ELLSWORTH
Gospel choir’s back to help pantry March 21
People, get ready! The Travelin’ Shoes Gospel Choir is comin’ to town!
This rockin’ regional community choir will perform in concert on Sunday, March 21, at 7 p.m. at St Francis Church in Ellsworth. A free-will offering will be collected during the concert, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to benefit the work of the Pierce County Food Pantry. A 5 p.m. community meal will precede the concert.
March 10, 2010
Editorial: Pick who’d best deliver justice
Geography shouldn’t be the determining factor in choosing a judge. Credentials and character should be.March 10, 2010
New Broadway musical hits EHS stage March 25-27
The students of Ellsworth High School will present the very new Broadway musical hit “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” Thursday-Saturday, March 25, 26 and 27, at 7:30 p.m. at Ellsworth High School. Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for students.
March 10, 2010
Altoona edges Ellsworth in closesly contested regional hoops game
A 4-5 seed game in any eight-team tournament should be an even contest and the Ellsworth-Altoona WIAA Division 2 Spring Valley Regional Tournament first-round game was exactly that.
March 09, 2010
Spring Fever Expo March 20 at Ellsworth High School
The Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce will coordinate its fourth annual Spring Fever Expo from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at the Ellsworth High School gymnasium.
March 09, 2010
Minnesota man charged with burglary
A St. Paul man was charged last week in Pierce County Circuit Court with burglary, along with criminal damage to property.March 09, 2010
Decision on five-day Ellsworth school 4YK program delayed
A decision on changing the four-year-old kindergarten program from a four-day to a five-day schedule was delayed until later this month by the Ellsworth School Board Monday.March 09, 2010
Matzek becomes youngest coach to win national title
Ellsworth's Mark Matzek becomes the youngest coach to win an NCAA Division III national wrestling title as he led the Auggies to national championship this weekend. He was also named Coach of the Year in Division III.
March 07, 2010
No repeat for the Purple Panthers, Oconto Falls wins state semi match
One only set of Panthers would emerge from the semifinal match between No. 2 ranked Oconto Falls and No. 3 Ellsworth victorious at the WIAA Team State Wrestling Meet at the UW Fieldhouse. Unfortunately it was the cats in Orange as OF won 33-26 Saturday afternoon.
March 06, 2010
Ellsworth has the edge over Prescott in girls basketball finale
Ellsworth's Kayla Christopherson made two critical free-throws in the final :30 seconds to lead Ellsworth to a 41-37 win in the Hwy. 10 rivalry against Prescott Friday.
March 06, 2010
Pilot helps Ellsworth graders’ imaginations soar
Luke Eaton, a 2002 Ellsworth High School graduate, talked about his job as a Mesaba Airlines pilot with second graders at Hillcrest Elementary School.
March 06, 2010
Blodgett's latest job at care center is being boss
Rhonda Blodgett started at the Ellsworth Care Center in 1988 as a certified nurses’ assistant and has never left.
March 06, 2010
Early idea of latest Ellsworth school budget cuts given
Although their work’s not finished, Ellsworth school officials are getting ready to cut next year’s district budget.
March 06, 2010
Ellsworth family takes livelihood from farm to table
Dave Capatske has begun making meat from his cattle available at a retail outlet in the village’s midway district.
March 05, 2010
What does Pierce County Historical Association do?
The Pierce County Historical Association (PCHA) does the following:March 05, 2010
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Ellsworth girls basketball video interviews
Posted by: Ryan Nilsson on Feb 10, 2010 at 6:47 PM | Nilsson's Notebook
Looking ahead for Red Wing, Ellsworth girls hoops
My story in today's paper recapping the girls basketball game between Red Wing and Ellsworth rimmed out. There were quotes from both coaches that I didn't include in the story but should have tried to shoehorn in. I've transcribed those comments below. Ellsworth coach Dave Berg on his team's non-co
Posted by: Ryan Nilsson on Jan 6, 2010 at 2:25 PM | Nilsson's NotebookWIAA to develop five-division basketball plan
I don't have time to parse the press release right now (the gymnastics season preview story, a boys basketball story and briefs still need to be written for tomorrow's paper), but this is important enough that I think it's worth just posting the press release in its entirety. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEAS
Posted by: Ryan Nilsson on Dec 4, 2009 at 2:40 PM | Nilsson's NotebookChanges to divisions, conferences and classes on horizon?
Eau Claire (Wis.) Leader-Telegram sports editor and friend John Casper Jr. wrote a comprehensive story about, as he put it, "two proposals that would drastically alter the landscape of the state's most popular prep sports." The proposed changes would "add a fifth division and use cri
Posted by: Ryan Nilsson on Oct 2, 2009 at 12:09 AM | Nilsson's Notebook
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