Wedding: Troia ~ Bigalk
Rachel Troia and Ryan Bigalk of Madison, Wis., were married at the Pope Farm Conservancy in Verona, Wis., on June 21, 2020. A small celebration was held at the bride’s parents’ home following the ceremony. Their formal ceremony and reception will be held at Lake Windsor Country Club in Windsor, Wis., on June 11, 2021. Rachel is the daughter of John and Laura Troia of … [Read more...]
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Wykoff blood drive rescheduled
Wykoff Community and the American Red Cross are hosting an upcoming blood drive. Please join our lifesaving mission and schedule an appointment today! To thank donors for making time to donate August 1 - September 3, we’ll send all donors who come to donate a $5 Amazon.com Gift Card* via email courtesy of our partners at Amazon. The Wykoff Community blood drive has been … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central girls basketball awards banquet
Fillmore Central girls basketball held their awards banquet on July 19. In the top photo are Academic All Conference winners. In back, from left, Alyssa Britton, Kelly Ristau, Kammry Broadwater, Kassidy Broadwater, Kandace Sikkink, Emma Breitsprecher. Front row, from left, Ashlyn Simon, Lauren Mensink, Sydney Bronner, Marissa … [Read more...]
Tractors, tractors everywhere!
“Linus Hammell knows a thing or two about tractors. As co-founder of Hammell Equipment, he has been involved with tractors and other farm equipment all his life. According to the Hammell Equipment website, Bernard and Linus Hammell acquired the Allis-Chalmers dealership in Chatfield in 1976, then built a dealership in Rushford in 1978. In 1992, they expanded into Eitzen, and in … [Read more...]
Arnold-Bradley Band: Sharing friendship and a love for country music
If you live locally and enjoy the excellent live music so often available here (before the pandemic squeezed us into strange boxes for the time being), you’ve probably heard of — and hopefully enjoyed — the classic country/bluegrass music of the Arnold-Bradley Band. Family and friendship first connected Steve Arnold and Walter Bradley. “We’d known the Arnold family,” remembers … [Read more...]
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Birth Announcement: Charlotte Rose Duncanson
Welcomed into this world on her parents 4th anniversary, Charlotte was born July 16, 2020, at 6:28 a.m. at Methodist Hospital-Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She weighed 6 lb. 3 oz. and was 20” long. Parents are Michael and Rachel Duncanson of Lewiston. Paternal grandparents are Dan and Lynda Duncanson, Lewiston and maternal grandparents are Martin and LeAnn Salwey, … [Read more...]