson Boo Bash slated for Oct. 17
The Jefferson Chamber of Commerce will host its annual downtown trick-or-treating event Oct. 17. Boo Bash runs from 4-7 p.m. in Downtown Jefferson. Over 30 local businesses are planning to participate, with some handing out treats in Firehouse Alley rather than their storefront locations. That street will be closed to traffic for the event. “Cans for Candy” to help stock the shelves of the Jefferson Area Food Pantry will also return. Families have the option to bring non-perishable food items to the Food Pantry booth in Firehouse Alley to receive a piece of candy. This year will see the M.Bell Horror Haus for the first time. Located inside Shine Realty, this Halloween attraction is built by and put on by kids from Lake Mills. These young entrepreneurs participated in the Jefferson Children’s Business Fair held in April, and won first place in their age group.
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