Darcy Oligney of Northland, Wisconsin, won the national title in the Masters 2 division at the Masters National Championship on Jan. 26-27 in Fox River Grove, Ill. (As reported in the February 7, 2008, issue of the Iola Herald.) The event was hosted by the Norge Ski Club. Darcy (A2B5D1-C) has been a member of …
Austin Taylor, a reporter for the Waupaca County Post on February 23, 1928, wrote about having spent several days as a guest of Alfred J. Wrolstad at Alfred’s logging camp in Sawyer County near Draper. Mr. Taylor saw a load of green hardwood logs that scaled 22 thousand feet. Four teams hauled the load after …
Memories of teaching in Portage County Rural schools in the 20’s and 30’s by Ethelyn Wrolstad Aanrud [Family History Number: A2D5-D]‘ Teacher ‘ The little one-room country schools are now a thing of the past. You could see them throughout Portage County and throughout the state of Wisconsin from the late 1800’s on into the …
~on Behalf of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project by – Kathryn Wrolstad Ling [Family History Number: A2D5C-2], American Red Cross, SMH, RVN, 1967-68, November 11, 1996 It is a great honor to be here today and to speak on behalf of the 265,000 women who served during the Vietnam War Era. While I represent all …
– G.M. Bruce, 1925
The October 7, 2004, issue of the Iola Herald has an article written by Bob Strand that reports in great detail the early history of the church building and names of early members. The first service was held in the partially completed building on Feb. 16, 1908. Wooden planks on wood block were used as …
In Volume 2, Page 31, of Judge Elisha Keyes’s 1906 “History of Dane County” he writes: “The contest waged in (1836) the selecting of the seat of government was termed a pretty fight even in these days of sharp contests. The places voted for were Fond du Lac,…Portage, Belmont, ..Racine…Koshkonong…and Peru.”