From time to time we take mini-vacations from the farm. We don’t have the opportunity to get away for longer stretches very often. I went to visit our son in California last September for six days. I wanted my husband to come along, too, but it just didn’t work out. Corn silage was being harvested; it’s always something.

The Clintonville American Legion baseball team was eliminated from the Class A state tournament Friday in Viroqua with a 12-5 loss to Westby. Westby led 4-1, but three consecutive hits — an RBI single by Adam Weatherwax, a two-RBI single by Kolin Kubitz and an RBI double by Turner Doornink — put Clintonville ahead 5-4 in the second inning. Clintonville would be stymied the rest of the way, though, as Westby added a run in the third inning, two in

More than 14,000 deer hunters and others interested in deer management are logging their daily deer sightings statewide as part of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ Operation Deer Watch, which kicked off Thursday. The effort is designed to help the DNR monitor and evaluate Wisconsin’s deer herd. Observers are asked to report the number of does, bucks and fawns seen and include information on the grouping of the deer, the date and dee

This past week’s World Of Outlaws Late Model Series visit to the Shawano Speedway was a feast for those who hunger for speed. Twenty-six of the 33 late models on hand qualified at less than twenty seconds. Fast qualifier Rick Eckert timed in at 18.883 seconds around the historic half mile to set a new standard for the fastest lap at the track. In 2012 Tim Fuller turned a lap time of 20.151 seconds as the night’s fast qualifier.

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“For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.” — 2 Cor. 5:1 Doug Prickette, a lifelong resident of Shawano, realized his dream on Tuesday morning, July 30, 2013, by returning to our Heavenly Father. He was born on April 3, 1941, in Appleton to the late Walter (Bud) and Anne (Thurner) Prickette.

For the first time in three years, big No. 97 will be plugging holes in the Green Bay Packers defensive front. Johnny Jolly has a fresh st art with the Packers after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reinstated the troubled defensive lineman in February.

The Clintonville American Legion baseball team beat Chilton 2-1 to open the Class A state tournament Wednesday in Viroqua. Nick Hoegen gave Clintonville a 1-0 lead in the second inning with a double that brought home Austin Paisar, who had singled. Chilton responded in the fourth, getting a run from Tim Kolbe, on an error, to tie the game. Austin Paisar scored the winning run on a bases-loaded walk in the top of the seventh. In the bottom of the

The Central Wisconsin American Legion Baseball League will hold its first All-Star game Aug.