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Heights' NHS holding donation drive

We need your help! The National Honor Society of Wisconsin Heights will be setting up donation boxes at several locations beginning on November 9 and lasting until November 13. With the winter weather coming up, donations of clean clothing, money, and especially coats are extremely helpful.

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The Mazomanie Lions Club will hold a food drive to restock the Christian In Action Food Pantry. Donations can be made at Mazo Hardware and Dollar General Store from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Nov. 7. All food and monetary donations will be accepted. Checks should be payable to Christian In Action Food Pantry.

 

Sauk Prairie VFW holding Veterans Day Ceremony

Sauk Prairie Veterans of Foreign Wars Lachmund-Cramer Post 7694 will  conduct a Veterans Day Ceremony Wednesday, November 11, at the Sauk Prairie Area Veterans Memorial in Sauk City, at the entrance to Sauk City Riverfront Park, across from Hooverson Funeral Home. The Veterans Day Ceremony will begin at 10:45 a.m.  At 11:00 a.m.

Sauk County Land Resources holding Conservation Awareness poster competition

Sauk County Land Resources and Environment will be participating in the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Conservation Awareness Poster competition this again year. This contest is open to all Sauk County public, private, and home schooled students in grades K-12.

Friends of SP Healthcare hold annual Love Lights campaign

The Friends of Sauk Prairie Healthcare’s annual Love Lights campaign is a tribute to family, friends and loved ones during the holiday season.  For a minimum $5 donation, people can sponsor a light to honor special people who are living or remember loved ones who have passed.  In addition, red/white/blue lights will thank military personnel for

John F Wick and his Field of Dreams


Rookies’ wiffle ball field is now “John F Wick Field,” named after the business owner and community philanthropist known so well around the area. On Wednesday, October 30, 2020, Wick Buildings entered into a partnership with Rookies to honor John Wick’s lifetime of community involvement and contributions. Attending were John himself (age 94), many of John’s children and family members, Steve Schmitt (Rookies Owner) and Dave Boyer (Rookies General Manager) and members of Wick Buildings management team. “We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Rookies and honor John F. Wick,” said Allan Breidenbach, President of Wick Buildings, Inc. Breidenbach added, “Since his founding of Wick Buildings in Mazomanie in 1954, John has been a fixture in the Mazomanie community and it is exciting to know that people will see his name for years to come.” Schmitt took over the Rookies in 1998 and made it a destination location along with his famous Shoe Box store in Black Earth. In addition, Schmitt owns the Madison Mallards baseball team along with several other clubs in the Northwoods League, a summer league for elite college baseball players. Wick Buildings has been in continuous operation since 1954, with more than 75,000 buildings completed.

Rookies’ wiffle ball field is now “John F Wick Field,” named after the business owner and community philanthropist known so well around the area. On Wednesday, October 30, 2020, Wick Buildings entered into a partnership with Rookies to honor John Wick’s lifetime of community involvement and contributions.

John F Wick and his Field of Dreams


Rookies’ wiffle ball field is now “John F Wick Field,” named after the business owner and community philanthropist known so well around the area. On Wednesday, October 30, 2020, Wick Buildings entered into a partnership with Rookies to honor John Wick’s lifetime of community involvement and contributions. Attending were John himself (age 94), many of John’s children and family members, Steve Schmitt (Rookies Owner) and Dave Boyer (Rookies General Manager) and members of Wick Buildings management team. “We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Rookies and honor John F. Wick,” said Allan Breidenbach, President of Wick Buildings, Inc. Breidenbach added, “Since his founding of Wick Buildings in Mazomanie in 1954, John has been a fixture in the Mazomanie community and it is exciting to know that people will see his name for years to come.” Schmitt took over the Rookies in 1998 and made it a destination location along with his famous Shoe Box store in Black Earth. In addition, Schmitt owns the Madison Mallards baseball team along with several other clubs in the Northwoods League, a summer league for elite college baseball players. Wick Buildings has been in continuous operation since 1954, with more than 75,000 buildings completed.

Rookies’ wiffle ball field is now “John F Wick Field,” named after the business owner and community philanthropist known so well around the area. On Wednesday, October 30, 2020, Wick Buildings entered into a partnership with Rookies to honor John Wick’s lifetime of community involvement and contributions.

A super-sized Halloween pumpkin


Mark and Vicki Beres of Mazomanie grew a 1,052 pound pumpkin this year for Halloween. That’s a lot of pumpkin pies.

Mark and Vicki Beres of Mazomanie grew a 1,052 pound pumpkin this year for Halloween. That’s a lot of pumpkin pies.

Community events

It was with sadness that we announced the cancellation of our 2020 Pack Event. 

But as we all know, world hunger has not been cancelled, and the need is greater than ever. Feed My Starving Children announced that they could not hold any Mobilepack events for the remainder of 2020. 

Sauk Prairie Area Chamber receives $12,000 grant from Department of Tourism

Sauk Prairie Area Chamber of Commerce received a $11,684 Tourism Relief to Accelerate Vitality and Economic Lift (TRAVEL) Stimulus Grant from the Department of Tourism. Sauk Prairie Area Chamber of Commerce is one of 158 recipients of TRAVEL grant funds totaling nearly $12 million.  

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