with Scott Gallatin, Post 227

SPRING VALLEY, WI – On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. members of the Rickerd-Danielson American Legion Post 227 held a short groundbreaking ceremony for a new granite Veteran’s War Memorial. The Legionnaires were joined by Post Auxiliary members, some Boy Scouts, and interested members of the community for the ceremony. The Memorial is located just west of the original veteran’s Memorial location and next door to Spring Valley Dentistry near Park Drive and World War I Veterans Memorial Highway (State Highway 29).

Post Commander Pete Esanbock had some opening remarks before the shovels were taken up to break ground for the large (five feet tall by eight inches thick) new granite Memorial marker. The marker will be engraved with the names of local veterans who served and gave their all for their country from WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan.

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Submitted by Jerry Thompson, Post 207

ELMWOOD, WI – Members of the Crain-Ottman American Legion Post 207 and the Auxiliary Unit 207 gathered at Veterans Memorial Park this past weekend to clean up and freshen up the park in preparation for the Memorial Day ceremonies on May 27.

The Veterans Memorial Park shelter is also available for community use for free.  Please contact Commander Jerry Thompson to reserve the shelter.

WOODVILLE, WI – Woodville, Wisconsin celebrated their 73^rd Annual Syttende Mai last weekend, May 16, 17 and 18, 2024. The Woodville Lions Club sponsored event enjoyed great success this year with exceptionally beautiful weather. There were four exceptionally beautiful young ladies competing for the title of Syttende Mai Queen this year with the Coronation held at 3:00 p.m., on Saturday, May 18 in the Viking Middle School (VMS) Gymnasium.

The theme for the Coronation this year was “Syttende Mai’s Most Exciting Hour, the Syttende Mai Coronation Game Show” with the four Syttende Mai Royalty candidates: Addisyn Wichelman, Contestant Number One, Katelyn Gustafson, Contestant Number Two, Adeline Haugen, contestant Number Three and Jessi Albers, Contestant Number Four.

The contestants began the program answering questions about “Where in Woodville?” following the game show theme.

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WESTERN WISCONSIN – Each year on the last Monday in May, the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. Military are honored. Originally known as “Decoration Day,” Memorial Day began following the Civil War. According to History.com, “The Civil War, which ended in the spring of 1865, claimed more lives than any conflict in U.S. history and required the establishment of the country’s first national cemeteries.

By the late 1860s, Americans in various towns and cities had begun holding springtime tributes to these countless fallen soldiers, decorating their graves with flowers and reciting prayers.

For decades, Memorial Day continued to be observed on May 30. In 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which established Memorial Day as the last Monday in May in order to create a three-day weekend for federal employees. The change went into effect in 1971. The same law also declared Memorial Day a federal holiday.”

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BALDWIN, WI – The Performing Arts Center was nearly full on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, for the Annual Scholarship and Awards Night at Baldwin-Woodville High School (B-W HS). There were approximately 107 scholarships given out to many deserving members of the graduating Class of 2024, with several members of the class receiving more than one scholarship.

The evening began with retiring Principal David Brandvold’s “Welcome” to all of the students and proud parents. He commented on what a good, yet competitive group of students the Class of 2024 is. He stated that $155,864.00 in scholarships had been awarded this year.

He then proceeded to call up and award scholarships. The Academic Excellence Scholar to Noah Sarauer and Natalie Bolstad. The Technical Excellence Scholar to Hannah Forrest and Landon Eggen. The Herb Kohl Initiative Scholarship -Brandon Lee. The Baldwin-Woodville Future Educators Scholarship to Janessa Karau and the Falcon Soar Scholarship – University of Wisconsin – River Falls to Ella Schutz.

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