Together again!

For an entire year, Coronavirus was winning the battle, raging its way across the United States like a blanket covering its young at night. “My wife and I pretty much stayed…

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Washburn ‘PERFECT’ in masterful performance

Former Webster baseball Coach Rusty Helland said it best. “You don’t see that very often,” he said after Webster’s Owen Washburn pitched a 14-strikeout perfect game Thursday against Grantsburg. Webster,…

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Out of control

The crazy, mixed up real estate market It’s not a buyer’s market right now. “As a buyer, be prepared to pay way over the asking price,” says Grantsburg Real Estate…

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Kelly’s Heroes

Amery’s legendary coach guides Warriors to first state wrestling title Mike Kelly has done it all. After years of individual championships, three decades of wrestling in places as far away as…

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Boys Basketball Roundup

Sometimes life just isn’t fair. Take the Grantsburg Pirates for instance. The senior-dominated Pirates racked up a 13-2 season record and won the Lakeland West Conference title with a 9-0…

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Merlin the Magician

Grantsburg loses the man with his thumb on the community and education in his heart. Merlin Johnson, 1930 – 2021Did Merlin Johnson have a philosophy about life? If he did,…

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Boys basketball roundup

Cameron’s Murphy Player of the Week • Clear Lake Coach Jason Sargent gets coaching honor Cameron senior guard Richie Murphy and Clear Lake Coach Jason Sargent earned top WisSports honors…

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Girls Basketball Roundup

Earney now Ellsworth’s all-time leading scorer Autumn Earney is now the all-time scoring leader at Ellsworth High School after she scored 18 points in a 60-51 loss to Somerset to…

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Pirate ship sailing under full steam

•Big center reaches rebounding mark, heads for scoring milestone. Four years ago a group of young men began their basketball travels aimed at succeeding together on the hardcourt. This year…

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The day I met Hank Aaron

Spending days catching the rubber ball bouncing off the side of our house like Willie Mays, smashing rocks over the pasture fence as Hank Aaron, or rounding the wooden-plank bases…

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