The Lake Mills FFA Chapter held its Annual Banquet, Sunday, April 7, at the Lake Mills High School.
The FFA recognized outgoing Chapter Officers, top 10 fruit sellers, and academic achievement with a 3.5-4.0 GPA.
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The Lake Mills Athletic Department recently received a $10,000 grant from the Hanson Family Foundation to go towards a wrestling mat for the girls wrestling program. LMHS has been a part of the North Central Trailblazers program the past two years. The schools involved have been St. Ansgar, Central...
During his time at North Iowa High School, Dan Miller, Buffalo Center, enjoyed working backstage. A decade past his high school graduation, however, Miller will make his on-stage debut as Simon Stimson when BrickStreet Theatre opens Our Town in Forest City, April 26-28 and May 3-5.
Miller helped...
Lillian Young, Ava Menke, Kaylee Taft, Delaney Imler, Alejandro Vazquez Perez, and Aidan Benny performed at the IHSMA Solo/Ensemble Contest in Osage, Saturday, April 6. Division 1 “Superior” ratings were received by Delaney and Kaylee, Lily and Ava’s duet, and Aidan Benny with his saxophone solo...
LMCS fourth grade students will present this year’s musical “Imagine a Dragon,” Thursday, April 18, at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium. The dragon is back in town. Well . . . not really. That’s the story a ragtag band of innkeepers makes up, desperate to draw questing heroes to the struggling Dancing...
Ben Peterson, Lake Mills, has become the sole owner of Forest City Ford.
After graduating in 1994 from LMCS, Peterson held jobs at Larson Manufacturing and Al’s Body Shop, both in Lake Mills, before going to work in 1995 at Emmon’s Ford, Emmons, Minn. In 2005, the dealership moved to Forest City,...
We have had our adopted Mexican street cat, Felix, for a month now.
“Has he bulked out?” I asked my husband, Peter, as we watched Felix, standing on his back legs and walloping the tattered mouse hanging from his sisal scratching post. Felix looked like a boxer, beating the remaining stuffing...
On March 10, two new members were inducted into the Lake Mills Wrestling Hall of Fame. The purpose of the hall of fame is to honor the men who have left their mark on Lake Mills wrestling and helped develop a tradition of excellence. With the entry of these two great wrestlers, the Lake Mills...
Two true-hearted Bulldogs and seasoned athletes/teachers/coaches will be taking over when Jim Boehmer vacates the athletic/activities director position at the end of the school year. Boehmer will be retiring from his 24 years as director at LMCS. The new recruits are going to work together as a...
One of our most loyal “regulars” at the Lake Mills Public Library is John Grunhovd. He can be seen walking in our doors weekly (if not more) and we welcome his presence every single time he does. He is an avid reader and a devoted supporter of the Lake Mills Public Library, and for that we are very...
Tickets for Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, produced by BrickStreet Theatre, went on sale Monday, March 25. The show will be performed April 26-28 and May 3-5, in BrickStreet’s 1305 Hwy. 69 S. location in Forest City. The curtain opens at 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. on Sundays.
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