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West Salem's Kaden Langrehr breaks loose for a 64-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter of Saturday's Division 4 Level 3 playoff game at Racine St. Catherine's. Record photo by Logan Everson/GX3 Media.
SCENIC BLUFFS The last remaining Scenic Bluffs Conference representative went down in the third round of the WIAA playoffs Friday. Six Rivers Conference tri-champ, Iowa-Grant, blasted SBC winner, …
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Reflection is something Brian Huebner knows well.  Westby's veteran cross country coach does plenty of it before, during and after every season.  However, the ending to the 2026 season will leave Huebner with plenty to mull over before heading into next fall.
Klay Pedretti calmly left the finishing chute following the WIAA Division 3 sectional race at Boscobel on Saturday, Oct. 24 and walked towards the post-race water area.  There was no personal best time posted. There was no state berth ahead. There was just a quiet finality as Pedretti had run his last career high school cross country race.
Cashton senior Aubri Schaldach was named to the first all-Scenic Bluffs Conference team following a successful season in 2026.
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 …
Luxury buyers on the West Coast want different things than they did five years ago, and in Beaverton, Oregon, those changes show up in which homes sell and which ones sit. Carey Hughes, who leads …
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