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School board denies dual athletics at OHS BY MARA MARTINSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

At their Sept. 25 meeting he Osceola School Board voted against a proposal that would allow athletes to participate in two sports each season. While dual sports have occurred in the past, according to Pete Kammerud, board members unanimously denied this request. In their reasoning, board members expressed concern over how dual athletes would strike an imbalance among competing sports, resulting in practice and game conflicts. Before voting against, Brian Meyer built on the Board’s resistance by clarifying that dual sports are offered in middle school, when students are determining what they would like to pursue and by high school, students should know which sports interest them. Next, the Board approved the 2019-20 Parent Contract for Transportation to Non-Public Schools, specifically, St. Anne’s Catholic School in Somerset. Business Manager, Lynette Edwards has been in the process of finalizing pupil counts before she reports them to Department of Public Instruction in early October. The Official 2019 Summer School Pupil Count was 97 this year, which is down from previous years. As of Sept. 20, Edwards estimated the district’s student count at 1591, which is also down from previous years. However, she noted that the 2019 senior class was “pretty big so we did not gain that much in our incoming 4-K class this school year.” At the moment, Edwards is waiting to hear from other districts regarding how many students in our district are attending those districts because she has to report that number to DPI too. Final numbers will be ready at the Oct. 9 meeting. The next Committee Meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. The next Regular Board Meeting is set for Oct. 9, at 6 p.m.

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Osceola Village President Jeromy Buberl, Tourism Board of Directors Amy Kelly, Village Administrator Benjamin Krumenauer, Polk County Information Center Director Colleen Foxwell, Main Street Advocate Nancy Beck, Osceola Chamber Director Germaine Ross, and Wisconsin Department of Tourism Secretary Sara Meaney, take a quick stop at Cascade Falls before continuing Meaney’s tour of Osceola and Polk County.

Secretary of Tourism visits Polk County Sara Meaney Keynote speaker at tourism conference BY MATT ANDERSON EDITOR@OSCEOLASUN.COM

The Polk County Tourism Council and St. Croix Regional Tourism hosted the St. Croix Valley Tourism Conference September 26 in Dresser. Local business owners and community leaders shared ideas and listened to several speakers, including the newly appointed Secretary of Tourism, Sara Meaney. “Without question, tourism drives revenue into local business owners’ pockets,” she said at the event. “It brings in tax revenue

into the communities to support education, infrastructure, trails and recreation and health. It’s one in the same! Communities thrive because of tourism.” Secretary Meaney was appointed on Jan. 7 and is enjoying her new position. “It is a delight, an honor, and a pleasure,” she said. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s also some of the most fun work I’ve ever been able to do.” On her tour of Polk County, Meaney visited several communities including Dresser, Amery, and Osceola. “I was thrilled to see how alive and well Main Street is and how close the access is to the trail, the river, and the waterfalls,” she said of Osceola. “It’s nature and town. The proximity of those two

things is the perfect combination for attracting tourists while also being a wonderful place to live.” Of course, Meaney’s job is to focus on the aspects of Wisconsin tourism that need strengthening, and every community has certain areas that can be improved upon. Speaking to those areas of improvement at the conference, Meaney revealed several ideas for Polk County and all of Wisconsin to promote tourism in local towns. “The community clearly seems to be rallying around the success of the town, now it’s a question of making sure people know more about it,” she said, “Marketing SEE TOURISM, PAGE 8

Wisconsin DOT fees will rise in October BY JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation(DOT) will be raising a number of fees, including annual registration fees and title fees, starting October 1. The DOT announced the increases in August as the 2019-2021 biennial budget was going through the state legislature. “The increased fees will be

assessed for current registrations expiring September 30, 2019, or later and for new registrations with a starting operation date on October 1, 2019, or later,” according to the DOT website. Vehicle title fees will go from $69.50 to $164.50. If the vehicle is being transferred after the death of a spouse or partner the title fee will increase from $62 to $157, the same increase will also apply to low-speed vehicles.

For regular automobiles (no weight class) the registration fee is set to rise from $75 to $85. A light truck, 4,500-pound weight class, fees will increase from $75 to $100. The 6,000-pound weight class fees will rise from $84 annually to $100. Terry Walsh of the DOT told the Sentinel the money from the increase in fees will go back into the state’s transportation fund. There will also be a surcharge of $75 for electric or hybrid vehicle.

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Next time you go to pay to register your car the fee will be increased. The DOT says the additional fees will go into the state’s transportation fund.

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Hauge Dental expands Marrying vision and financial realities, school district business manager starts first full year service offerings BY SUZANNE LINDGREN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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Staff at Hauge Dental Care are expanding their skills and services offered at the office. Dittberner — orthodontics Jordan Dittberner, who has been with Hauge since May 2018, already aligns teeth with clear aligners (similar to Invisalign). He’s also been taking orthodontics classes to build on that service. “Orthodontics is something I’ve always been interested in,” he said. “So hopefully I’ll start doing braces here pretty soon.” A year and a half into his tenure he said he’s enjoyed getting to know his patients and Osceola itself. “I’ve definitely developed a love for the Watershed Cafe,” he said. “And I like going up to Dick’s everyday and seeing a lot of the same people getting lunch, saying hi and getting to know them. I like to go to Subway and all the local businesses to support them.” A month after his start date, Dittberner’s twin girls were born three months early. “That first summer was a whirlwind,” he said. “I was trying to get my bearings here and be with them as much possible in the NICU. It was busy, but they seem great now. Happy and healthy.” Chantelois — botox and tooth implants Botox treatments are now offered at Hauge Dental by Casey Chantelois, who has been with the dental office since January 2017. The service has become more common with dentists, according to Chantelois. “Dentists are used to working on the face and giving injections,” he said. “You can use Botox for clenching and

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After joining the Osceola school district in early April, business manager Lynette Edwards has launched into her first full school year. She already knows she likes the size of the district, and has enjoyed getting to know colleagues. “I love the staff,” she said in July. “Everyone I’ve met has been helpful, very friendly and encouraging.” She’s taken on the challenge of learning all that’s going on in the district, and marrying vision to financial resources as she works

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with others on the district budget. “There are places that the staff want to go in the district,” she said. “They’re very forward thinking.”

Case in point: Chieftain Manufacturing, a business inside the tech ed department. “That’s a good example of some of the technology at the high school,” she said. “We’re wanting to expand and grow Chieftain Manufacturing, and I’m trying to figure out how we can do that. Other districts in the state of Wisconsin are doing similar programs, so there are models. It’s exciting to think of teaching kids not just the trade but how to make it a living and a business.” Edwards moved to Osceola from the Fox Valley region, but as a UW River Falls alum she was somewhat familiar

with the St. Croix Valley. The move also brought her closer to her daughter, a U of M student in the Twin Cities. A kayaker, Edwards is also enjoying close proximity to the river. She took up cycling last fall, and has made a point of checking out local restaurants and breweries. Over the summer As for the school year, upcoming highlights include rewriting the district’s strategic plan. “That’s going to be big work,” Edwards said. “That really drives the big decisions the district makes. … I welcome calls and questions from taxpayers and the community.”

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grinding issues as well as reducing lines and wrinkles.” “We’ll see how it goes,” he added. “I know it’s a small town, not Hollywood or Beverly Hills.” Still, he joked that after getting a treatment to see how the procedure felt, he might be hooked. Treatment cost is based on the number of units used. Chantelois estimated that an average treatment for forehead lines or crows feet would start at about $500. He is also taking a course for dental implants, a service also offered by Tom Hauge. “I feel more than enough surgical competence but during the course I’ll place one on a patient,” he said. As of late August he was still looking for a patient seeking a free implant. The procedure would take place this December in St. Paul at the Great Lakes Implant Institute.

OMC’s new CEO reflects on first six months BY SUZANNE LINDGREN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Six months into his tenure at Osceola Medical Center, chief executive officer Matthew Forge is settling into Osceola and assessing the best ways to lead OMC in the face of an ever-changing medical industry. Having moved from Idaho, Forge reported he was welcomed warmly to the area. “The transition, personally, has been easy,” he said. “This community is what drew me to this job in the beginning. It’s a place where people are invested.” Thus far, Forge has turned his focus to incrementally improving OMC’s culture, reliability and institutional growth. “We have an amazing team at the hospital and a lot of great things going on,” he said. “I have high aspirations for supporting this community in what we’re doing. We

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want to be the best place to work and the best place to receive care. We’re really building what that looks like and trying to look through the community lens for that. “We also want to focus on reliability. Not just assuming or that we do great things but knowing that we do great things. We want people to know what it feels like to receive great care. “And then growth. Growth is where the new momentum and some great things are coming in. The walk in clinic started a couple years ago. We since expanded to Scandia, which is exciting. We feel great about that service so far.”

The CEO is enthusiastic about new hires and expanded services at the center. “We feel like we’re really positioned well to continue growing,” he said. The installation of an inclusive playground on the medical center campus has been another highlight of his tenure. “Combining the playground with Wild River Fitness and the Sport Court, we really feel like we’re helping support wellness and the health of the community,” he said. “That playground has been incredible. Seeing how the community came together to make that happen, and it’s been busy day in and day out.” As for challenges, OMC’s position as a rural hospital comes with a few. One is keeping pace with services offered to urban populations. “Just because you live in a smaller town doesn’t mean you don’t deserve access to great health care or coordination to the best health care services,” Forge said. “We really want to partner with the community in building that right here in Osceola.”

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According to Forge, the community and OMC’s board have already demonstrated a great commitment to keeping the institution up to date with competitive services. “If your community is not willing to support to the level Osceola has, when you’re looking at building and staying up with new service lines, that growth won’t happen. I also want to refer back to the vision of [former CEO] Jeff Meyer, who brought that leadership here and helped guide this organization to the place we’re at now, where we can continue to be independent. “It’s going to be challenging into the future, but if we continue to have that focus and take that responsibility seriously, I think we’ll position ourselves in ways that will get us there. “That’s a big challenge to me as a new leader. How do you navigate those challenges? What do we need to do to move forward? I think we’re positioned very well to continue on the path that’s been laid out historically.”

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THROUGH OCTOBER Farmers Market in Osceola The Osceola Farmers Market is open every Friday through October from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Mill Pond Park.

OCTOBER 2 Osceola Senior Citizens Club

The Osceola Senior Citizens Club will meet at noon in the Senior Center at the Osceola Discovery Center. Program presented by ADRC: Medicare 101. 715294-4566.

OCTOBER 4 Fall Fundraiser River Grove Elementary School, Marine on St. Croix, Minn., Fall Fundraiser will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Withrow Ballroom Hugo, Minn.

OCTOBER 5 Fall color hike Fall colors Ice Age Trail hike, Indianhead chapter, 2670 103rd Street, rural Luck, hike at 1 p.m., picnic at 3:30 p.m. All welcome. 715205-4487.

St. Croix Falls Autumn Fesst St. Croix Falls Autumn Fest will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., downtown St. Croix Falls.

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OCTOBER 13 Sound of Simon Sound of Simon - Recapturing the Magic of Simon & Garfunkel, Sunday, 7 p.m. at the historic Marine Village Hall (121 Judd Street). Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com/event/4324808 or MarineCommunityLibrary. org. Free hors d’ouevres. Wine for sale. FFI: MarineCommunityLibrary.org.

OktSoberfest Osceola United Methodist Church invites the public to OktSoberfest, its Oktoberfest Harvest Festival, noon to 4 p.m. Bratwurst or Meatballs with Spaetzle, Hot German Potato Salad, Sauerkraut, Red Cabbage and a variety of German sweets for dessert.

OCTOBER 15 NOVEMBER 19 Grief Support Group St. Croix Regional Medical Center in St. Croix Falls will be offering two grief support groups on Tuesdays in the Valley Conference Room. One will be from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. and the other will be from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Pre-registration requested, 715-483-3261 x 2016.

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• Read & Review Book Group meets the last Monday of the month at Dresser Library, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. • The Voices of the Valley meets every Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the ArtBarn in Osceola. This group is for adults with special needs who enjoy singing. 715-494-0385. • The St. Croix Valley Camera Club meets the third Monday of each month, 7 p.m. at the Chisago County Government Center in Center City. Photographers of all interests and abilities are welcome. • The American Legion Post 221 meets the second Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Senior Center in the Osceola Discovery Center. 715-294-3822.

Tuesday • Tot Time will meet the second Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. This is for tots, birth to PreK, and a parent. For more info contact Stephanie Lechman, 715-7552515. • Storytime every Tuesday at Osceola Public Library, 10:30 a.m. • St. Croix Valley MOPS Moms group meets the first and third Tuesday at New Life Christian Community in Dresser. Morning and evening meetings. FFI: stcroixvalleymops@gmail. com.

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The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Hope Evangelical Free Church north of Osceola from 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Appointments can be made by visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

The Sharing Shop, a clothing store, located at Lakes Free Church, Lindstrom, is having its Fall Clothing Event from 9 a.m. to noon, and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon. Gently used clothing for men, women and children suitable for fall and winter. A small fee will be charged. 651-257-2677 or visit our website at www. lakesfree.org.

• St. Croix Falls Rotary Club meets in the French Room at the Dalles House Restaurant, noon. Lunch, business meeting and speaker. Warren White, 715483-3010 or website at http:// scfrotary.org/ • Book club for adults at Osceola Public Library the fourth Wednesday of the month. Books available at the library. FFI: Anne Miller, 715-294-2310. • Get Lit Book Club, second Wednesday of every month, 6 p.m. at PY’s in Osceola. Stop at the Osceola Public Library for a copy of each month’s book. • Adult basic education classes at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC). Enroll any time. Call 800-243-9482 ext. 4257 or visit witc.edu/adult/basicedprogram.htm.

OCTOBER 10 Polk County Democrats to meet The Polk County Democrats will meet at 6 p.m. at the Senior Center in Amery (608 Harriman Ave. S). Guest speaker will be Ben Wikler, Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.

OCTOBER 12 Lamar Fiber Fest The Lamar Fiber Fest will be at the Lamar Community Center, 1488 200th St., St. Croix Falls, from 9 a.m. to 4

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ONGOING Monday • The Dresser & St. Croix Falls Area VFW Post #4186 meets the third Monday of every month at 2 p.m. at the Dresser VFW Hall. • The Valley Chess Masters Club meets on the second and fourth Monday, 4:30 to 6 p.m., St. Croix Falls Public Library. scflibrary@ stcroixfallslibrary.org.

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Thursday • Polk County Democrats meet the second Thursday of every month at the Village Pizzeria in Dresser at 5:30 p.m. • Osceola Writers Group meets the second Thursday of the month, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Osceola Senior Center.

Friday • River Valley Stitchers meet the fourth Friday of each month from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Senior Center, in the Discovery Center building. (They also meet Saturdays, see below). Quilters, sewers, knitters, and crocheters of all ages and skill levels are invited. Bring your own project to work on.

Saturday • Friends of the Osceola Library meet each second Saturday at the library at 10:30 a.m. 715-294-2657. • Osceola Running Club meets at Mill Pond Park in downtown Osceola at 7 a.m. Saturdays. The “Lap around Osceola” is a “no drop” jog of about 3 miles. Go to www. runosceola.org, text or call Paul Smith at 715-410-6047. • River Valley Stitchers meet the second Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Senior Center, in the Discovery Center building. (They also meet Fridays, see above).

Sunday • Times in Which We Live meets the first and third Sunday of each month at the St. Croix Falls Library at 6:30 p.m. DVDs are shown about current events. 715755-3473. or email Steve at thekinzers@me.com. • An open song circle meets at the St. Croix Falls Public Library from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., the second Sunday of the month. 715-501-4487. or liabeing@gmail.com.

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

WEDNESDAY • Osceola TOPS meets at Trinity Lutheran Church. Weigh-in, 7-8:20 a.m., meeting, 8:30-9:30. FFI: 715-755-3123. • Lego Lab, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Dresser Library. • Non-denominational men’s prayer breakfast, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Osceola Community Church, 651-329-9535. • Tai Chi, 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Osceola Senior Center.

THURSDAY • Free Baby & Me classes from 5 to 6 p.m. at Osceola Medical Center. To register, 715-684-4440. • Dual Recovery Anonymous, 7:15 p.m. at the St. Croix Falls Alano. 715755-3639. • AA meets at Trinity Lutheran Church, Osceola at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, Dresser. • Family Game Night at Dresser Library, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. • Osceola Seniors 500 card group, 12:30 p.m.-4 p.m. at the Osceola Senior Center. • Adult GriefShare, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the New Life Christian Community, Dresser. New group. FFI: (715) 5571431. Youth Grief Share: 715-566-1945.

FRIDAY • AA meets at Trinity Lutheran Church, Osceola at 7 p.m. Topic meeting. • Qigong, 9 a.m. at the Osceola Senior Center.

SATURDAY

• Weight Watchers meets at Hope E. Free Church, Osceola. Weigh-in, 7:30 a.m. Meeting, 8:15 a.m. Kim, 715-4170683.

MONDAY

• The Indianhead Barbershop Chorus meets at 7:30 p.m. in the government building in Balsam Lake. 715-483-9202. • Divorce Care Support Group, Grace Church of Osceola, 6:30 p.m. • AA meets at Trinity Lutheran Church in Osceola at 7 p.m. and Osceola United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. • Music and Movement storytime, St. Croix Falls Public Library, 10:15 a.m. • Little’s Storytime at Dresser Library, 10:30 a.m. • Qigong, 9 a.m. at the Osceola Senior Center.

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• AA for women at Trinity Lutheran Church in Osceola, 7 p.m. • Seniors on the Go card group, 12:304 p.m an the Osceola Senior Center. • Storytime, Osceola Public Library, 10:30 a.m. 715-294-2310. • Osceola Seniors Duplicate Bridge, 6 to 9 p.m. at the Osceola Senior Center. Jeff, 715-781-6080.

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The Arnell 2019 Paws on the Trail event hosted 47 registered Walkers on Saturday, September 28t\. Dog Lovers and their Best Furry Friends enjoyed the morning sunshine on the Stower Seven Lakes Trail before engaging in Fun Dog Contests at noon. Prizes were awarded to the Waggiest Tail, Best Trick, Largest-Smallest, Best Costume, Quickest Cookie Catcher and 12 other contest win-

ners. Adorable pups of all sizes, made the day spectacular. Walkers and local Sponsors helped raise $7,800 for the animals in the care of Arnell Memorial Humane Society.

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he pace of change in our society never ceases to amaze me. Driven by technologies that seem to accelerate at an exponential rate, items that seem to be universally understood by a person like me, born in the second half of the last century, now require lengthy explanations. Occasionally these items come to the surface and I am struck by change that has occurred in my lifetime. One of these moments occurred recently during a visit by the grandchildren. We were looking to find something to watch on television and I was scrolling through the chanPublisher nel guide. There were programs scheduled to run in the coming hour that caught the eye of my 11 Tom Stangl year old granddaughter. We had to wait to watch them, something she was unaccustomed to doing. In her household, everything is on demand. Through the streaming services offered by Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, nearly everything my granddaughter watched could be viewed as quickly as the internet could buffer it to their device. Waiting was something she wasn’t accustomed to doing. While watching a program with commercials, (something else that is a bit foreign to her) there was an ad for an upcoming Disney movie that had yet to be released. “Let’s go see that movie tonight, Papa,” she said. “It’s not out yet,” I replied, explaining the concept of hype — get you excited about a movie, so you go to the theater. When you notice that the movie you want to see isn’t showing, you go to another movie instead because, well, you’re there already and want to see a movie. Yes, this is a shallow and calculated strategy. Almost as shallow as making parents the bad guys when they explain that the movie you want to see won’t be out for two months. After the weekend, I pondered how many incarnations of the entertainment cycle I have lived through. It was a rather depressing exercise. Back in the day, my parents had a black and white television. We received three broadcast channels and had to manually change the channel. In fact, my siblings and I acted as a pioneering “universal remote” when our father insisted we get up to change the channel. I imagine some of you did the same for your parents, whether you wanted to do so or not. In those days, the three networks bid for first rights to movies. As I left high school, video cassettes came into vogue and home rentals. This evolved into digital video discs (DVDs) before rental stores went out of business. No more “be kind, rewind.” My parents were able to get color and then cable television and a real remote control. I believe the first cable system they subscribed to had 13 channels. Home Box Office (HBO) got the first “broadcast” rights to movies. In my lifetime I had satellite television – first a 10 foot “C” band dish and now the smaller dishes used by DISH network and DirecTV. As internet speeds improved, on demand services encouraged many to “cut the cord” from cable and satellite TV. I can only imagine what’s next as virtual reality becomes more common. How long before the movies are holographic projections in your living room? One thing is bound to be constant. No matter how many channels you have, there still won’t be anything worth watching. As always, I welcome your comments. You can reach me by email at tstangl@theameryfreepress. com, telephone 715-268-8101 or write me at P.O. Box 424, Amery, WI, 54001. Thanks for reading I’ll keep in touch. Feel free to do the same.

Introductions are in order

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rowing up near Rockford, Illinois, I always had dreams of moving south when I grew up. Palm Trees, oceans, and hot weather – not a snowflake in sight all year. Needless to say, sitting here in Osceola writing my first column for The Sun and Country Messenger means those plans must have changed. Editor For those who Matt Anderson don’t know me, my name is Matt Anderson. I am a fairly new resident to this community and I’m happy to introduce myself as your new editor. My now wife, Kylee, and I moved to Dresser in June of last year only days after getting married. She is a New Richmond native with most of her family living here, so I happily followed

her up here. We met in Kenosha, WI while attending Carthage College. It didn’t take long after we started talking that I knew she was the direction my life was heading. A year into dating, I proposed, and one year later we were married. She was offered a position at St. Croix Falls High School in special education and decided this is where she wanted to be. “Okay,” I said, “let’s go.” For the last year, I have been working as the editor of the Baldwin Bulletin newspaper. It was my first position in the newspaper industry, and it was certainly a daunting one. After finding out that Suzanne was leaving, I was offered the position here and I took it without hesitation. Just being closer to my wife and my home was enough, but I am truly grateful that I am now reporting in my own community too. That being said, I would be lying

if I said this wasn’t a daunting undertaking too! I am still learning all of the ins and outs of being an editor, and now I’m re-learning a new community as well. After all, nobody likes change. So, please do forgive the inevitable shortcomings that may take place as I become acquainted with this new position. All I want is to provide you the coverage you want to see, and to be a part of the team that makes this paper one that you want to read every week. Now that the introduction is out of the way, I want to say that I very much look forward to meeting and working with many of you. I hope you will find that I am always willing to listen to your questions and concerns, that I am intentionally unbiased, and that I only have good intentions in the work that I do as the new editor of this paper. Matt Anderson editor@osceolasun.com 715-294-2314

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There is a story by Hans Christian Anderson called The Emperor’s New Clothes. It tells of a conceited arrogant king who wants the best most elegant clothing. Many designers try to please him but he always seems dissatisfied. Finally, a smart con-man comes to praise the king and tells him he will design the most elegant garments. It turns out that he flatters the king so much that he convinces the king that the clothing he makes is the best ever. In reality, the king is naked but believes that he has the most expensive most exclusive clothing. The king’s flunkeys are afraid to disagree with him so

they also flatter the king into believing that he is wearing great garments. It takes a small child to point out to everyone that the king is naked. Donald Trump has all the real clothes that money can buy. However, he has no morals, no leadership ability, no plan for the country other than the profit of already rich people, no concern for any citizen without money, no conception of the truth, no understanding of the lives of minorities and fires the people who disagree with him in a country that should be protecting free speech. And, he is surrounded by flunkeys like Mitch McConnel who are afraid to

tell him the truth. He is naked of all the qualities that a leader of America should have. Now he has brought us to the brink of a war in the Middle East that is a direct result of his poor judgement and his exces-

sive pride in dealing with Iran. Is there any reason why we should trust this administration to steer us in a safe course? Arnold Potek Dresser

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realized that I might be a late bloomer—a little late, naturally. I love hearing about prodigies: the five-year-old drummer or the sixteen-yearold activist. I love hearing the nineyear-old who sings like an old soul and reading about the 14-year-old who just completed a master’s I marvel at Columnist degree. all these amazing accomplishments. Carrie Classon I am impressed ith th li focus of these with the llaser-like children and teenagers that enables them to change the world in awe-inspiring ways. I was never one of them. I showed no promise on any musical instrument. I didn’t learn to read when I was especially young. I struggled with math, had no artistic talent to speak of, and played tennis so poorly the instructor sent me to the nurse to have my vision checked. My vision was fine. As I got older, I was not one of those young women with terrific style. I never knew what to do with my hair. I had no signature look. I had no original ideas. Instead, the things I have been

good at are rather dull. I am good at starting over. I am good at not getting discouraged. I am good at asking for advice. I am good at sticking to a plan even if it takes a lot longer than I thought it would. These are not glamorous skills. But lately, in addition to all the stories of prodigies and wunderkinds, I’ve been hearing more stories about late bloomers: the woman who gets her first book published at eighty, the fellow who goes back to college and graduates with his grandson, the singer who records her best album three decades after she was supposed to be “finished.� I love these stories as well and I think there is a place in this world for late-in-life achievements. I’m hoping to be a late bloomer. Late bloomers don’t need to worry about reaching thirty and thinking their best days are behind them. Late bloomers don’t have people comparing their new work with what they did in the past. Late bloomers might get told that they are too late—that it’s too late to start that new thing they want to do—but late bloomers are no longer young so they can ignore the doubters and go ahead, under the radar. Nobody’s paying attention to them anyway. In just a little more than 100 years, human beings have doubled

their lifespan. I think if there were some kind of plant that was suddenly living twice as long, scientists would be studying it. “What will it do with all this extra time?� “Will it grow some new fruit or become twice as large?� This is what I’ve been wondering about all the late bloomers out there. Instead of getting one great talent, one terrific skill, late bloomers have had time to learn a lot of things and now—later in life—we can figure out how all the things we’ve learned can work together. We might be starting from scratch, but we’ve got a head start. We might be trying something new, but we get credit for time served. I know the news will continue to be dominated by the young, and maybe that’s the way it should be. Neither youth nor fame lasts long. I’m just happy I get to try new things now, I’m delighted with any extra time I get to grow a little more, produce some sort of crazy new fruit. I’m just happy I get this chance to bloom in whatever way I can—even if my blooming comes a little late. Till next time, Carrie Carrie Classon’s memoir, “Blue Yarn,� was released earlier this year. Learn more at CarrieClasson. com.

10 years ago Sept. 30, 2009 • The Osceola Area Ambulance Service held a ribbon cutting and open house last week at its new facility on Third Street. • Almost 11 months after Kraemer Mining & Materials ďŹ rst submitted plans to open a basalt quarry in the Town of Osceola, those plans have been rejected by the town’s planning commission. • More than 20 motorcycles entered Croixland Leather Works custom bike show on Saturday. Rob Lenz of North Branch, Minn., won the people’s choice award. • Osceola High School students Michelle Graf, Amber Ballard and Max Traynor attended Wisconsin Leadership Seminars and Badger Girls State and Badger Boys State respectively. • With the smallest roster allowed, the St. Croix Falls girls golf team won the Middle Border Conference Championship. • Osceola football ran up 35 points in their annual homecoming game against Amery and outlasted the Warriors, 35-31. 20 years ago Sept. 29, 1999 • The St. Croix ArtBarn wll be receiving a face lift in the next few years thanks, in part, to a $50,000 grant awrded to the theatre from the Bayport Foundation. • The River Valley Women’s Club has designed a “Home Strollâ€? to raise funds for school scholarships. • The baseball season may be over, but Braves manager Ken Staples and some of the Osceola Braves players held a clinic Saturday morning. • The Osceola School District

is among the 80 percent of the school districts throughout the state who budgeted between $6000 and $8000 per student in 1998-99. • Amanda Shaleen of Osceola, a member of the Lake Country Cloggers Premier Dance team, recently placed second overall at the Minnesota State Fair Talent Competition. • Suzie Lundgren and Ryan Hanson were crowned St. Croix Falls homecoming Queen and King. • The Osceola Medical Center golf beneďŹ t raised $8341.48 toward the purchase of a new heart monitor/deďŹ brillator for the medical center.

30 years ago Sept. 27, 1989 • Kyle Palmer and Missy Kumlien are district Punt, Pass and Kick champions. They advanced to the regional in Shell Lake. • The Bank of Osceola planned to unveil their new logo on Sept. 29. • The oďŹ cial dedication of the new Osceola Public Library was Oct. 1. • Osceola High School student Marilyn Olson has been named Commended Student in the 1990 National Merit Scholarship program. • The Osceola Business Association presented a plant to Sue Everson, new owner at Unlimited Styling Hair Care at their grand opening Sept. 22. • An organ dedication recital at the Osceola United Methodist Church was held Sunday. Phyllis Zimmerman donated the organ. • Top salespeople in the Osceola High School Junior Class magazine sales were Tim Neumann, Debbie Demulling, Kris Adams, Tracy Handrahan and Brent Lindstrom.

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A bicyclist has died following being struck by a car the morning of September 26 in the Town of Osceola. According to the Polk County Sheriff, the dispatch center received the call just before 8 a.m. of a motor vehicle and pedestrian (bicyclist) crash on County Road M, just to the west of Mulligan Drive, in the Town of Osceola. Upon arrival of the Osceola Police Department and Sheriff’s Deputies, it

was learned that 15 year old Isaiah Munn, from rural Osceola, had been traveling out of a driveway and facing north bound onto County Road M to travel to the west on County Road M. At that time, a vehicle was traveling east bound on County Road M, approaching that driveway. When the bicyclist entered onto the County Road M, it traveled into the path of the east bound vehicle. The vehicle impacted the left

side of the bicyclist. The bicyclist was thrown from the bicycle and redirected to the north and east. The bicyclist tumbled into the north ditch where he came to rest. The driver of the motor vehicle continued to travel east on County Road M and pulled over after the collision. The driver indicated that the bicyclist pulled out in front of her and she was not able to see him until it was too late. She did indicate that

environmental factors made it difficult to see. The bicyclist was transported to the Osceola Medical Center where he later died. Assisting the Polk County Sheriff’s Office with the crash were the Osceola Police Department, the Dresser Police Department, the Allied Fire Department and First Responders, the Osceola Area Ambulance Service, and the Polk County Medical Examiner’s Office.

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The Osceola Historical Society will be hosting an interactive presentation by Rose Swanson and Ann Steffen, both of whom taught in rural schools: Ann at the Little Red School in East Farmington and Rose who taught at Cedar Lake School. Come and learn what life was like during the last years before consolidation into the Osceola School District. How the programs were selected and taught; what it was like to manage 20 or more students in several grade levels; what types of recess activities were played and, of course, the interaction between the school and the parents. You may have attended a rural school. If so come and share your memories. You may have seen how the rural schools are portrayed in television programs and want to learn more. If so come and learn from two who were there. If you have any school memorabilia, report cards or memories from attending rural schools bring them for show and tell. This may be a once in a life time opportunity. Be sure to mark your calendars for Oct. 7 at 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Discovery Center large meeting

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Nancy L. Karis On Sept. 23, 2019, God called home one of his angels, Nancy Lee Karis. Nancy died at her residence at tthe St. Croix Falls C Comforts of Home, ssurrounded by ffamily and caring sstaff. She was 70. Nancy was born S Sept. 27, 1948, at S Saint Joseph Hosp pital in St. Paul, M Minn., to Donald a and Ruth (Ione) L Lundgren. The L Lundgrens moved ttheir family to D Dresser in 1951 and still many remain in the area. Nancy went to St. Croix Falls High School where she met and married her first husband, Douglas Williams, in January 1966. They raised three daughters: Michelle (Scott) Sommer, Monique (Todd) Stolpman, and Laureen (Chris) Williams. Nancy went back to college where she earned her Business Administration degree. She married Dale Karis on Sept. 16, 1992, adding a step-son, Karl (Darcy) Karis and a step-daughter, Rebbeca (Ian) Bowker to our family. Nancy was preceded in death by her late husband, Dale Karis and parents, Don and Ione Lundgren. She is survived by her five children; her two sisters, Mary (Robert) Viebrock and Carol (Gordon Sr.) Wyman; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. A Celebration of Life was held Sept. 29 at the Grandstrand Funeral Home, Osceola. Interment will take place in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery in Dresser. Arrangements are with the Grandstrand Funeral Home. Condolences may be expressed online at www.grandstrandfh.com.

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How is life? Some of you will respond with a quick “good” (but if I were to literally write out your response, it would lack an exclamation mark). We often respond without thinking about how we really feel. Life can be, and often is, difficult. But, for the sake of common courtesy, we often avoid letting the world know how we really feel. This charade and common courtesy is not shared by the author of Lamentations. With his literal and poetic exclamation marks running throughout, he (or she – though it was likely written by the Prophet Jeremiah) allows his tears to fly in our faces throughout (Even the title itself could rightly have an exclamation mark!)! His vexation, depression and sadness has grown to such a degree, if he ever had hidden his emotion, he no longer can. What situation drove him to such public lamentation? Let’s take a look. He opens with “How lonely sits the city that was full of people!” (1:1). In the year 586 BC the Israelites (and specifically Jerusalem) had fallen to the Babylonians. The city that once held thousands of gleeful worshipers of God was overthrown by the Babylonians and the city’s residence were now either dead, taken into captivity or left to survive on the tattered shreds of what remained. There had been such desolation and death, Jeremiah describes Jerusalem as a “widow” and what is worse - the widow has become a “slave” (1:1). Things are so bad, the friends this “widow” once had have now become her “enemies” (1:2)! Do you ever feel like this? Verse 4 implies that even the young in the city have been taken advantage of (in grotesque ways) and in 1:5 we learn that “her children have

gone away, captives before the foe.” Israel has engaged in sinful behavior that the Lord had warned her of for hundreds of years – and she is now facing the consequences of such sin (see 1:5). The city that once was majestic is now a pile of rubble (1:6). The poetic description of the falling of Jerusalem is painfully illustrated with every stroke of the pen and with every chapter and verse. The misery is so great that the author is able to write this book using the Hebrew alphabet as an acronym 4 times over (chapters 1,2, 3 and 4 all have 22 verses (or is divisible by 22) – each verse correlating to one of the 22 letters in the Hebrew Alphabet). There is enough material to show over and over again how miserable her condition really is. Have you ever felt like this? The book is filled with illustrations and examples of misery at every turn. Many of these examples are poetic images (a widowed city) and other comments are simply statements of reality: famine (5:10), rape (5:11), the hanging of princes (5:12), slavery (5:13). These are real issues. The people have actually been dying of famine, there are people who are being raped, others (and some of the same) are hung, and most who are alive have been taken as slaves. Yet, with all of these poetic and literal representations of the troubles that Jerusalem is going through, none of them are more concrete or more problematic than the final lamentation of the book. The whole book hangs on this one quintessential problem. He concludes by stating what their real problem was…the problem which, if addressed, would ultimately solve all their other issues (the very same problem that we all have). It is all too often that we spend, verse after verse, chapter after chapter (or day after day) lamenting our problems. We bemoan this or that. Often those pains are real. They are not merely the angsty millen-

nial overreaction of not having fast enough internet (don’t make we wait…for realz… my battery might die!)! No, you may have real problems. But, though those problems are real, we would be wise to recognize that we face a greater problem. One that, if not addressed, would leave us with no hope for any problem we face. Lamentations concludes with this powerful phrase: “Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored!” (5:21). The main problem, from which every woe in this woeful book descends is that their relationship with the author of life had been broken. They (and we) needed to be restored unto the Lord! As a dark and malevolent funeral dirge might conclude, his last poem ends with an incomplete statement of great lamentation (you can hear the sobbing and the useless holding back of tears), “…unless you have utterly rejected us, and you remain exceedingly angry with us”! This open-ended statement/question had been left hanging in the air for generations. You can hear each subsequent generation hoping it wasn’t true, but wondering… ‘Has God utterly rejected us?’ This is left hanging until the day when God Himself came and proved that He had not utterly rejected His people. He came and bore the wrath of God. Though life is difficult and can seemingly swallow you up in despair, please recognize that our greatest cry of lament has been answered. For those who turn to our Savior, our lamentations can and will truly cease. Christ came that we may be restored unto the Father in heaven. As such, someday, we can rightly proclaim that all tears will be wiped away. The next time someone asks you, “How’s it going” – make sure that there is an exclamation mark on your response and let there be joy! For, the Lord has not rejected us forever!

CHURCH LISTINGS ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY 1259 Hwy. 35 South, St. Croix Falls 715-483-1100 www.stcroixalliance.com Lead Pastor Jeff Naegelen Co-Lead Pastor Chris Folkestad SUNDAY: Worship 10 a.m. ———————— ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH East Farmington Rev. Andy Anderson SUNDAY: Mass at 9 a.m. ———————— BETHANY LUTHERAN Star Prairie Pastor Dan Pennington (715) 248-3730 blcsp@frontiernet.net SUNDAY: Traditional Worship 8 a.m. Contemporary Worship 9:30 a.m. ———————— BETHESDA LUTHERAN LCMC 1947 110th Ave. Dresser Sand Lake 715-755-2562 www.bethesdalutheran.ws Pastor Peter Rimmereid Associate Pastor Scott Adkins SUNDAY: Contemporary/Traditional worship, 9 a.m ———————— CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH 150 Fifth Street Marine on St. Croix, Minn. Pastor Joel Martin 651-433-3222 SUNDAY: Worship 8:15 & 9:45 a.m. ———————— EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER Six miles east of Dresser on Co. Rd. F, 1751 100th Ave. Pastor Darryl R. Olson 715-755-3113 SUNDAY: Morning worship 10:30 a.m. Evening service 6 p.m. ————————

EUREKA BAPTIST CHURCH 2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Seth Brickley 715-483-9464 SUNDAY: Worship Service 10 a.m. ———————— FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 661A West Street Taylors Falls, MN 55084 651-465-6792 www.firstbaptisttaylorsfalls.com Dr. Kevin Schumann, Pastor SUNDAY: Worship 10.15 a.m. ———————— FIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 561 Chestnut St. Taylors Falls, Minn. SUNDAY: Worship 9 a.m. ———————— FIRST PRESBYTERIAN 719 Nevada St. St. Croix Falls Reverend David Maghakian 715-483-3550 (office) SUNDAY: Church Service 10 a.m. ———————— GRACE CHURCH – OSCEOLA Pastor Mark Barlow 722 Seminole Ave. Osceola 715-417-0752 SUNDAY: Worship Service, 10 a.m. ———————— GRACE BEREAN FELLOWSHIP 421 4th Street, Centuria Duane Gallentine, Pastor 715-755-2523 FRIDAY and SUNDAY KJV Bible Study/Fellowship ———————— GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Nye Area/Wisconsin Synod 2098 70th Avenue Pastor Nile Merseth SUNDAY: Worship 9 a.m. ———————— HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church 28005 Old Towne Road Chisago Lakes, Minn.

651-260-5100 www.holyx.net Fr. Bill Neumann, pastor SUNDAY: Worship 9:30 a.m. ———————— HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX CHURCH 523 First Street, Clayton 715-948-2203 Father Christopher Wojcik SUNDAY: Liturgy 9:30 a.m. ———————— HOPE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 933 248th Street, one mile north of Osceola on Highway 35 Pastor Nate Roschen 715-294-2112 • www.hefc.org SUNDAY: Worship 10 a.m. ———————— JOURNEY CHURCH 131 Broadway, Amery www.journeychurch.city office@journeychurch.city 715-268-2223 SUNDAY: Worship Service 9 a.m. ———————— NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY Non-denominational 201 State Hwy. 35, Dresser Pastor Tony Minell, 715-417-1982 galatiansii20@yahoo.com Church office: 715-417-0945 SUNDAY: Worship Service 9:30 a.m. ———————— NEW WINE COMMUNITY CHURCH 309 5th Street, Centuria Pastor Scott Petznick (715) 338-8912 Worship 10 a.m. ———————— OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH 2492 Education Drive, Osceola Larry Mederich www.osceolacommunitychurch.org SUNDAY: Worship 9 and 10:45 a.m. ————————

OSCEOLA MEDICAL CENTER SPIRITUAL CARE 2600 65th Avenue, Osceola https: myomc.org/wellness/ spiritual-care 715-294-2111 Chapel open daily for meditation. ———————— OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 306 River Street, Osceola P.O. Box 447 Pastor Jack Starr 715-755-2275 osceolaunitedmethodistchurch@gmail.com SUNDAY: Worship 10 a.m. Coffee Fellowship, 11 a.m. ———————— PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA), 2355 Clark Rd., Dresser 715-755-2515• plcdresser.org Pastor Melissa Carmack Find us on Facebook! peace@centurytel.net SUNDAY: Worship, 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. ———————— PRAIRIEVIEW COVENANT CHURCH OF NEW RICHMOND 1396 210th Ave. 2 miles north of New Richmond on Hwy. 65 Pastor Rudy King 715-248-0600 SUNDAY: Worship 10 a.m. ———————— REDEEMER EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH Wisconsin Synod Corner of Adams & Louisiana St. Croix Falls Rev. Timothy Blauert 715-483-3401 SUNDAY: Worship 9:15 a.m. ———————— RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH LIGHTHOUSE 1289 160th Street St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 715-483-5378

Pastor Jonah Fetzer SUNDAY: Worship 10 a.m. ———————— ST. ANNE PARISH 139 Church Hill Road Somerset, WI 54025 715-247-3310 Rev. Andy Anderson SATURDAY: Mass 5 p.m. SUNDAY: Mass 8 and 10 a.m. ———————— ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Upper St. Croix Parish 300 North Adams Street St. Croix Falls 715-483-9494 churches@centurytel.net umstcroixfallswolfcreek.org Pastor Ran Yoo Pastor Kooko Kim Sunday services 10 a.m. ———————— ST. CROIX UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP 201 N. Adams, St. Croix Falls www.scuuf.org Rev. Kelli Clement SUNDAY: 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sunday 10 a.m. ———————— ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH Franconia, MN 651-465-7345 www.stfrancisfranconia.org Fr. John Drees SUNDAY: Mass 9:15 a.m. ———————— ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC Osceola Rev. Andy Anderson 715-294-2243 SATURDAY: Mass at 4 p.m. SUNDAY: Latin Mass, 8:30 a.m. Mass at 11a.m. ———————— ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC 490 Bench Street Taylors Falls, Minnesota

651-465-7345 www.stjosephtaylorsfalls.org Fr. John Drees SATURDAY: 5:30 p.m. Vigil SUNDAY: Mass 7:30 and 11 a.m. ———————— SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD 140 Madison Street St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark Schoen 715-483-1186 SUNDAY: Worship Services 9 a.m. ———————— TRINITY EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) 300 Seminole Ave., (Ct H M) Osceola 715-294-2828 • www.trinityosceola.com Pastor David Rosenow (920-645-7526) SUNDAY: Worship 9 a.m. • Wed. 7 p.m. Bible Class, Sunday, 10:30 a.m. ———————— TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH OF GARFIELD 1578 85th Ave., Amery Pastor Lori Peper 715-268-9577 SUNDAY: Worship Service 9:30 a.m. ———————— WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN (ELCA), 447 180th St., Osceola www.westimmanuel.org SUNDAY: Worship Services, 9:30 a.m. ———————— WORD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP Cliff Bjork, (651) 465-7373 366 Bench St., Taylors Falls, Minn. SUNDAY: Worship Service 10 a.m. ———————— ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH (Wisconsin Synod) East Farmington Pastor William Brassow (715) 294-3489 THURSDAY: Worship, 4:30 p.m. SUNDAY: Worship, 10:30 a.m.

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Rayola A. Edling Rayola A. Edling of St. Croix Falls, died Sept.26, 22019, at Christian Commun nity Home in Osceola. Rayola was married to J John B. Edling on June 13, 11953. She taught school and rran Edling Funeral Home w with her husband John. Rayola was preceded in d death by her parents, her ssister Marilyn, her husband J John and son David. Rayola is survived by d daughters, Judith and Barb bara; son Steven with Mary F Flood; grandchildren Matt w with Allison, Nicole with Shannon, Paul, Andrea with Zac, Connor and Riley; and 4 great-granddaughters. She is also survived by her sister Betty and brother-in-law Art; nieces Debra, Lenee’ and Rachel with their families. Funeral Services were Oct. 1 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in St. Croix Falls Interment at St. Croix Falls Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed online at www.grandstrandfh.com.

BIRTHS

OSCEOLA MEDICAL CENTER Osceola, Wisconsin Sept. 20, 2019: A boy, Jacoby Gerald Brabec, weighing 7 pounds 9.5 pounces, to Olivia and Dylan Brabek, Osceola.

ST. CROIX REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER St. Croix Falls Wisconsin Sept. 9, 2019: A boy, Zayden James David Martin, weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces, Cassandra Mercer and Derek Martin, Frederic. Sept. 10, 2019: A boy, Bennett Lauren Kralewski, weighing 5 pounds 15 ounces, to Allie-Shay and Troy Kralewski, Cushing.

Sept. 12, 2019: A boy, Croix Joseph Kuechenmeister, weighing 8 pounds 11 ounces, to Jordyn and Zachary Kuechenmeister, Frederic. Sept. 16, 2019: A boy, Jaxon Kevin Fisk, weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces, to Tanesia and Kevin Fisk, St. Croix Falls. Sept. 19, 2019: A girl, Lily Anne Grace Tollefson, weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces, to Sherice Hartley and Brandon Tollefson, St. Croix Falls. Sept. 20, 2019: A boy, Isaac Gene VanHeuklom, weighing 7 pounds 1 ounce, to Miranda and Jacob VanHeuklom, Clayton.

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Osceola United Methodist Church Noon - 4 p.m. Our Fall Dinner will look, sound and taste a little different this year. We’re celebrating our German heritage with an Oktoberfest. We’ll have Bratwurst & Meatballs with Spaetzle, Hot German Potato Salad, Kraut & Red Cabbage, Draft Root Beer with various German Sweets for Dessert. All for only $7

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is tough. It costs money and that’s the role I think that the Department of Tourism can play in creating more resources and assets that local and regional tourism entities can tap into.” Getting the word out that Wisconsin tourist communities are thriving, and are more than just “drive through” destinations is something that is reliant on advertisement. Recognizing that

not all communities are capable to fully invest in advertising is something that Meaney hopes to address. “Everyone around the state is not able, and does not have the time or resources to place everything in advertisements,” she continued. “We’re hoping to build up more programs that towns like Osceola can tap into in order to make some of their work a bit more accessible and bring down costs in general for areas around

Sharing the road during fall harvest season UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – ST. CROIX COUNTY EXTENSION

Fall harvest season is underway throughout the state and will continue for the next couple of months. It’s a time of the year when motorists and farmers will be sharing roadways more frequently. It’s legal to drive farm machinery on public roads and it’s often the only way farmers can get from field to field. The combination of slow traveling farm equipment and faster motor vehicles means the time before the two meet can be seconds. Cheryl Skjolaas, UW-Madison Division of Extension agricultural safety specialist, explains there are two common types of crashes between motor vehicles and farm implements. The first type involves the farm implement making a left hand turn as the motorist goes to pass the implement. The second common crash type involves the motorist rear ending the farm implement. Skjolaas explains that motorists need to understand that farm equipment is not very

maneuverable. Its size makes it hard to move over quickly and it will take longer for it to turn into driveways or intersection. It is also difficult for the farm implement operator to see other vehicles that are following or passing farm equipment. The speed difference between a farm implement and a motor vehicle is the second key factor in crashes. Most farm equipment is operating at speeds under 25 mph. A motor vehicle coming up behind a farm implement has only seconds to stop before a crash may occur. Any type of distracted driving – talking on cellphone, checking a text message, being tired- can make stopping without a crash almost impossible. “It’s important to be alert and remember that these farm implements don’t behave like cars and pick-up trucks when it comes to speed, turning or braking,” she said. Slower speeds mean that motorists are going to be tempted to pass farm implements. Skjolaas reminds motorists that it is illegal to pass a farm

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the state.” After touring Main Street, eating lunch at the Watershed Café, hiking down to the St. Croix River, and stopping at the beautiful Cascade Falls, Secretary Meaney was able to enjoy one of Polk County’s many great communities and spoke of Osceola in high regard. “Our philosophy is that if it’s a great place to visit, it’s also a great place to live,” she said. “Osceola is living that every day.”

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implement or an agricultural commercial motor vehicle in a no passing zone. A motorist always has the responsibility to make sure that there’s a safe passing distance; making the decision to pass is difficult with farm implements. A motorist needs to be looking ahead for other vehicles but also for driveways into farms or fields, intersections and road structures that may cause the farm implement operator to change road position. Recent rains have damaged roadways and road shoulders throughout the state, so it may be necessary for farm equipment to travel on the roadway because washed out shoulders and wet ditches may cause machinery to overturn. While farm equipment is required to share the road and when meeting on-coming traffic operate on their half of the roadway, oncoming motorists can make passing safer by slowing down or giving the farm machinery a chance to move over. Wet field conditions also mean that truck tractors and trailers (semi-trucks) used for hauling grains from field may be parked using the right-of-way. Skjolaas offered some tips and reminders for motorists during the fall harvest season: – Look for lighting and marking on the farm implements. Farm machinery that usually travels less than 25 miles per hour (mph) is required to display a ‘slow moving vehicle’ or SMV emblem on the back. It is an orange and red triangle visible to the rear on

either the left hand side of the tractor or towing implement or the rear most towed vehicle. This is a key marking that a driver is approaching a farm implement. – Keep a safe distance back. The farm vehicle operator may not be able to see around the equipment, so don’t assume that the operator knows you are approaching. Similar to semi-trucks, many use large extended mirrors. When a driver follows too closely, the vehicle isn’t visible to the farm equipment operator. – Check for turn signals. On farm tractors or self-propelled machines like combines, the flashing lights are also turn signals. When following slow moving machines for a distance, it is easy to miss that operator has signaled for a turn. Or watch for the operator to use a hand signal when signal lights are not present. – During hours of darkness and low light situations when visibility is less than 500 feet such as when foggy or raining, everyone should have headlights on. – Farm implements may be traveling on roads where they are normally not expected. For example, farmers may use local streets or highways to transport grain to storage facilities. – A road sign to watch for is a yellow and black warning sign with the symbol of a farmer driving a tractor. These signs are within 500 feet of a driveway to alert motorists of a farm or field drive with an obstructed view such as on a hill or around a curve.

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POLK COUNTY ARRESTS Jerome H. Colburn, 64, Balsam Lake, was arrested September 15 for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a drug house. Brian F. Jones, 53, New Richmond, was arrested September 15 for possession of THC, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Dmytriy A. Kovalskiy, 35, Balsam Lake, was arrested September 15 for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a drug house. Christopher Wayne Johnson, 30, homeless, was arrested September 9 for a probation hold. Jimmy L. Studie, 47, Luck, was arrested September 9 for a probation hold. Kayla Kristine Vondelinde, 31, Lindstrom, MN, was arrested September 10 for a Chisago County warrant. John Henry Morgenstern, 53, was arrested September 11 for failure to appear. Angel Basilo Chalan-Medina, 35, Baldwin, was arrested September 11 for a St. Croix failure to appear warrant. Brent James Eliott

Johnvin, 25, Birchwood, was arrested September 12 for a probation hold. Bryan Douglas Hansen, 53, St. Croix Falls, was arrested September 13 for failure to appear. Linda Ann Buroker, 62, Delano, MN, was arrested September 14 for a failure to appear warrant. Tyler Nathan Thompson, 36, Frederic, was arrested September 15 for a Department of Corrections warrant. Summer Beth Kolbow, 52, Lindstrom, MN, was arrested September 10 for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and operating with prohibited alcohol content >.15. Micaela Rae Larsen, 30, Cumberland, was arrested September 14 for OWI (4th), operation after revocation and misdemeanor bail jumping (2). Kelli Jo Aguilar, 37, Austin, MN, was arrested September 15 for OWI (1st) and prohibited alcohol content (1st). Jean S. Volkert, 53, Amery, was arrested September 14 for OWI (1st). Nathaniel Oliver Root-Hollowman, 17, Deer Park, was arrested September 14 for absolute sobriety violation, possession of THC and possession of drug paraphernalia. Brandon Carl Woodrich, 25, Grantsburg,

was arrested September 21 for an arrest warrant. LeRoy William Demeules, 61, Luck, was arrested September 20 for a failure to appear warrant. Mitchell Thomas Fowler, 39, Turtle Lake, was arrested September 20 for a probation hold. Vincent Dellard Jensen, 52, Clayton, was arrested September 20 for an out of county warrant. Dylan J. Parris, 23, Amery, was arrested September 19 for a warrant. Daniel T. Sampson, 41, Centuria, was arrested September 16 for a parole warrant. Wally James Murray, 19, St. Croix Falls, was arrested September 19 for disorderly conduct and bail jumping. Sara J. Robinson, 54, Luck, was arrested September 19 for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and child neglect. David C. Robinson, 55, Luck, was arrested September 19 for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and child endangerment. Jacob J. Draves, 32, St. Croix Falls, was arrested September 20 for disorderly conduct, pos-

session of THC (2nd) and carrying a concealed weapon. Tamara Yvonne Constant, 48, Amery, was arrested September 20 for possession of methamphetamine. Codie W. Erickson, 27, Amery, was arrested September 21 for possession of drug paraphernalia. Timothy Scott Olson, 24, St. Croix Falls, was arrested September 22 for disorderly conduct. Briana Marie Zellmer, 35, Luck, was arrested September 22 for domestic violence and disorderly conduct. Terri Ann Schaubschlager, 46, Centuria, was arrested September 21 for felony bail jumping, resisting an officer and obstructing an officer. Tanya Lorraine Coen, 33, Star Prairie, was arrested September 20 for OWI (4th), felony bail jumping, possession of drug paraphernalia and a probation hold. Michael Dow Nelson, 25, Woodville, was arrested September 22 for OWI (1st) and prohibited alcohol content (1st) > .15. Trevor D. Tretsven, 21, Dresser, was arrested September 23 for OWI (1st) and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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POLK COUNTY MARRIAGE LICENSES Dareck Gregory Juleff and Kristen Carol Lansin of Clayton are to be married October 12, 2019. Cameron David Lee and Kimber LaVonne Utgard of Luck were married September 28, 2019. Tyler Robert Scott Lindquist of Farmington and Abigail Marie Leif of Plymouth are to be married October 19, 2019.

Probable Cause Reports state the “probable causeâ€? that the arresting officer believed he or she had at the time of arrest. The report is used by the district attorney, defense attorney, and judges in the court’s “initial appearanceâ€? to assist them in determining whether there was probable cause for the arrest and charges, and to assist the judge in setting bond. The District Attorney also uses the Probable Cause Report as a basis (but not exclusively) to complete the Criminal Complaint, which is the official charging document. While the Probable Cause report shows why the person was arrested, they are not officially charged until the Criminal Complaint is ďŹ led. Those charges may differ from the charge(s) listed on the Probable Cause based upon what charges the District Attorney believes he can prove based on the evidence he receives. Charges may be amended up or down during the charging process as information becomes available. Further, a charge should not be conated with a conviction. An arrested person is presumed to be innocent until convicted by a judge or jury. Not everyone who is arrested is convicted of the crimes alleged in the PC.

David Michael Medina of Forest Lake and Lillian Marie House of Champlin are to be married October 5, 2019. Joseph Donald Raygor and Tashina Grace Martinson of St. Croix Falls are to be married October 12, 2019. Woodrow Michael Reindahl and Michelle Jean Nelson of Clear

Lake are to be married October 19, 2019. Travis Joseph Rosauer and Kasiha Malique Pattee of North Branch are to be married October 12, 2019. Michael Hans Sogge and Paula Rose Hermansen of Milltown are to be married October 12, 2019.

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Cody Schwartz finds room behind a wall of Chieftain blocking during Osceola’s win over Amery. Schwartz was one of 14 Chieftains to get at least one carry during the game.

Osceola dominates Amery on local gridiron BY RON JASPERSON SPORTS WRITER

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Ellie Gillespie wins a point at the net in Osceola’s four game win over the Somerset Spartans. The Chieftains are now 2-0 in MBC play.

Chiefs volleyball team dispatches Somerset BY RON JASPERSON SPORTS WRITER

The Osceola Chieftain volleyball team got off to a slow start against border rival Somerset but came through with a win in four games over the Spartans. The win ups Osceola’s MBC record to 2-0 with a pair of conference matches this week. The Chieftains finished their week with an impressive performance at the River Falls Invitational where they tied for second place among six quality teams. Osceola was coming off a big win over New Richmond in their first conference tilt of the season and was hoping to make it two in a row with a win over Somerset. The Spartans had other ideas. The Chieftains struggled to a tight 25-23 win to take an early lead in the match before winning game two by a score of 25-19. Somerset did not go away quietly. The Spartans rallied in the third game to push the Chieftains away 25-22, setting the stage for game number four. Osceola took

command of the deciding game and dealt Somerset a 25-15 loss. Osceola Junior Ellie Gillespie was back on the court after sitting out with an injury. She was satisfied with the results and knows that the Chieftains are capable of playing well against all competition. “I think we really just need to continue to play our game and meet our goals that we have set,” Gillespie said. “When we shy away from playing our game is when we tend to struggle, so the more we play to our level each game the better our outcome will be.” Makena Hollman had a monster game for Osceola against Somerset. Hollman recorded nine service aces, had 18 kills and four blocks. Teagan Harrison was very good at the net recording eight kills. Hailey Ebert and Sydney Bents each recorded four services aces. Ebert also dished out 20 assists with Mathea Leiskau recording 11 helpers. Ebert added four digs to the record books SEE VOLLEYBALL, PAGE 21

It was a must-win for the Osceola Chieftain football team if they wanted to stay in the hunt for the Middle Border conference title. Amery came to town last Friday and the Warriors have had their struggles this seaso, but Osceola did not overlook Amery and came out ready to play. The Chieftains took an early lead and never looked back as they handled the Warriors 48-0. Osceola set the tone when

the defense took the field in the game’s opening drive. The Chieftains held the Warriors to a threeand-out and then the offense went to work. After five running plays, the last a seven yard touchdown run by Nick Carlson, Osceola was up 7-0 with just over four minutes of the game elapsed. Osceola maintained their 7-0 lead into the second quarter when lightning struck. Chieftain senior Matt Germain had a career game in one quarter alone. First he scored on a run from 63 yards out to make the score 14-0. One

series later he hit pay dirt on a counter play from 74 yards away to raise the Osceola advantage to 20-0. Germain then recovered a blocked Amery punt in the end zone for his third touchdown of the quarter. His incredible quarter of play ended when quarterback Aaron Schmidt hit him on a 25 yard TD pass to increase the score to 35-0 by intermission. Of course Germain could not have done it without some impressive blocking from his SEE FOOTBALL, PAGE 21

Chieftain golfers complete MBC play Begin Regionals in Somerset BY RON JASPERSON SPORTS WRITER

At the start of the Middle Border conference golf season the Osceola Chieftain were confident that they could be a factor in the final standings. It did not turn out that way as New Richmond placed first with consistent play with Prescott settling for the runner-up spot. St. Croix Central finished a solid third. Prescott’s Ava Salay ended up earning the MBC golfer of the year award Osceola ended their season with a pair of conference events. First it was a 9-hole tournament at Pheasant Hills and then the MBC season wrapped up with an 18-hole get-together in Ellsworth. The Chieftains struggled to put things together consistently ending up

in seventh place as a team at Pheasant Hills and placing eighth in Ellsworth. “Mental toughness remains our theme and taking not only one day at a time but one hole at a time,” Osceola coach Lisa Richert said. “When we played at Pheasant Hills I watched the Chiefs on the course I see smiles of good shots made or long putts that sank and other times I see frustration and disappointment of shots that maybe looked attainable but no matter how skilled we have become during our season the end result did not match the mental picture that we had in our minds.” Madi Link led the Osceola effort at Pheasant Hills shooting a 47 followed by Savanna Nord with a 51. Brooklyn Wegner (60) and Shelby Tembreull (61) completed the ChiefSEE GOLF, PAGE 21

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Chieftains dispatch Ellsworth in final MBC tennis dual meet BY RON JASPERSON SPORTS WRITER

The Osceola Chieftain tennis team has had a good year. Now they can make it a great year as they head into the conference tournament in New Richmond and then to the Regional tournament on Oct 7 at Baldwin-Woodville. Osceola ended their MBC Middle Border conference dual meet season with an impressive win over the Ellsworth Panthers. The Chieftains began their week with a non-conference loss to the River Falls Wildcats. It was a gloomy day in Osceola despite defeating Ellsworth by a 6-1 score. It was the last home match of the season for the Chieftain seniors. “It was a sad day for our seniors,” Osceola coach Beth Friedrichsen said. “There are some really special ladies that I have been working with and they are sure going to be missed. The leadership from Paige Dvorak and Makayla Quigley was really appreciated. There is no drama on our team. I love that so much and I have them to thank because they are such down to earth young women who are such great examples for the rest of their team. There were tears shed and all the seniors will be missed.” Once the games started Osceola quickly focused on business. The Chieftains won three of four singles matches and all three doubles events. Hope Lowney had a three set win at No. 1 singles with Jam Dannenmueller and Sophia LaVigne sweeping their matches at No. 2 singles and No. 3 singles respectively. “This win against the Panthers was a big confidence boost for my teammates and me and we’re ready to roll this confidence over into this week’s conference tournament,” Dannenmueller said. Paige Dvorak and Maddie Jensen won in straight sets at No. 1 doubles, Makayla Quigley and Ella Salewski did likewise at the No. 2 doubles spot and Kathryn Marek and Rachel Olson swept their opponents in straight sets at SEE TENNIS, PAGE 21

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Jam Dannenmueller and her Chieftain teammates completed the regular season dual meet schedule with a convincing win over Ellsworth. Osceola now begins the tournament portion of their schedule.

y wife Nancee’ and I were asleep when I heard Kova, a dog I was boarding, bark an angry bark from his travel crate on the porch. A second later we heard scratching just below our bedroom window that scared Nancee. BEAR!!! Simultaneously, I realized I forgot to let our 2 house dogs back into the house before coming to bed. After her heart returned to normal, Nancee’ asked me how the dogs knew, from outside in the dark, where we were in the house. Then she asked me if I thought Kova was letting us know the dogs needed to be let in. I’ve raised, trained and sold dogs for over 50 years and I’ve seen dogs do some amazing things. I’ve also researched dogs that amazed me. The best was a trained military dog that was able to find panes of glass buried under a foot under sand in several feet of saltwater. How was this accomplished? I have no answers but others do. Wild River According to Animal Science, neuroscientist Gregory Burns who Trails has been running MRIs on dogs at Jim Bennett Emory University in Atlanta says, “I think our dogs experience things

very much the way we do.” Dogs have been in our lives for over 15,000 years and today 44% of families in the US have at least one dog, meaning a population of around 80 million dogs. “Dogs don’t have language but they communicate with their eyes, barks and expressive body moves” says Juliana Kaminski, director of the Dog Cognition Centre at the University of Portsmouth, in England. “A system has developed in which both species – ours and theirs – attend to each other’s needs.” Canine research centers in Hungary, Austria, Germany, Italy, Austria, Australia and elsewhere are looking for answers. Dogs can read gazes, human faces and can identify geometric shapes and sort of count and choose the shape that has more. Dogs do better than 3-4 year olds at learning bad behavior. Kids and dogs were given a lever to open a box for food, and then after the lever was disabled dogs simply opened the box while children continued to turn the worthless handle. One thing that can’t be measured is a dog’s loyalty, barking to warn owners of fire, help owners when injured, need protection, helping the blind, answering phones and sniffing out drugs and bombs. For SEE BENNETT, PAGE 19

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Oct. 5 at New Richmond. Oct. 12 at Eau Claire Memorial. Oct. 17 at Somerset. Chieftain Cross Country Summary Roy Griak Invitational Minneapolis, MN September 28, 2019 Team Standings (Small Schools) – (girls – 5,000 meters) Top 10 of 50 schools 1) Shorewood 161 2) St. Louis Park 251 3) Brandon Valley 265 4) Menomonie 269 5) Medford Area 284 6) Osceola 337 7) Notre Dame Academy 363 8) Frontier Academy 370 9) Albany 384 10) Winona 440 Osceola Individuals (overall place, name, time) 6, Rachel Ulrich, 19:45.7 72, Lauren Ellefson, 21:36.4 76, Alli Fogelberg, 21:38.9 90, Caroline Gearin, 21:48.0 93, Chloe Backlund, 21:51.4 (140), Tia Foster, 22:21.4 (151), Shaylee Feske, 22:33.8 Individual winner, Reagan Baesler, Hillsboro/Central Valley, 19:04.1. Team Standings (Small Schools) – (boys – 5,000 meters) Top 10 of 50 schools 1) Notre Dame Academy 149 2) Nova Classical Academy 181 3) Minneapolis Southwest 206 4) River Falls 209 5) Minneapolis Washburn 263 6) Brandon Valley 318 7) Osceola 338 8) Lakeville South 359 9) Champlin Park 371 10) St. Cloud Cathedral 456 Osceola Individuals (overall place, name, time) 42, Quinn McDonald, 17:44.8 52, Kolten Heimbach, 17:54.5 70, Zach Solsrud, 18:04.7 84, Sean Rogers, 18:13.9 90, David Olson, 18:16.3 (102), Nick Kremer, 18:22.1 (140), Jacob Hall, 18:41.6 Individual winner, Frankie Lynch, Benilde St. Margaret, 16:32.9 .

SCF CROSS COUNTRY Oct. 3 St. Croix Falls Invitational. Oct. 8 at Amery. Oct. 15 at Yellow Lake. Oct. 25 Sectional at Boyceville. Nov. 2 State at Wisconsin Rapids. Saints Cross Country Summary Raider Invitational Hudson, WI September 24, 2019 Team Standings – (girls – 5,000 meters) 1) Hudson 37 2) Mahtomedi 68 3) Menomonie 92 4) New Richmond 97 5) Chippewa Falls 97 6) Hastings 133 7) St. Croix Prep 204 8) Osseo-Fairchild 204 9) St. Croix Falls 259 St. Croix Falls Individuals (overall place, name, time) 45, Sierra Braund, 26:00.0 51, Alise Wiehl, 27:35.2 52, Emily Hahn, 27:59.6 55, Payden Bainbridge, 28:53.4 56, Abby Jensen, 29:02.2 58, Jesi Peterson, 29:44.8 60, Aleah Jensen, 30:19.8 Individual winner, Alicia Belany, Hudson, 20:26.2. Team Standings – (boys – 5,000 meters) 1) New Richmond 56 2) Hastings 61 3) Mahtomedi 65 4) Hudson 81 5) St. Croix Falls 154 6) St. Croix Prep 166 7) Chippewa Falls 171 8) Menomonie 200 9) North 225 St. Croix Falls Individuals (overall place, name, time) 2, Trevor LaMirande, 17:47.4 20, Mason Peer, 19:30.4 22, Viktor Knigge, 19:42.5 49, Kegan Koshiol, 21:13.9 61, Tristan Hanson, 22:00.4 62, Hunter Stelton, 23:29.2 63, Jack Kessler, 24:41.5 Individual winner, Noah Lundeen, Hudson, 17:32.9.

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Oct. 4 at Prescott. Oct. 11 vs. St. Croix Central. Oct. 18 at Ellsworth. Osceola Football Statistics Amery at Osceola (unofficial) September 27, 2019 Rushing (att - yds - td’s) OHS, Johnson 7-51, Germain 4-152-2, Carlson 10-87, Schmidt 2-3, Mork 3-6-1, Jordan 3-13, Campeau1-15, L Sedivy 1-8-1, McClung 2-(-1), Newton 3-9, Williams 2-3, Swartz 2-26, J Sedivy 1-5, Swanson 3-20. AHS, Martin 3-3, Melberg 4-0, Hopke 5-(-21), Wolf 1-7, Cook 2-0, Jackson 6-(-24), Kurschinski 1-7. Passing (comp - att - yds – td - int) OHS, Schmidt 1-2-25-1-0. AHS, Hopke 5-19-32-0-1, Jackson 0-2-0-0-0. Receiving (catches - yds - td’s) OHS, Germain 1-25-1. AHS, Kurschinski 1-13, Melberg 1-6, Martin 3-13. Punts OHS, none. AHS, Kurschinski 6-165-27.5 ave. Team Statistics Yards Rushing; OHS 397, AHS -28 Yards per Carry; OHS 9.0, AHS -1.3. Yards Passing; OHS 25, AHS 32. Yards per Attempt Passing; OHS 12.5, AHS 1.5. Total Yards; OHS 422, AHS 4. Total Plays; OHS 46, AHS 43. First Downs; OHS 15, AHS 4. Kickoff Returns; OHS 1-28-28.0 ave. AHS 6-102-17.0 ave. Punt Returns; OHS 2-8-4.0 ave. AHS none. Penalties; OHS 5-36, AHS 5-25. Turnovers; OHS 2 (2 fumbles), AHS 3 (2 fumbles, int). Scoring 1 2 3 4 F AHS 0 0 0 0 0 OHS 7 28 13 0 48 First Quarter OHS – Carlson 7 run (Carlson kick), 7:49 Second Quarter OHS – Germain 63 run (Carlson kick), 10:36 OHS – Germain 74 run (kick failed), 8:11 OHS – Germain recovers blocked punt in end zone (Carlson run), 3:37 OHS – Germain 25 pass from Schmidt (Carlson kick), 1:19 Third Quarter OHS – Mork 5 run (Rud kick), 5:09 OHS – L Sedivy 8 run (kick failed), 1:25 Fourth Quarter No scoring Middle Border Football Standings September 27, 2019 Conf All 1) St. Croix Central 3-1 5-1 1) Ellsworth 3-1 5-1 1) Baldwin-Woodville 3-1 4-2 1) New Richmond 3-1 4-2 5) Osceola 2-2 3-3 6) Somerset 1-3 2-4 6) Prescott 1-3 1-5 8) Amery 0-4 0-6 Scores from September 27th Osceola 48, Amery 0 Ellsworth 38, Somerset 8 New Richmond 41, Prescott 0 St. Croix Central 41, Baldwin-Woodville 14

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Oct. 4 at Hayward. Oct. 11 vs. Cameron. Oct. 18 at Ladysmith. St. Croix Falls Football Statistics (unofficial) Rushing (att - yds - td’s) SCF, Erickson 13-66, Steffen 5-28, Fisk 12-25, Oye 2-6, Ross 1-4, Clark 4-2. NHS Brill 11-135-2, Werner 16-115-1, Mazur 8-63, Trautt 10-52-1, Nichols 2-22. Passing (comp - att - yds – td - int) SCF, Clark 6-12-118-2-1. NHS Brill 2-7-49-0-0. Receiving (catches - yds - td’s) SCF, Leahy 2-67-1, Erickson 2-24-1, Steffen 1-19, Mysicka 1-8. NHS, Evanson 2-49. Punts (att / yds / ave) SCF, Bents 3-116-38.7 ave. NHS 1-(-5)-(-5 ave.). Team Statistics Yards Rushing; SCF 131, NHS 387. Yards per Carry; SCF 3.5, NHS 8.2. Yards Passing; SCF 118, NHS 49. Yards per Attempt Passing; SCF 9.8, NHS 7.0. Total Yards; SCF 249, NHS 436. Yards per Play; SCF 5.1, NHS 8.1. Total Plays; SCF 49, NHS 54. First Downs; SCF 13, NHS 20. Kickoff Returns; SCF 6-157-26.2 ave. NHS 3-78-26.0 ave. Punt Returns; SCF none, NHS 2-23-11.5 ave. Penalties; SCF 4-40, NHS 3-35. Turnovers; SCF 1 (interception), NHS 1 (fumble). Scoring 1 2 3 4 F NHS 7 16 0 10 33 SCFHS 0 7 8 6 21 First Quarter NHS – Brill 45 run (Nichols kick), 8:56 Second Quarter NHS – Brill 43 run (Nichols kick), 7:19 NHS – Nichols 39 field goal, 3:02 SCFHS – Oye 92 kickoff return (Bents kick), 2:48 NHS – Trautt 15 run (kick failed), 0:30 Third Quarter SCFHS – Erickson 17 pass from Clark (Erickson run), 7:17 Fourth Quarter NHS – Werner 15 run (Nichols kick), 9:48 NHS – Nichols 37 field goal, 4:18 SCFHS – Leahy 55 pass from Clark (pass failed), 2:10

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Learn to make mammograms more comfortable Mammograms remain one of the best methods to detecting breast cancers, giving women the opportunity to start treatment early if cancer is detected. In countries with early access to quality screening and treatment, breast cancer survival rates are now greater than 80 percent. The organization Mammography Saves Lives says that, since 1990, mammography has helped reduce breast cancer mortality in the United States by 40 percent. Mammograms usually take around 20 minutes. During a traditional mammogram, a woman’s breast is placed between two plates. One plate holds the breast in place, while the other takes images, and the breasts must be compressed to get clear pictures of breast tissue. Some women find the process to be uncomfortable. Even though mammograms can be essential parts of preventive healthcare, many women avoid them because of pain and other discomfort. However, women should not put off mammograms because they are worried about discomfort. There are many ways to avoid pain during

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Breast cancer signs and symptoms An estimated 627,000 women lost their lives to breast cancer in 2018. A proactive approach is a key component of protecting against breast cancer. Many breast cancer symptoms are invisible and not noticeable without a professional cancer screening, women can keep an eye out for certain signs they might be able to detect on their own. Monthly self-exams can help women identify changes in their breasts. During such self-exams, women should look for the following signs

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CAPITOL REPORT Drug crimes most common offenses among those seeking pardons

Strang said the drug cases reflect the “unwise and ultimately destructive drug policy” implemented in Wisconsin and nationally in the early 1980s. “We have over-prosecuted and over-incarcerated people with drug problems and fairly minor drug offense in the scheme of things,” Strang said. Evers’ decision to bring back the Pardon Advisory Board comes amid a significant shift both in Wisconsin and the country on how to approach the criminal justice system, particularly its treatment of drug offenses. Evers’ predecessor, Gov. Scott Walker, didn’t issue any pardons during his eight years in office, allowing the Pardon Advisory Board to go dormant. He argued that pardons undermined the decisions of judges and juries. Meanwhile, a bipartisan effort in the Legislature has placed more emphasis on treatment and diversion programs rather than simply punishing drug offenders.

Those seeking a pardon from Gov. Tony Evers were more likely to have a drug conviction than any other offense, a WisPolitics.com review shows. All told, the review turned up 27 applicants who had felony drug convictions on their records — by far the most common crime committed by those who applied for pardons during the first two months of the program. For 24 of those applicants, online court records listed felony charges either for possession with intent or manufacturing with intent, while two had convictions for drug possession. In a third case, a woman pleaded guilty to delivering cocaine in 1994 and then pleaded guilty three years later to possession of THC, a second offense. Longtime defense attorney Dean

Wisconsin Republican Senate leader floats tax cut idea MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate who last week announced he is running for Congress is raising the possibility of cutting taxes next year. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said in an interview broadcast Sunday on WISN-TV that he thinks the Legislature will be able to cut taxes next year. He says the Legislature could tap additional tax revenue the state is projected to collect.

Fitzgerald made the comments just days after he launched his bid for Congress in the heavily Republican 5th Congressional District, which includes conservative northern and western Milwaukee suburbs. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said in May when the projection for additional revenue was first made that most of it should be kept in reserves in case of an economic downturn.

And nationally, President Trump last year signed an overhaul of the nation’s prison sentencing laws that reduces some mandatory minimum sentences while expanding job training and programs to reduce recidivism. That’s in sharp contrast to the approach of the “truth in sentencing” law and other tough-on-crime measures that swept through Wisconsin two decades ago. Under the executive order Evers signed in mid-June, those convicted of a felony can apply for a pardon if they completed their sentence at least five years earlier and haven’t committed any new crimes. A pardon won’t expunge the conviction, but the Evers administration describes it as a “grant of forgiveness from the Governor that can restore some rights and privileges and relieve certain legal disabilities.” Evers’ office declined to allow WisPolitics.com to review the pardon applications turned in between June 20

and Aug. 22. Instead, WisPolitics.com was provided a list of people who had applied for pardons and their birthdates so they could be matched against online court records. In comparing the 143 applications with online records, 31 of the people listed either had no cases listed on the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access website or had no felony convictions that turned up in the search. Those records, however, aren’t complete. While counties first began using the system in 1991, they made independent decisions about uploading old cases, according to the website. The Capitol Report is written by editorial staff at WisPolitics.com, a nonpartisan, Madison-based news service that specializes in coverage of government and politics, and is distributed for publication by members of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. Copyright © WisPolitics.com

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Chieftain runners race to lofty ďŹ nishes at prestigious Griak Invitational BY RON JASPERSON SPORTS WRITER

The Osceola Chieftain cross country team does not shy away from competition. Coach Rachael Robinson historically will get her team to compete among the top schools in the area in preparation for the most important meets at the end of the season. Last week the Chieftains went to the University of Minnesota campus to compete in the prestigious Roy Griak Invitational. The Osceola girls placed sixth as a team and the boys seventh among the 50 schools entered. “What a great showing for the Osceola Chiefs,� Robinson said. “Two top ten places at the Roy Griak Invitational is a big accomplishment. It’s a huge motivator as we transition into the last weeks of the season.� Freshman Rachel Ulrich led the Osceola girls to their lofty finish by placing sixth overall out of the 509 runners that were entered in the race. Ulrich had a time of 19:45.7 on the tough, hilly 5,000 meter course. Juniors Lauren Ellefson and Alli Fogelberg finished within two seconds of each other in earning the 72nd and 76th spots respectively. Senior Caroline Gearin (90th) and sophomore Chloe Backlund (93rd) completed the Chieftain scoring.

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Osceola runners got off to a great start in the race at Unity where they placed third as a team. Several Chieftains came home with personal records.

“Our team has been training incredibly hard this season,� Backlund said in explaining the team’s success. “We have accomplished much but we will need to run competitively to reach our goals in our conference and Sectional meets.� The Osceola boys displayed great balance in claiming the seventh spot as a team. The Chieftains’ top seven runners were separated by just 57 seconds with Quinn McDonald (42nd overall) the top Osceola runner finishing in 17:44.8. McDonald was followed by Kolten Heimbach (52nd), Zach Solsrud (70th), Sean Rogers (84th) and David

Olson (90th). “It’s pretty intimidating,� Heimbach said about the race that started with 561 runners. “Just getting out fast and seeing all your competitors is kind of cool to me. I like running in big meets like this throughout the season. It brings out your true talent and it gives you more perspectives about running.� Osceola began their competitive week with a meet at Unity. The Chieftains used runners who did not compete at the Griak in order to give them more racing experience. The Osceola girls placed third out of

six varsity teams entered and the boys placed fourth. The Osceola girls team consisted of Evelyn Lutz, Michaela Schultz, Cecelia Gustafson, Margaret Nalen, Mari Valbuena and Isabelle Measner while Dylan Salewski, Mason Campbell, Dillion Peterson, Riley Koosman, Travis Jennings, Mason Hancock, Jacob Jensen, Ethan Landgreen, Kaden Pingel, Jack Morrison, Elvis Cormican and Garrett Sellers toed the starting line for the boys. Lutz was the top finisher for the girl, finishing in eighth place overall and Salewski led the boys,

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Osceola’s Dylan Salewski and Mason Campbell lead a group of runners at the Unity Invitational. The Chieftains also competed at the Roy Griak Invitational last week.

also finishing eighth. “Our JV squad also had an awesome showing at Unity,� Robinson said. “The group came home with 12 personal records and two indi-

vidual medals. Evelyn Lutz and Dylan Salewski each placed in the top 10 among other varsity teams. They raced with confidence and determination.�

Soccer team nets win over Spooner

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The Osceola Chieftain soccer team notched its second win in as many weeks when they defeated the Spooner Rails last week in Osceola. The Chieftains fell to the Somerset Spartans in their first game of a busy week in a game played in Somerset. Osceola collected their first Middle Border conference win of the season when they defeated the Spooner/Shell Lake Rails 4-2 in a game played at the Robert W. Vesperman athletic complex in Osceola. The Chieftains drew first blood when Sean Archibald found the back of the Spooner net at 14:39 to give Osceola a 1-0 lead. Spooner got the equalizer just over five minutes later when Landon Deneen scored for the Rails. Both teams held off the opponents’ efforts the remaining 25 minutes of the first half to keep the score at 1-1 at the break. It did not take long for Osceola to gain the upper hand after intermission. Senior Trey Boissy scored just 36 seconds into the second half to put the Chieftains up 2-1. Archibald doubled the Osceola lead five minutes later with his second goal of the game. Freshman Davin Lindh got into the scoring parade for the Chieftains when he connected at 73:47. Although it wasn’t necessarily a pretty goal it effectively took Spooner out of any comeback SEE SOCCER, PAGE 23

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Junior Mason Peer (bib #121, green shoes) finished in 20th place at Hudson cross country meet on Tuesday with a time of 19:30 and in 9th place at Unity on Thursday night with a time of 18:23.

SCF runners prepare for October BY COACH ADAM KOVAR

Where and When: Hudson Cross Country Raider Invitational Sept. 24 Summary/Results: The St. Croix Falls girls varsity team placed ninth at the meet led by Sierra Braund (26:00 for 5,000 meters) who finished 45th and our boys varsity team placed fifth out of nine teams. Trevor LaMirande (17:47 for 5,000 meters) finished second overall with Mason Peer (19:30) finishing 20th. Highlights: “The biggest highlight of the night for me was the strong team finish for our boys led by top 20 finishes from Trevor LaMirande and Mason Peer,” Saints coach Adam Kovar said. What it means: “Hudson was another opportunity for us to see some different competition from schools we often don’t get to compete against and see how we fare,” Kovar noted. “I thought our kids embraced the challenge on another hot and muggy night.” Where and When: Unity Cross Country Invitational September 26, 2019 Summary/Results: The SCF girls placed second out of five teams led by Sierra Braund (22:56) who finished seventh. The Saints boys placed third out of six teams with Trevor LaMirande (16:59) finishing first overall, Viktor Knigge (18:18) sixth, and Mason Peer (18:23) ninth. Highlights: “We had a really good showing as a program at the Unity meet,” Kovar said. “Many of our runners ended up setting season and/or personal records at the meet and ran really good races.” What it means: “I think our showing at Unity will give us confidence and positive momentum as we move into October and as we get closer to the postseason,” Kovar summarized. Upcoming: “This week we have our home meet and I know the kids will be excited to carry their performances to our place,” Kovar said.

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Senior Azalea Edwards (#4) sets up the ball. Saints beat the Siren Dragons in 3 games

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SCF Volleyball has dominating week in Lakeland play BY COACH JEN NELSON

When and Where: Sept. 24 at Luck Outcome: St. Croix Falls 3, Luck 0 Summary: St. Croix Falls completed the first half of West Lakeland conference play by winning their sixth straight match. The Saints game record for the first half of conference play was a combined 18-6. Stats: Sidney Hoverman 13 kills and 14 digs, Olivia Miron 9 kills and 3 blocks, Kylie Broten 9 kills and 3 blocks, Emily McCurdy 5 kills and 12 digs, Azalea Edwards 2 blocks, Lucia Neuman 4 kills, 2 aces and 29 assists, Riley Henk 10 digs, Sydnei Larson 10 digs. When and Where: Sept 26 at St. Croix Falls Outcome: St. Croix Falls 3, Siren 0 Summary: SCF made it seven straight conference wins with a dominating three game win over the Siren Dragons. St. Croix Falls won the first game by a convincing 25-2 score. Siren came the closest that they would come all night in the second game but still lost 25-20. The Saints closed out the Dragons with a 25-8 decision in game three. St. Croix Falls outscored Siren by a collective score of 75-30 for the match. Stats: Hoverman 23 kills, Broten 5 kills, Edwards 3 kills, Henk 11 digs, Larson 7 aces, Neuman 4 aces and 35 assists. The SCF team hitting percentage was .311. Comments: “Great homecoming matches this week,” St. Croix coach Jen Nelson said. Upcoming: St. Croix Falls will hit the road for their next two conference matches beginning with a trip to Unity on Oct. 3. The Saints then travel to Webster on Oct. 8 to take on the Tigers.

SCF occer wins one, ties one BY COACH CRAIG ZIPPERER

When and Where: September 24th at St. Croix Falls Outcome: St. Croix Falls/Unity 3, Spooner 0 Summary: The St. Croix Falls/Unity soccer team played well in a game at St. Croix Falls shutting out Spooner by a score of 3-0. Goals were scored by Noah Kazmierski, Kullan Parks and Owen McDonough. Comments: “The home victory was all the more sweet due to the fact it was SCF homecoming, Parents night and senior night,” SCF/ Unity coach Craig Zipperer said. “There were many great moments of the game including giving the entire roster varsity minutes, thanking the player’s parents and guardians, and honoring the seniors for their commitment and mentoring their peers.” Homecoming: It is often times difficult for the players to focus on the game when there are so many other homecoming activities during the week. Zipperer was pleased with how his players handled the situation. “There were many positive distractions that surrounded the kids this week,” he said. “I was proud that the kids were able to stay focused on the game.” When and Where: September 28th at Amery Outcome: SCF/Unity 1, Amery 1 Summary: “Although it was a beautiful morning for soccer and the field was in great condition, I believe we could have played better as a team during the competition,” Zipperer said. “There seemed to be a division between our positional lines that we could not rectify.” Comments: “Coming off of a homecoming week and playing without one of our captains we knew it would be a difficult game,” Zipperer said. “We have worked hard to play with control and support. (Last Saturday’s game) did not reflect that. The players are very responsive and I have no doubt they will correct this and our play will improve.” Upcoming: SCF/Unity will travel to Spooner on Oct. 8th for a rematch with the Rails.

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Saints Junior Kaleb Bents (#42) had a great defensive game against the unbeaten Northwestern Tigers including this kick off which resulted in a touchback. Final score was Saints 21, Tigers 33.

Saints Heart O’North winning streak snapped at three BY COACH GRANT BELISLE

When and Where: Sept. 27 at St. Croix Falls Outcome: Northwestern 33, St. Croix Falls 21 Summary: The St. Croix Falls Saints had their Heart O’North winning streak snapped at three straight when they fell to the conference leading Northwestern Tigers 33-21. The loss leaves St. Croix Falls in fifth place in the 10-team conference with a 3-3 record. Comments: “We ran into a very tough team Friday when Northwestern showed up,” St. Croix Falls coach Grant Belisle said. “They came in ranked #5 in D-4, and I truly believe that’s about where they belong. They had great size on both offensive and defensive lines but they also carry that size into their offensive backfield and line-backing crew.” Defense: “Northwestern proved very difficult to slow down or stop,” Belisle said. “I thought our SCF kids did well executing the defensive game plan but we struggled a bit getting their backs to the ground.” Offense: “Zack Clark had a solid night passing the ball as he went 50% and came up with some great throws when needed,” Belisle said. “McKinley Erickson also ran tough when he had the opportunity.” Special Teams: “Our special teams had a solid night,” Belisle noted. “Dayo Oye returned a kickoff (for a touchdown) and we forced Northwestern to punt a ball into their own protector’s back. Kaleb Bents had some nice kickoffs that kept Northwestern from having good starting field position.” Overall: “As a team I’m happy with our kids’ constant effort and willingness to continue to battle,” Belisle said. “We keep looking for opportunities to change the momentum into our favor even when things are going the opponent’s way.” Upcoming: St. Croix Falls travels to Hayward Oct. 4, to take on the Hurricanes. Hayward is one notch above SCF in the conference standings with a 4-2 record. “Hayward will be a very tough game this week,” Belisle said. “They spread the field to force you to play honest defense. They also have the league leading rusher in #2 Sorensen.”

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Sophomore Owen McDonough (#16) maintains control of the ball and scored one of the goals for the SCF/Unity soccer team in their 3-0 win over the Spooner Rails on Sept 24.

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room across the hall from the Osceola Library. All are welcome, members and friends. Osceola was 175 years old in 2019 and it has a great history with lots of stories to tell. Come experience part of that history for an evening. The Nov. 4 program will feature Nancy Beck presenting the “History and Restoration of the 1904 CH Staples Building located at 121 Cascade Street. The Osceola Historical Society is a non-profit 501c3 organization that was created to preserve local history. Currently the organization owns the Emily Olson House at 408 River Street, which is open by appointment.

Plus, they own the National Register Osceola SOO Line Depot and partner with the Minnesota Transportation Museum to offer rides in the St. Croix River Valley. Membership is welcome and lots of volunteer opportunities are available. In 2019, extensive work is being done to bring the archives into the digital age and the book, “A History of Farmington Township” is complete and will be for sale for Christmas. For more information log onto the Osceola Historical Face Book Page https://www. facebook.com/Osceola. Historical.Society/ or osceolahistorical@gmail. com. SUBMITTED

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opefully by the time the paper comes out, we will have started on a few wonderful fall days. It’s hard to see the colors in their full glory with these gray, rainy days. But it could be worse, so enjoy what we have. The Lord has blessed us! Oct. 5 is SCF Autumn Fest & Craft Fair at the Library Plaza and join them for an AllCity group photo celebrating World Smile Day at 10 am. Wear your best smile and show up for the photo. Our monthly $8 dinner will be on Sunday the 13 of October at 12:30pm. The menu will be Mike’s chili with hot dogs and other good stuff including desert. 500 cards after we eat about 1 p.m. Don’t miss out on a great and good company too. Columnist lunch You are invited to join the card players on Tuesday afternoon for Pat Willits Hand and Foot or 500 always room for more. Treats, pop, coffee or tea as well as lots of time to visit. Most Sundays at 12:30 p.m. we have a potluck dinner and we play 500 after the meal is over, about 1 p.m. They play bridge every Friday am and mahjong on Wednesday afternoons, 500 on Thursday evenings starting at 6:30 p.m. The center is available for private parties or events, most days and weekends. Call Joyce and Daryl Nelson for information 715-483-3466. Tues. 9/24 winners 500: BrenNel Ward and Shirley Sims. 9 Bid: Jan Johnson Hand and Foot Winner: Ione White. Thursday 9/26 winners 500: Bob Norlander, Roger Greely, and Shirley Sims. The center is located downtown St. Croix Falls. 140 N. Washington. Phone:715-483-1901.

Winners in the Osceola Knights of Columbus Punt, Pass and Kick contest were, front row: Elliot Havlish, Ben Larkey and Monica Hobbs. Back row: Gabe Hobbs, J.J. Tinney and Jaxson Tinney. Winners compete in Siren Oct. 5.

Duffy serves final day in House; Evers sets January election BY SCOTT BAUER ASSOCIATED PRESS

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic governor announced Monday that the special election to fill Republican Sean Duffy’s congressional seat will be held in January, a move that avoids potentially boosting GOP turnout in a state Supreme Court election next spring. Duffy’s House district, in mostly rural central, northwest and northern Wisconsin, is the heart of President Donald Trump country, so holding the special election during the already-scheduled April 7 election could have benefited conservative Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly’s chances. That also is the day Wisconsin Democrats cast their presidential primary ballots. Duffy’s final day in Congress was Monday. He made a surprise announcement last month that he would not finish out his fifth term because his ninth baby, due in early October, was diagnosed with a hole in its heart that would require more of his time and attention. Gov. Tony Evers set the election for Duffy’s seat for Jan. 27 with

a primary on Dec. 30, saying he wanted to hold it “quickly” to ensure people in the district “have a voice in Congress.” Mark Jefferson, executive director of the Wisconsin Republican Party, accused Evers of making a “desperate move” to “shield his party from rural voters during the spring election.” Whoever wins the special election to replace Duffy would serve through the end of 2020 and have to run and win again in November 2020 to serve a full twoyear term. Under the dates of the special election, the seat will be vacant for about four months. Duffy, 47, a former lumberjack and MTV reality show star, was elected in 2010 representing the 7th Congressional District. He made a surprise announcement last month that he would not finish out his fifth term because his ninth baby, due in early October, was diagnosed with a hole in its heart that would require more of his time and attention. “I don’t think our founders ever envisioned that to come to this chamber should be a lifetime sentence,” Duffy said in his farewell speech on the House floor last week.

Duffy was one of Trump’s most vocal supporters, frequently appearing on national news shows to defend the president. He also has been mentioned as a possible candidate for Senate or governor in 2022. In 2012, Republican Mitt Romney carried Duffy’s district with 51% of the vote, compared with 48% that went to then-President Barack Obama. In 2016, Trump won it by 57% to 37% over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Republican state Sen. Tom Tiffany is the only announced candidate and has closely aligned himself with Trump. Jason Church, an Army veteran who lost both his legs in Afghanistan and now works for Sen. Ron Johnson, also is considering a GOP run, as is Cuban-born Wausau thoracic surgeon Fernando “Fritz” Riveron. On the Democratic side, those considering a bid include state Rep. Nick Milroy, of South Range; state Sen. Janet Bewley, of Mason; former state Sen. Pat Kreitlow, of Chippewa Falls; Wausau attorney Christine Bremer Muggli; and Margaret Engebretson, a political newcomer in 2018 who ran against Duffy and got 38% of the vote.

marijuana was one of the few ideas Evers discussed that has bipartisan support, but even that faces an uphill battle in the face of opposition from Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald. A bipartisan group of lawmakers last week introduced a medical marijuana bill. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has said he was open to the idea, while Fitzgerald has long been opposed. The bill would have to pass both the Senate and Assembly and be signed by Evers before becoming law. Evers said he hoped to get Vos

and the Assembly involved in passing the bill and then try to convince Fitzgerald it’s the “right thing to do.” When the medical marijuana bill was introduced last week, Fitzgerald said he didn’t support it and “it’s going to be a tough sell to a majority of my caucus.” Fitzgerald, who also announced last week that he’s running for Congress, has suggested the possibility of cutting taxes if state revenues continue to come in above projections. But Evers was cool to that idea, saying he didn’t

Wisconsin state forest renamed after former Gov. Tony Earl Evers to push for gun safety bills, medical marijuana MISHICOT, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin state forest in Peshtigo has been renamed after former Gov. Tony Earl. The state Department of Natural Resources voted Wednesday to make the name change recognizing the former Democratic governor. The Peshtigo River State Forest will now be known as Governor Earl Peshtigo State Forest. Earl served as governor from 1983 through 1986. He was also a DNR secretary in the 1970s and served in the state Assembly. The Peshtigo River State Forest was established in 2001 in Marinette and Oconto counties. It features more than 25 miles of river, 3,200 acres of water and 9,200 acres of forest. The 83-year-old Earl remains involved as a member of Common Cause Wisconsin, a nonpartisan government watchdog group.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers was cool to the idea of cutting taxes Tuesday as Republican leaders have floated, saying instead he wants the GOP-controlled Legislature to focus on passing gun control measures, criminal justice reform, expanding Medicaid and legalizing medical marijuana. Evers, speaking at an event organized by WisPolitics.com, laid out his priorities for the fall legislative session that will begin in October. Passing medical

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Members of the St. Croix Falls Homecoming court include Jordan Braund, Mitchell Steele, Declan Greenquist, Sequoia Sirek, Riley Henk, Jenna Driscoll, Sidney Hoverman, Dane Rutledge, Clay VanBuskirk. Not pictured: Derek Fisk.

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SCF Homecoming Queen & King Jordan Braund and Mitchell Steele were crowned St. Croix Falls Homecoming Queen & King Friday night.

211 SERVICES: Database has 10,000 programs FROM PAGE 6

available at www. 211wisconsin.org. The up-to-date database connects people with more than 10,000 local and state-wide programs & services based on their zip code. There is also a live chat option available at ww.unitedwaystcroix.org/211. “Bringing the call

center to our region evolved out of our community health improvement plan. This plan is created based on our community’s needs,” said Jessica Neumann, Community Impact Director. “The statewide model allowed us to network and build our resources. Also extending capacity for our own local nonprofits

2019 Bike Show Party WOW, what a day we all had! We'd like to thank Dick's Fresh Market, Swank's, Valley Spirits, Osceola Cleaners, Raska Sanitation, Osceola Village Crew, Osceola Fair Board, Jake's Smokehouse, Tilly, St. Croix Harley-Davidson, Tom Rad, Seth Rugo and our vendors. Very Special Thanks to Osceola Fire Dept. and the band Creeping Charlie. We feel Blessed to have such Great Community Support.

at the same time.” Neuman says the top needs identified through calls are housing, food and mental health. Often these calls help identify other needed services to further support residents. “We provide hope and encouragement at a time that can feel insurmountable to a person experiencing a crisis.”

think it was wise to use a one-time influx of money to permanently cut taxes. “I think it’s questionable rhetoric,” Evers said. “My guess is it has something to do with election prospects for him.” Fitzgerald’s spokesman, Alec Zimmerman, said in response that it was no surprise Fitzgerald would want to cut taxes given his voting to reduce taxes by billions of dollars since 2011. He also noted that Fitzgerald had been talking in August about cutting taxes, before he announced his run for Congress. Evers said he was hopeful Republicans would come around on a pair of gun safety bills he and Democrats are pushing. One would institute universal background checks and the other would put in place a “red flag” law to allow judges to take firearms away from people determined to be a risk. Given polls showing high public support for such ideas, Evers said it would be “political suicide” to reject them. “We’re going to press the issue,” he said. Evers said he would call a

special session of the Legislature if necessary, but even that wouldn’t force Republicans to take up the bills. Evers also downplayed comments he made last week, in reaction to a reporter’s question, that he was open to buying back assault weapons from people who legally own them, as Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke supports. Evers said that no one would be making such a proposal. Republicans said the comment last week by Evers showed that his true agenda was to take guns away from people who legally own them. “I would look at that,” he said of a gun buyback measure. “My goal is to work on two things that we know the people of Wisconsin want — universal background checks and making sure that people that are struggling with mental issues deemed to be dangerous by a court of law have their guns temporarily taken away from them.” Evers said he also wanted to keep the pressure on Republicans to support Medicaid expansion in Wisconsin. Evers and Democrats have pushed it for years, but Republicans have refused to go along.

Woman hides mother’s corpse MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — A 60-year-old Wisconsin woman has been charged with hiding her mother’s corpse after authorities say she didn’t report the death for up to four months while living off her mom’s income. Paula Bergold allegedly put the body of her 89-year-old mother, Ruby, in a container covered in plastic, and moved it to the basement of her Peshtigo home in eastern Wisconsin, about

50 miles north of Green Bay. WLUK-TV reports a neighbor called police because Ruby Bergold hadn’t been seen since May and Paula was being evasive. Court records don’t list an attorney to comment on Bergold’s behalf. She allegedly told police her mother died in a chair and she couldn’t bring herself to call police. She said she’d been living off her mother’s Social Security and investments.

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Each quote must contain the full name or names of the party or parties making the same, with an affidavit as to interested parties, and, in the case of a corporation not chartered in Wisconsin, with a proper certificate that such corporation is authorized to do business in Wisconsin. Copies of the Specifications, Instructions to Bidders, Forms of Proposals, and other documents are on file at the Village Administrator’s Office or on the Village’s website, www.vil.osceola.wi.us, and may be obtained without charge. The Village of Osceola reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive any informalities in the proposals received, and to accept any proposal that it deems most favorable.

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Secretary designee visits

Secretary designee Brad Pfaff from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection met recently with Osceola-area farmers Troy and Barb DeRosier at their Crystal Ball Farms retail store. The DeRosiers specialize in on-farm processing and sell their bottled milk that comes from their 160 cow herd to consumers in the Osceola area as well as the Twin Cities.

Minutes of Osceola

School Board Proceedings The Regular Meeting of the Board of Education for the School District of Osceola was held in the Boardroom on September 4, 2019. The meeting was called to order by President Craig Brunclik at 6:00 P.M. with roll call taken: Pete Kammerud – yes; Craig Brunclik –yes, Brian Meyer – yes; Rosanne Anderson-yes; and Brooke Kulzer -yes. In addition, Superintendent Mark Luebker, Business Manager Lynette Edwards, Director of Instruction Dr. Becky Styles, Director of Pupil Services Leah Voelker and Building Principals Adam Spiegel, Amanda Meyer, Lindsay Thomas and Julie Bender attended the meeting. Persons who requested an audience with the Board: A Rosanne Anderson/Pete Kammerud motion was made to approve the consent agenda without any items removed for further discussion. Motion Carried. Adopt the agenda Approve minutes of the Regular Meeting held on August 21, 2019 Hires, Resignations, and Recognitions. Resignation(s): Kevin Carlson OSCAR & Fr Advisor Recognition(s): Steven Lawrenz, OHS Asst Cook, Shanda Leko, Bus Driver, Kaitlyn Rice, OMS Certified Aide, Mary Vollrath, Kids Klub Aide, Connie Schmidt, PreK Aid Hire(s): Renee Salewski, OMS Student Council, Erin Larson OMS G/T Web, Allison Miller Fr Advisor, Ron Jasperson, Asst. Cross Country Coach, Julie Hall, MS Girls Basketball A Brooke Kulzer/Rosanne Anderson motion was made to approve the payment of bills from General Fund with Hand Payables 94567, ACH 201900020-201900022, computerized checks numbered 176402-176525 for a total of $566,047.05. Motion Carried. School Board Committee Report presented about Brooke Kulzer. Discussion on the school forest and farm, School Resource Officer, School Board Workshop and the School Board Resolution to support Tobacco 21 Legislation. School Resource Officer was tabled for a future date. The School Board will not move forward with this for the 20192020 school year. A Rosanne Anderson/Brooke Kulzer motion was made to approve Resolution supporting T21 Legislation. Motion Carried. A Pete Kammerud/Brian Meyer motion was made to approve School fundraisers for 2019-2020. OHS- FCCLA, Cheerleading, Football, Bowl Club, Volleyball, FBLA, FFA, Chieftain Dance Team, Band, Ice Fishing, & Girls Basketball. OMS Band, 6th Grade Cookie Dough, OIS Read to Feed, OES Pennies for Patients. Motion Carried. Administrator Reports: Dr. Styles: Currently reviewing data with each building principal. The state assessment is still embargoed so we can’t share just yet. We will have areas to celebrate and also grow in. There has been incredible teacher learning and growing around the district. K-5 are learning to use their new writing,

Why wait?

The 2018 “Why Wait?” project created by Emily Fox and Brooke Bents at Osceola High School has come to fruition. Emily and Brooke, along with others who attended their event last March, raised money for World Water Day and donated it to build a water well at the Kimu Primary School in Uganda. Shown here is the brand new well at the school. The premise of WHY WAIT? club and class at OHS is simple. It provides students the opportunity to analyze and study a topic they are passionate about. The students then create projects that solve a problem related to their chosen topic.

science and grammar materials. 6-8 teachers have started a book study about working with challenging students ‘Lost in School’ by Dr. Greene. This is led by Mrs. Meyer. 9-12 teachers are participating in Developmental Designs learning. The basic principles being a caring adult/student community, value and engagement in cognitive learning for academics, success and promoting proactive social and emotional agency for high school students as necessary for future achievements of their goals. So very proud of the work and commitment that is happening here, we have great staff. Mr. Spiegel: School is off to great start, we had a great Link Crew Freshman orientation at open house. A huge thanks to AnnMarie Campeau for leading this orientation. Our custodial crew did an outstanding job getting our buildings ready for the school year. OHS staff spent two days in Development Designs training to kick off the school year. It was a huge success and our staff is committed to implementing these strategies. The first 3 days of homeroom was spent working with our student body on creating our social norms for our high school. Homecoming week starts Sunday afternoon with our staff/student tennis tournament. The parade will take place on Friday September 13th. Mr. Spiegel on behalf of Mr. Newton: Created a new structure for our lunch this year. We are feeding over half of our student body in the first lunch and it has been successful. Thank you to Bobbi and Susan for making this work and their hard work. I have been meeting with Becky Styles and our School Counselors about creating new opportunities for social emotional learning through our online Edgenuity program. Also spending time with our new students making sure they have connections. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey is back and we are starting to dive into the data to see how we can meet the needs of our students at OHS. Ms. Thomas: The OES Kindness Scavenger Hunt was amazing. The staff worked in teams to accomplish 12 acts of kindness throughout the community. The benefits were felt community wide and the reflection time after the hunt was powerful. It is great to be back and we picked up where we left off with supporting students using a trauma sensitive lens. Staff are providing a safe, loving, and responsive environment for our students. Our PBIS kickoff was today. Shout out to Tambourine Tina (Colleen Piggott) and Rock-n-Roll Rita (Kristin Boileau) for making the morning fun! We will be flooding students with Chieftain Way tickets to encourage positive behaviors. F&P testing starts next week and MAP testing will be the following week. We will have some data digs at our September in-service day to look at this data school-wide and down to individual student needs. The data will inform instruction and help us create and change up WYN groups. Mrs. Edwards: The District Office were recipients of the Acts of Kindness; thank you OES Staff. We are currently prepping for our Annual Meeting which is Monday September 9th at 7:00 p.m. in the OIS Media Room. We also are working on some follow up questions from our auditors. Thank you Sharon Weise for working with all our new staff and Cheryl Kloehn working with our local vendors. Mrs. Voelker: SLP are participating in the Wisconsin Evaluation of Speech Pathologist pilot program this year. Like the Wisconsin Educator Effectiveness system for teacher and administrator evaluations, the pilot program is intended to provide our SLP’s with meaningful and relevant feedback to support their personal growth and development. The system is aligned with their professional standards. By participating

in the pilot study we will be able to provide DPI with relevant feedback before it becomes part of the Educator Effectiveness system. I met with our Speech Pathologist during workshop week and they are excited to participate and to have a systematic process for feedback that is specific to their need. We are working on information into our new system. The transition has gone relatively smoothly. We are still working out some bugs between SEEDS and Skyward but our tech department has been amazing and supportive. Mrs. Bender: OIS is participating in a school wide read aloud of Katherine Applegate’s book Wishtree during the month of September- Thanks to a grant provided by the Osceola PTA to purchase copies of the book for all staff members. Students will participate in activities in their classrooms and REACH classes to apply the lessons taught by Red and his animal friends. A Wishtree has been constructed in our commons and students will hang their wishes on it as a reminder of their hopes, dreams and goals for making everyone at OIS feel welcome and valued. There will be several themes throughout the school year so our tree will be changing with the seasons as our students learn and grow. Thank you to Kelli Newman and Karlee Pitt for organizing and implementing this at OIS. Our PBIS kickoff went well, thank OHS Band and Mr. Aytay for joining us. As a PBIS team, we made the decision to change things up this year and personalize our positive reinforcement tickets- Chieftain Tickets! Student of the month winners will receive a certificate and bumper sticker to share with their families. WYN started this week and we are proud to communicate that all students are getting additional support where needed according to their spring test results. Students are utilizing the Movement Maze and getting their wiggles out so learning can take place. Mrs. Meyer: The school year is off to a strong start. The 6th graders started with their adjusted schedule last week and have transitioned into their full schedules. I met with each grade level last week to cover some general expectations and introduce our theme this year of going the “extra” mile to support those around us. 2019-2020 changes include only 4 bells this year; students and teachers are adjusting well and there is a calmer feeling in the building, grade reports-will only be posted and mailed home at the end of each Trimester. This will save us on 3 mailings and encourages our families to check grades and progress online at the end of each Hex. Also a monthly newsletter to parents. OMS Staff are reading a book together to learn about alternative ways to work with student behaviors and to help shape those behaviors; this will be a focus at each in service throughout the year. Our student council is busy getting ready for homecoming week. Mr. Luebker: We will have a booth at the Osceola Community Fair, please stop our and put your name in for our door prizes. Also thank you to Dick’s Fresh Market for Donation a pallet of water for our concessions stand! The Annual Meeting and Budget Hearing is scheduled for Monday, September 9, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Osceola Intermediate School Media Room. The next scheduled regular Board Meeting is Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Boardroom. A Brooke Kulzer/Brian Meyer motion was made to adjourn. Motion carried Adjourn Pete Kammerud, Clerk WNAXLP


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BENNETT: Love between dog and man; an interspecies bond FROM PAGE 11

years my dogs have found downed game like ducks and pheasants with hand signals and verbal commands, something only a handful of other animals can do. Researchers have placed toys in containers, walked behind a screen to remove the object from the container and then returned out front with the empty container.

Some dogs were able to follow that chain of events and concluded that the object was behind the screen and went back to get it. If the object, say a biscuit, was placed behind the screen and then replaced with another object, like a ball, the dogs would stare at it knowing it was switched, understanding that concept. It’s simply a love affair. Who doesn’t love puppies? It’s an inter-

species bond. There are ancient stories of wolf pups and human babies that seem like the same relationships kids and puppies have now. Simply put: dogs love us and we love them. Jim Bennett is an outdoorsman who lives and worked in the St. Croix River Valley and can be reached at jamesbennett24@gmail. com

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This project was put in your hands, so you will have to see it through to the end. LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Talk things through with a close friend before you swing into action, Leo. Sometimes it is better to have a springboard for ideas to see if things are truly feasible. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you may be having doubts about just where the future will bring you. But you don’t have to be looking too far ahead for the time being. Focus on the here and now. LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 It is sometimes good to look at the world through rose-colored glasses, Libra. However, do not let this cloud reality to the point that you do not see the truth. SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22

You are so busy with various activities that it is impossible to be bored for the next several days, Scorpio. You may be able to eke out a little time to recharge if you delegate. SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, new friends come into your life this week. It’s an exciting opportunity to get to know new faces. You can benefit from expanding your social network. CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Avoid a knee-jerk reaction to a stressful situation, Capricorn. You may find that not all stress is bad; some can spur you to accomplish things you never imagined. AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, miscommunication can be a tough hurdle to clear. Make a greater effort to communicate effectively in the

coming days and weeks. PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Make family your top priority this week, Pisces. Everything else can take a back seat for the time being. There will be time to get everything done. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS SEPTEMBER 29 Halsey, Singer (25) SEPTEMBER 30 Olivier Giroud, Athlete (33) OCTOBER 1 Brie Larson, Actress (30) OCTOBER 2 Sting, Singer (68) OCTOBER 3 Gwen Stefani, Singer (50) OCTOBER 4 Alicia Silverstone, Actress (43) OCTOBER 5 Travis Kelce, Athlete (30)

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eing the cook in the family has the advantage of getting to choose what I feel like cooking or baking. I cook, I choose. Simple. Family members can always make requests, but I get to decide, ultimately. My philosophy is to eat anything and everything moderation. I prefer healthy food choices over unhealthy ones. Eighty percent of the time I eat and make healthy things. The other twenty is for special treats. Occasionally a family member will decide they don’t want to eat any sweets and ask me not to make treats. What? Me, not make treats? My suggestion: Don’t come home on Friday (that’s when I bake treats)—go for a run instead. The house will be filled with the sweet smell of apples and caramel It will be a serious lesson Wild Chow baking. in self-control if you do. At least I warned them. Lisa Erickson The real issue is self-control. Just because the cake I baked is divine, you don’t have to eat the whole cake! I know it may sound like I’m being cruel, but I’m not. The thought of not making yummy treats sounds crueler. Apple Caramel Cake Caramel sauce: 1/4 cup butter or margarine 2/3 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup vanilla ice cream

Cake: 2 tart apples, sliced the round way, cored 1 1/2 cups cake flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp salt 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 butter, softened 2 eggs 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 1/3 cup milk Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray a 9-inch cake pan with cooking spray; set aside. For the caramel sauce: Melt butter over medium heat in a small saucepan. Stir in brown sugar. Heat to boiling; remove from heat and stir in ice cream. Pour into the bottom of the prepared pan and spread evenly. Arrange apple slices over the caramel sauce in a circular decorative pattern. For the cake: In large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and the salt and set aside. In another large bowl, beat the brown sugar and butter with a hand mixer at medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until pale and fluffy; about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture alternating with milk, beating after each addition until batter is smooth. Spread batter over apples. Bake for 1 hour or until cake springs back in the middle. Cool for 10 minutes. Run a knife around sides of pan to loosen the cake. Place the serving plate upside down over the pan and flip the cake. Remove pan. Serve cake warm with a scoop of ice cream on the side.

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FOOTBALL: Osceola’s offense/defense impressive against Amery FROM PAGE 10

teammates. “Our offensive line did a great job of creating some gaps for our running backs to make plays,” Osceola coach Scott Newton said. Osceola had 14 different players carry the ball at least once during the game and the Chieftains amassed 397 yards on the ground. Germain totaled 152 yards on four carries with Carlson adding 87 on 10 totes. Logan Johnson netted 51 yards on the ground. Osceola averaged 9.0 yards per carry for the game.

The Osceola defense was as equally impressive as their offensive counterparts. The Chieftains held the Warriors to just four first downs and negative yardage on the ground. Amery was held to four total yards for the game. “Our defense was aggressive all night, putting Amery in many third and long situations,” Newton noted. “We worked all week on staying true to our reads and trusting that our teammates would do their job as well,” Chieftain defensive back

Johnson said in explaining his teams’ defensive success. “But most importantly we had fun playing for each other (last) Friday night.” The Middle Border conference standings are truly interesting. Last week’s leaders, the Baldwin-Woodville Blackhawks came back to the pack with a loss to St. Croix Central. Currently Baldwin-Woodville, St. Croix Central, Ellsworth and New Richmond share the top spot with 3-1 records. Osceola is one game behind the leading quartet at 2-2.

Each week it is a battle and anyone can be toppled. This week Osceola travels to Prescott to take on the Cardinals on Oct. 4. Prescott is one game behind the Chieftains in the MBC race. “The boys had a great week of practice last week and we need to continue that effort this week,” Newton said. “We are traveling to Prescott, always a tough place to play. They have many big kids and we will need to be physical on the line of scrimmage.”

VOLLEYBALL: Third MBC game against Baldwin-Woodville FROM PAGE 10

with Bents coming up with three. Osceola played five matches at the River Falls tournament that saw many quality teams competing. The Chieftains defeated Plainview-Elgin-Millville (25-14, 25-23), Eau Claire North (28-26, 10-25, 15-13) and Clayton (25-13, 25-

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tain scoring. Link also led Osceola at Ellsworth with an 18-hole score of 108 followed closely by Wegner with a 109 and Nord with a 110. “During our season goals have been met, friendships have been built, skills have been tweaked and the game has been played,” Richert summarized “Our senior Madi Link not only attained all of this but she has been the captain of our team, the leader of the pack, the deliverer of stories and laughs, our go to person at practice, and placed 10th in our conference to lead our team.” Osceola now turns their attention to WIAA Regional play which be-

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Institutional Research Analyst Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College New Richmond Campus WITC is seeking applications from qualified candidates for the full-time, 1950 hours/year Management Grade 9 position of Institutional Research Analyst position at the WITC New Richmond Campus. The Institutional Research Analyst is responsible for research design, data collection, preparation, reporting, analysis and interpretation of information in support of institutional planning, assessment, continuous improvement, and compliance. This position collaborates with the college community to encourage a culture of data driven decision-making. For a complete job description, list of qualifications, and to apply: Visit our website at: https://www.witc.edu/about-witc/employment

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MACHINE OPERATORS Full-Time • 40 hours/week

2nd Shift Monday – Thursday 4:00 pm - 2:00 am $14.00 per hour + $1.00 shift premium 3rd Shift Tuesday – Friday 2:00 am - 12:00 pm $14.00 per hour + $1.50 shift premium

SET-UP MOLDING OPERATOR Full-Time • 40 hours/week 2nd Shift Monday – Thursday 4:00 pm - 2:00 am Pay rate DOQ APPLY AT: 105 Prospect Way • Osceola, WI 54020 715-294-1500 ext. 1540 or email your resume to: janelle_johnson@epcmfg.com


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SCOREBOARD: Scores for Osceola and St. Croix Falls OHS BOYS SOCCER

FROM PAGE 1 Heart O’North Football Standings September 27, 2019 (all games played are conference games) W-L 1) Northwestern 6-0 2) Cumberland 5-1 2) Bloomer 5-1 4) Hayward 4-2 5) St. Croix Falls 3-3 6) Spooner 2-4 6) Ladysmith 2-4 6) Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 2-4 9) Barron 1-5 10) Cameron 0-6 Scores from September 27th Northwestern 33, St. Croix Falls 21 Cumberland 34, Bloomer 28 Barron 41, Cameron 0 Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 28, Ladysmith 26 Hayward 21, Spooner 20

OHS GIRLS GOLF Oct. 7 at Pheasant Hills. Middle Border Golf Standings FINAL 1) New Richmond 98 2) Prescott 90 3) St. Croix Central 81 4) Ellsworth 66 5) Amery 52 6) Baldwin-Woodville 47 7) Somerset 46 8) Osceola 41

SCF GIRLS GOLF Oct. 2 at Bristol Ridge. Oct. 7 at Pheasant Hills. Oct. 14 State at Madison.

Oct. 3 vs. Baldwin-Woodville. Oct. 7 vs. Somerset. Oct. 10 at Barron. Oct. 12 at Altoona. Oct. 15 vs. Unity. Oct. 17 at Cumberland.

SCF BOYS SOCCER Oct. 8 at Spooner. Oct. 10 at Hayward. Oct. 15 at Osceola. Oct. 22 Regional. Oct. 24 Regional. Oct. 25 Regional. Oct. 31 Sectional. Nov. 2 Sectional. Nov. 7 State at Milwaukee.

OHS GIRLS TENNIS Oct. 3 at Rice Lake. Oct. 7 WIAA Regional at Baldwin-Woodville. Osceola Chieftain Tennis Results Osceola at River Falls River Falls (RF) 7, Osceola (O) 0 September 24, 2019 Singles No. 1) Kalea Lemke (RF), def. Hope Lowney (O), 6-2, 6-0 No. 2) Grace Wachtler (RF), def. Jam Dannenmueller (O), 6-1, 6-3 No. 3) Lindsey Myhre (RF), def. Sophia LaVigne (O), 6-2, 6-2 No. 4) Ellie Hira (RF), def. Caitlin Karun (O), 6-3, 6-1 Doubles No. 1) Katie Swanson/Heidi Marg (RF), def. Paige Dvorak/Maddie Jensen (O), 6-1, 6-1 No. 2) Molly O’Malley/Ali Schretenthaler (RF), def. Ella Salewski/Makayla Quigley (O),

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chance. “The ball managed to get through two defenders and right between the goalie’s legs,” Lindh said in describing his goal. “The score boosted our team moral and made for a very fun game. Earlier in the game I was put in at goalie and was scored on in a matter of minutes. I managed to redeem myself later on in the game with this goal.” Spooner closed the scoring with a goal by Kolton Frederickson with six and a half minutes to play to make the final score 4-2. Osceola started their week with a tough game in Somerset. The Spartans have a quality squad and hopes to finish in the upper tier of the MBC standings. Somerset scored four goals in each half on their way to an 8-1 win over the Chieftains. Osceola hosts the Baldwin-Woodville Blackhawks on Oct. 3 and the Amery Warriors on Oct. 5.

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6-4, 6-0 No. 3) Olivia Bell/Andrea Ghenciu (RF), def. Kathryn Marek/Rachel Olson (O), 7-5, 6-4 Osceola Chieftain Tennis Results Ellsworth at Osceola Osceola (O) 6, Ellsworth (E) 1 September 26, 2019 Singles No. 1) Hope Lowney (O), def. Kacie Duvall (E), 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 No. 2) Jam Dannenmueller (O), def. Ella Gardner (E), 6-1, 6-2 No. 3) Sophia LaVigne (O), def. Bailey Alhers (E), 6-0, 6-4 No. 4) Claire Lawrence (E), def. Caitlin Karun (O), 6-1, 6-4 Doubles No. 1) Maddie Jensen/Paige Dvorak (O), def. Riley Schumaker/Lydia Cole (E), 6-2, 7-5 No. 2) Makayla Quigley/Ella Salewski (O), def. Maddie Beck/Shelby Schultz (E), 6-2, 6-3 No. 3) Kathryn Marek/Rachel Olson (O), def. Leah Pieper/Marissa Maurer (E), 6-3, 6-1

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OHS VOLLEYBALL Oct. 3 at Amery. Oct. 8 at Prescott. Oct. 10 vs.St. Croix Central. Oct. 12 at Altoona. Oct. 15 at Ellsworth.

SCF VOLLEYBALL Oct. 3 at Unity. Oct. 8 at Webster. Oct. 10 SCF Triangular. Oct. 15 at Grantsburg. Oct. 17 vs. Luck. Oct. 22 Regional. Oct. 24 Regional. Oct. 26 Regional. Oct. 31 Sectional.

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Lake Country Dairy 458 Western Boulevard Turtle Lake, WI 54889 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Thermal Plastic Design, Inc. A Precision Custom Injection Molding Company Specializing in Engineering Polymers Seeking a qualified candidate for the position of:

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR 3rd Shift Hours 11:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. Job Description: Supervise a production team, provide technical support when required. General Responsibilities: Supervise, instruct, direct and train personnel, provide quality products, communicate production control, aid in setup and troubleshooting, accountable for accuracy and completion of production documents, maintain employee records, develop and report on departmental goals, communicate with other shifts. Physical Requirements: Must be able to lift and move items as required. Competencies/Qualifications: Two years supervisory experience in manufacturing setting, general math skills, basic computer skills, people and negotiation skills.

T.D.I. offers Competitive wages and excellent benefits. Qualified applicants can apply in person or by sending a resume to: Thermal Plastic Design, Inc. 1116 East Pine Street St Croix Falls WI. 54024 Attn: H.R. Manager • Email: hr@tdimolding.com View us on line: www.tdimolding.com


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Wisconsin Republican Senate leader floats tax cut MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate who last week announced he is running for Congress is raising

the possibility of cutting taxes next year. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said in an interview broadcast Sunday on WISN-TV that

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The public is getting its first glimpse of new red panda cub at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Kiki made her first public appearance Friday. She was born in June to father Dash and mother Dr. Erin Curry, who was named after a Cincinnati Zoo reproductive physiologist. The pair had their first cub in June of 2018, the first ever born at the zoo. That panda, named Dr. Lily Parkinson, went to the Nashville zoo in April. In the wild, red pandas are found in the mountains of Nepal, northern Myanmar and central China. They are considered to be endangered due to deforestation, poaching and trapping. Researchers estimate there are fewer than 2,500 adult red pandas in the wild. Milwaukee County Zoo supervisor Katie Kuhn says every birth is important so that people can connect and take steps to help the animals.

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