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Student housing project to begin at university in Hayward
HAYWARD, Wis. - A student housing project will break ground at a ceremony at the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Farm on Monday, June 10. The student housing project has been planned since 2020. The project will bring housing for up to 82 students. Senator Tammy Baldwin helped bring $10...
Northwest Wisconsin WTU donates to school trap teams
SPOONER — The Northwest Wisconsin Chapter of Whitetails Unlimited came through in a big way for area high school trap shooting clubs this week. Northwest Wisconsin Chapter donated $2,000 each to Spooner’s Northland Trap Team and the Shell Lake FFA team. Spooner’s team is currently made up of 12 members and coached by Darby and Austin Moltzer. The team started in 2016 and shoots at the Indianhead Rifle & Pistol...
Wisconsin Northwest Heritage Passage announces grant recipients for area art teachers
SPOONER — The Wisconsin Northwest Heritage Passage (WNHP) is excited to reveal the successful recipients of its grant program designed specifically for art teachers in northwest Wisconsin. As a nonprofit 501©3 arts advocacy organization, WNHP has awarded four grants, each totaling $500, to area art teachers for the upcoming fall 2024 semester. The primary objective of this grant initiative is to provide additional supplies to art teachers in northwest Wisconsin who work with students from kindergarten through 12th grade. By supplementing their existing art budgets,...
Spooner Health hosts career exploration program for middle school students
SPOONER — This spring, Spooner Health invited Spooner Middle School students from the Out of School Time Club to experience a “behind-the-scenes” look at health care careers. Nine students from the after-school program joined their teacher over a period of nine weeks to learn about the incredible variety of healthcare career opportunities. Each week, the students rotated through different departments of the hospital. Department visits included Rehabilitation Services, Inpatient, Pharmacy, Business Office, Plant Operations, Surgery, Emergency, Imaging, Quality, Infection Prevention and Laboratory. ...
HACIL student earns perfect score on ACT test
Neel Dums, son of Malu and Ray Dums, a junior at the Hayward Center for Individualized Learning (HACIL) has earned the highest possible composite score of 36 on the 2024 American College Test (ACT). About one-quarter of 1 percent of more than 1 million students nation-wide who take the ACT each year earn a top score. The ACT consists of tests in English, mathematics, reading and science and is scored...
School board discusses use of new fitness center
The Hayward Community Schools Board of Education at their Monday June 3 meeting discussed what rules the school district might have for community use of the new Tamarack Health Fitness Center at the high school. Community education coordinator Meredith Ingbretson said she has received survey responses from 355 Tamarack Health and Hayward Community Schools staff on what they would use in the new fitness center. Sixty-five percent said they would...
Ahlberg Brings Big League Mindset to Small School Team
MINONG, Wis.- The Northwood/Solon Springs baseball team has reached the state tournament for the first time in program history. The milestone has also extended the high school baseball career of Lakeland East All-Conference member Abe Ahlberg. On the day before Northwood/Solon’s Section Tournament, Ahlberg and his teammates treated practice like...
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