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Lions to serve pancake breakfast here
The Hayward Lions Club will serve a free pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday May 25 at the Veterans Community Center. The menu will include all-you-can eat pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausages, juice, coffee and milk. Goodwill offerings will go towards all community organizations. Individuals are invited to donate a pair of used eyeglasses for an extra chance to win in the prize drawings.
Hayward's Wessel playing baseball at UW-Whitewater
Austin Wessel, a sophomore General Business major from Hayward attending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, is a member of the Warhawks baseball team, which secured the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship outright on Friday, May 3, with a pair of victories against UW-Stevens Point. The Warhawks finished the regular season with a 32-8 record, including a 19-5 mark in conference play, and began the postseason by hosting the 2024 WIAC Tournament as the top seed May 9-11. They advanced to win the NCAA regional championship with a 6-4 win over Centre. Wessel, an infielder with the Warhawks, batted .250 this season and drove in seven runs, with on-base percentage of .471. UW-Whitewater has now won 22 WIAC regular season championships, including six of the last seven.
Trail by Trail: Cable, Duluth, Sawyer County, Washburn County
Cable, Wis. - The Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Association trails have now opened. CAMBA maintains several trail clusters in and around Cable. Trails are also located near Mount Ashwabay, Namakagon, Seeley, and Hayward. Crews say once trails open for the season, they’re open. They add that trails are possible because of the work of volunteers. Sign-up is open here for future work days.
37th annual inclusive fishing event begins Friday
HAYWARD, Wis. (Northern News Now) - It’s easy to get hooked on the feeling of fishing on the lake, but not everyone always can. However the 37th Annual Fishing Has No Boundaries event this weekend makes it possible for everyone, regardless of ability level, to be an angler. “The...
Baseball: Brill tops Haugen in Independent League opener
Brill held off Haugen in the first Independent League baseball game of the season as the Millers topped the Knights 8-6 on Saturday at Brill. Brill led 8-3 through seven innings, but Haugen started to rallied with a three-run eighth. Hunter Ashlin had pitched three scoreless innings of relief for the Millers when four consecutive walks to begin the eighth ended his day. Tyson LaPoint took over and got a...
Sabrina Ullman: Chance of more thunderstorms tonight
A couple of severe thunderstorms have already formed this afternoon, and we may see more this evening as a cold front continues to move through. Areas along and east of the front have the risk of severe weather before 10. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Cook County...
Canes softball, baseball, track win championships
Tuesday May 14 was a big day for Hayward Hurricanes spring sports, as the girls softball, boys baseball and boys track and field teams all won Heart O’ North Conference championships. The Hurricanes softball team defeated Cameron 11-0 at Diane Hedin Field behind pitcher Brooke Laier. It was the first conference championship for a Canes softball team since 1991. The Hurricanes baseball team defeated Cameron 20-9 in Cameron to claim...
Treeland Challengers find fishing success in tournament
Treeland Resorts and Pat’s Landing held their 39th annual Treeland Challenge tournament for walleye and largemouth bass May 9-11 on the Chippewa Flowage, with 300 anglers of all ages participating in fishing, camaraderie, food and thousands of dollars in prizes. The anglers caught, released and registered 501 qualifying fish—223 walleye and 278 largemouth bass—during the weekend. Friday was a wild weather night in northern Wisconsin, with four-foot waves, hail, gusting...
Missing man found dead
RUSK COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - A missing Chetek man was found dead today by a kayaker. According to a news release from the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office, on May 16, a kayaker called with information about what they believed to be missing 61-year-old Scott Link of Chetek. His body...
Man pleads guilty to obstruction
A Ladysmith man accused of resisting or obstructing an officer after his brother allegedly led a Rice Lake police officer on a high-speed chase through the city pleaded guilty to the charge on Thursday in Barron County Circuit Court. Jacob J. Shimko, 38, appeared before Judge J.M. Bitney and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor resisting or obstructing an officer. Two felony counts of bail jumping were dismissed but read into the record. Bitney ordered Shimko to pay court costs and he was given 60 days to pay or set up a payment plan. An arrest warrant had been ordered for Shimko as he had not appeared on May 8 as scheduled. It was never issued as the defendant appeared in court the next day.
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