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Local Coalition Invites Community to Unite for Youth Substance UsePrevention Summit
20 hours
by WRJC WebMaster
in Local News
The Sauk County Partnership for Prevention Coalition will host the Building a
Healthier Sauk County: Youth Substance Use Prevention Summit on May 15, 2025 in Lake Delton.
Community members, parents, educators, law enforcement, social services, prevention specialists, and
healthcare professionals are invited to attend to develop comprehensive strategies to reduce youth
substance use in Sauk County communities.
The half-day summit will address critical challenges facing local youth, focusing on evidence-based
prevention approaches for alcohol, tobacco, and other substance use. Participants will engage in
discussions of community specific factors, share best practices, and develop actionable community-
wide prevention strategies. A free hot breakfast will be served.
“This summit represents an important opportunity for our Sauk County communities to come
together and make a meaningful difference in youth health,” says Kate Hansen, coalition coordinator
and health educator with Public Health Sauk County. “By sharing knowledge and coordinating our
efforts, we can create more effective prevention programs.”
Summit Takeaways:
• Better understand current trends in youth substance use with local data from focus groups and
surveys.
• Prioritize substances on which to focus prevention efforts.
• Discover shared priorities across organizations and community sectors.
• Develop prevention strategies that work to reduce youth substance use.
For questions, contact Kate Hansen at kate.hansen@saukcountywi.gov or 608-477-3609.
Date: May 15, 2025Time: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM; Doors open at 8:15amLocation: Monk’s Bar & Grill at The Wilderness (33 Hilman Road, Lake Delton)Cost: FreeRegistration Required by April 30th: www.p4psauk.org/prevention-summit-2025
WIAA WINTER PERFORMANCE FACTOR RESULTS IN 2025-26 DIVISIONAL MOVEMENT
21 hours
by WRJC WebMaster
in Sports
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Classification Committee conducted hearings for member school requests and appeals in applying the performance factor initiative for the winter sports with implementation during the 2025-26 seasons.
This initiative affords schools the opportunity to request to move to a division with lower or higher enrollments for all sports. The Classification Committee reviewed 16 such requests for winter sports. Four of the requests were to move up a division for the 2025-26 Tournament Series, including three in boys hockey (Edgewood, Superior and University School of Milwaukee) and one in boys basketball (West Allis Hale). All four requests were approved. The remaining 12 requests were to move down for the 2025-26 Tournament Series, including five in boys basketball (Ashland, Green Bay East, Riverdale, Sevastopol and Sheboygan South), four in girls basketball (Ashland, Riverdale, Sheboygan South and Green Bay East), and three in boys hockey (Ashland, Barron and Medford). The committee approved all the requests to move down one division.
School programs reaching the six-point performance factor threshold during the past three seasons are placed in the division containing the next largest set of enrollments from where the schools’ enrollments would place them for each respective sport other than track & field and swimming &?diving–which do not have a team component to advancing in the Tournament Series–and sports with only one division. Schools are restricted to moving up a maximum of one division from the previous year’s placement.
The school sports programs that have accumulated at least six points to engage a promotion one division higher than their enrollment would place them in 2025-26 are listed below. Please note that programs that meet the performance points threshold to be promoted and are initially assigned to a lower enrollment division–based on their 2025-26 tournament assignment enrollments–will be promoted back into the division they competed in during the most recent season’s Tournament Series.
Boys Basketball (9)
Aquinas
Arrowhead
De Pere
Kenosha St. Joseph Catholic
Milwaukee Academy of Science
Mineral Point
Pewaukee
West Salem
Wisconsin Lutheran
Girls Basketball (9)
Albany/Monticello
Arrowhead
Cuba City
Edgewood
Laconia
Notre Dame
Pewaukee
Wauwatosa East
Xavier
Gymnastics (5)
Chippewa Falls/McDonell Catholic
Elkhorn
Franklin/Muskego
Verona/Edgewood
West Salem Co-op
Boys Hockey (5)
Brookfield East Co-op
Edgewood
New Richmond
Notre Dame
Tomahawk
Wrestling (5)
Coleman
Fennimore
Kaukauna
Luxemburg-Casco
St. Croix Falls
The performance factor process affords schools the opportunity to appeal their promotion to the division with the next largest enrollments based on performance points. Of the 33 programs listed above that compiled points to engage their promotion, 12 appeals were submitted. The Classification Committee evaluated six appeals in girls basketball (Albany/Monticello, Cuba City, Laconia, Notre Dame, Pewaukee and Wauwatosa East), three in boys basketball (Kenosha St. Joseph Catholic, Pewaukee and West Salem), two in gymnastics (Elkhorn and West Salem), and one in boys hockey (Tomahawk). There were no approvals of appeals for the programs moving up a division based on the performance factor.
The Classification Committee consists of nine athletic directors, two principals and seven superintendents. The Competitive Balance Performance Factor was approved by a 265-115 membership vote at the 2023 Annual Meeting and was implemented for the first time in 2024-25.
The WIAA will release the Tournament Series assignments for all 2025-26 winter sports later this spring. For more on the performance factor process, visit the Competitive Balance homepage on the WIAA website.
Gov. Evers, WisDOT Announce $108 Million in Quarterly Transportation Aids to Improve Local Roads
21 hours
by WRJC WebMaster
in State News
Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced counties and municipalities across the state received more than $108 million for General Transportation, Connecting Highway, and Expressway Policing Aids to help repair, maintain, and improve local roads and highways in every corner of Wisconsin. This announcement builds upon Gov. Evers’ efforts over the last six years to fix Wisconsin’s local roads and infrastructure to ensure the state has the 21st-century infrastructure that residents, businesses, and visitors depend on. Since 2019, the Evers Administration has improved or repaired more than 8,600 miles of road and 2,000 bridges statewide. Wisconsinites could drive from Wausau, Wisconsin, to San Diego, California, and back—twice—on the number of miles of roads fixed.
“Over the past six years, we’ve been working hard to fix the darn roads and repair more than 8,600 miles of road while investing in our state’s local roads and highways so folks can get from Point A to Point B safely and we can get product to market,” said Gov. Evers. “Fixing our roads and bridges must continue to be a top priority for our state, it’s why my budget plan makes the investments we need to continue our work building the 21st-century infrastructure Wisconsinites need and deserve.”
The 2023-25 budget signed by Gov. Evers provided a two percent increase in program funding for municipalities and counties in both calendar years 2024 and 2025—providing the highest level of funding in state history for the program. The governor’s 2025-27 Executive Budget continues this precedent with an additional three percent increase in the General Transportation Aids program in calendar years 2026 and 2027. Total funding for all WisDOT local programs, including General Transportation Aids, makes up almost one-third of the state’s transportation budget. For calendar year 2025, in total, local governments will receive more than $540 million in General Transportation Aids to support transportation-related projects over the course of the year.
“A safe and efficient transportation system starts with quality roads,” said WisDOT Secretary Kristina Boardman. “We are working with local leaders across Wisconsin to improve the first and last mile of everyone’s trip, whether it’s a school pickup or drop off, doctor’s office visit or grocery store run, we’re committed to delivering infrastructure improvements that impact safety and strengthen our economy.”
The second quarter payments, made on April 7, totaled $108,293,793.76 and included:
- General Transportation Aids – $103,779,044.68 to local units of government;
- Connecting Highway Aids – $4,258,774.08 to eligible municipalities; and
- Expressway Policing Aids – $255,975 to Milwaukee County
General Transportation Aids help cover the costs of constructing, maintaining, and operating roads and streets under local jurisdiction. Connecting Highway Aids reimburse municipalities for maintenance and traffic control of certain state highways within municipalities. Expressway Policing Aids help the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department with the costs of patrolling expressways within the county.
Quarterly payments for cities, villages, and towns are made in four installments on the first Monday in January, April, July, and October. County payments are made in three installments, with 25 percent of the total annual payment on the first Monday in January; 50 percent on the first Monday in July; and 25 percent on the first Monday in October.
A complete list of the second-quarter aid payments is available here.
Steil and Van Orden constituents visit Washington D.C. to demand congressmen fight for working families over tax breaks for the ultra-rich
21 hours
by WRJC WebMaster
in State News
This week, Wisconsinites from the 1st and 3rd Congressional Districts visited Washington D.C. to ask their members of Congress directly to prioritize working families and seniors instead of continuing an all-out push to cut programs they depend on.
Grassroots advocates and community leaders with Opportunity Wisconsin traveled to Washington D.C. to meet with their members of Congress and ask them to oppose devastating cuts that will raise costs and make it harder for Wisconsin families and communities to succeed. Participants also joined Fair Share America for a rally in front of the Capitol, calling out the continued push by President Trump and Republicans in Congress to give new tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations instead of delivering relief to those who need it most.
Yesterday, Congressional Republicans advanced a budget resolution, which will force $1.5 trillion in cuts, a move the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office previously said would force cuts to Medicaid and other essential programs. Wisconsin’s entire Republican congressional delegation, including Reps. Van Orden and Steil, voted in favor of the resolution.
Wisconsinites visiting Washington D.C. spoke out against yesterday’s vote for dangerous cuts to programs:
Oliver Winn, Eau Claire: “We’re in Washington D.C. because we’re tired of Republicans in Congress coming after programs that help our most vulnerable family members and neighbors succeed – all in an effort to give more to those who are well-off. Whether it’s making sure healthcare programs are affordable and accessible or protecting access to nutrition assistance to ensure everyone is able to put food on their table, it’s time for our elected officials to fight with us, not stand by while programs his constituents depend on are torn down. During our meeting yesterday, Congressman Van Orden made a commitment to me that he would not make cuts to these critical programs. As a Medicaid beneficiary who also relies on SNAP, his track record leaves me skeptical that he will follow through on that commitment and we will continue to hold him accountable as this process moves forward.”
LuAnn Bird, Hales Corner: “My family is already witnessing what happens when Republicans in Congress refuse to stand up to harmful cuts. My paralyzed husband put his life on the line in Vietnam. He is completely bed bound now and he depends on the VA to keep him alive. All of his spinal cord doctors and nurses were offered a buyout with no guarantee that their jobs would be there in the future. Now his life is on the line again but this time from the Trump administration. Even more Wisconsinites will suffer unless Congressman Steil starts standing up for us and opposes even more devastating cuts while supporting tax breaks for the wealthy. It’s time for Congress to get back to the basics and fight for our working families, seniors, and veterans.”
Dr. Donn Dexter, Eau Claire: “I’ve spent more than three decades as a doctor working to keep patients healthy and thriving. That’s a mission that becomes even harder as Congress cuts programs like Medicaid and cuts back on lifesaving research that has the power to transform how we treat and prevent diseases. These shortsighted cuts are dangerous and detrimental to public health. It’s time for Congress to protect access to affordable medical care, not raise costs and shutter successful programs.”
Local Prep Scores from Tuesday 4/15
21 hours
by WRJC WebMaster
in Sports
Hillsboro 12 La Farge 4
Brookwood 8 Kickapoo 3
Tomah 13 La Crosse Aquinas 3
Cashton 15 Wonewoc-Center 2
De Soto 6 Royall 5
Mount Horeb 12 Reedsburg 7
Wisconsin Dells 12 Westfield 11
Nekoosa 15 Mauston 0
Adams-Friendship 10 Wautoma 0
Baseball
Royall 10 De Soto 4 (Jackson Bender 4×4 at the plate)
Brookwood 15 Kickapoo 3
Wisconsin Dells 6 West Salem 2
Bangor 13 Westby 9
Cashton 23 Wonewoc-Center 4
G-E-T 6 Mauston 4
Reedsburg 10 Baraboo 0
Richland Center 11 Weston 2
Westfield 14 Tri-County 1
Girls Soccer
Amherst 3 Mauston 1
La Crosse Central 1 Tomah 0
Regis/McDonell 8 Wautoma 0
Sauk Prairie 3 Reedsburg 0
Mauston Falls to G-E-T in Baseball
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Mauston Baseball traveled to G.E.T High School Tuesday afternoon to take on the Red Hawks in a non conference baseball game. G.E.T. started the scoring with 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st to take an early lead. Mauston rallied in the top half of the 4th inning, scoring 4 runs with 2 outs to take a 4-3 lead. The Red Hawks would add 3 more runs in the bottom half of the 5th inning to give them a 6-4 lead. The Golden Eagles loaded the bases in the top of the 6th inning, but were unable to score. Mauston outhit the Red Hawks 10-7, but left 9 runners on base that ultimately led to falling short in the total runs column. Final Score Mauston 4 G.E.T. 6 Pitching Tyler Link 5IP 7H 6K 2BB 5ER Eli Rader 1IP 0H 2K 1BB 0ER Hitting Evan Parsons 3×3 1 SB Isaac Steinke 2×3 Double & 1 RBI Eli Rader 2×4 3 SB
Mauston Golfers Win Conference Opener
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Mauston Varsity Golf opened its season up with conference victory at Westfield. Mauston team score was 169, just edging out A-F who shot 171. Three Mauston golfers tied for medalist honors, all shooting score of 42: Sr. Owen Hallwood, Jr.Johan Wolf, and Soph. Carson Demaske. Mauston hosts the next conference o n Thursday, April 17th at 4:00 at Castle Rock Golf course.
Stormoen, Mary “Evelyn” Age 67 of Friendship
23 hours
by WRJC WebMaster
in Obituaries
Mary “Evelyn” Stormoen, age 67, of Friendship, Wisconsin passed away Saturday, April 12, 2025 at her home following recent decline in health.
Funeral services will be 12 Noon on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at Roseberry’s Funeral Home in Friendship, Wisconsin. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service.
Evelyn was born on September 16, 1957, in Marion, Kentucky, to Clarence and Mable (Wafford) Belt. She was raised in Kentucky as part of a large and loving family alongside her seven siblings. From an early age, Evelyn developed a passion for cooking, a skill she learned and cherished under the guidance of her mother.
On January 14, 1993, she married Richard Leroy Stormoen in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The couple made their home in Colorado Springs until 1997, when they relocated to Adams County. Together, Evelyn and Richard were proud to help operate the Skyline Restaurant.
Evelyn found joy in gardening, bird watching, and spending time outdoors. She especially treasured moments shared with her children and grandchildren. Her love for baking and cooking remained a lifelong passion.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents: Clarence and Mable; husband, Richard; siblings: Kenny, Louise, and Joyce; nephew, Kevin; and grandson, Matthew.
Survivors include her children: Nakita (John) Stormoen of Friendship, WI; Michael Hicks of Gunneson, Co; and Veronica (Roger) Soular of Piedmont, NC; grandchildren: Trinity, Gianna, Everly, Brian, Chelsy, Tesla, Melissa, Mikey, Sarah, Zack, Liv, and Willow; siblings: Austin (Anna), Gene (Kathy), Brenda (Butch), and Tina (Phillip). She is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Roseberry’s Funeral Home is assisting the family. Visit www.roseberrys.com for online condolences and further information.
Hillsboro Downs La Farge in Softball Action
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The Hillsboro Tigers defeated La Farge 12-4 in non-conference softball action Tuesday evening. Hillsboro scored in every inning on their way to victory. Harper Sullivan got the win in the circle, pitching 5 effective innings giving up 3runs on just 1hit. Michelle Hora, Maddie Herritz, and Hayden Bohn each had a pair of hits for the Tigers. Herritz and Bohn both had a pair of RBI’s while Hora added a double and a triple. Kadence Lawrence had 3 run double for the Wildcats. Hillsboro improves to 4-2 on the season.
