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On a ridge northwest of Westby, windchimes provide a soundtrack to an otherwise quiet life of farming. Tall, old pine trees that have stood for generations dot the property line of the Holen family …
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AREA ROUNDUP: Oct. 28-Nov. 3

The Seneca volleyball team earned its first trip to the WIAA state tournament since 2026 with a 3-1 win over Athens in a Division 5 sectional final at Mauston on Sat., Oct. 31. Record photo by Logan Everson/GX3 Media.
SCENIC BLUFFS/RIDGE AND VALLEY Football Scenic Bluffs Conference champion, Ithaca, staved off elimination by mounting a second half comeback in Friday's Division 7 Level 2 playoff game with Black …
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Normal. That's what Brookwood head cross country coach Mindy Waddell wanted for her team in its final week of practice. Normal.  However, the Falcons' racing unit entered the WIAA state meet on Oct. 31 as anything but normal.
Bangor junior Grason Truskowski tended to some unfinished business in the WIAA cross country postseason this year by earning a return trip to the state meet.
At the Scenic Bluffs Conference cross country meet on Saturday, Oct. 17, Cashton freshman June Jacobson was able to hold off Hillsboro senior Olivia McCauley for third place. One week later, McCauley …
Obituaries
Janis Lee Robinson
With heavy hearts, we remember Janis Lee Robinson, 88 of Lansing,Ks who passed away on October 7, 2026, at Homestead Assisted Living Leavenworth,Ks Janis was born on April 19, 1938, in Sparta, …
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Brandon Michael Vieth
Brandon Michael Vieth, 29, of Cashton, WI, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 4, 2026. Brandon was born on May 20, 1997, to Todd and Karen (Hoeth) Vieth. He graduated from Cashton …
Shirley (Sagmoen) E. Sidie
Shirley (Sagmoen) E. Sidie, age 92, of Westby, WI passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2026, at Norseland Nursing Home. She was born on September 21, 1933, to Lester and Alice (Larson) Sagmoen on the …
Charles Frederick Anderson
Charles Frederick Anderson, age 93, of Sparta, WI, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 25, 2026, at the Morrow Memorial Home in Sparta, WI. Charles was born on October 27, 1932, to Simon …
Peter David Peterson
Peter David Peterson, age 88, of Cashton, WI, went to his heavenly home on July 25, 2026. Peter was born May 25, 1938, in Viroqua, WI to Hilmer Joseph and Frances Louise Peterson.   He was …
AROUND THE COUNTRY
A top-floor penthouse combines the privacy of a standalone house with hotel-style service, a pairing rarely found inside Telluride’s town limits. By Chris Caggiano The morning starts in the …
Deciding where to live in Washington, D.C. usually comes down to three things: where each adult in the household works, how they will commute, and what kind of life they want outside work. Because …
Developers usually judge ground-floor retail by the rent it brings in. Ann Ehrhart, a Boston, Massachusetts retail strategist and founder of EVERSTREET, says that number tells only part of the story. …
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