Sparta Kiwanis Club
Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 9:59am
Monroe County Health Department Director Sharon Nelson sat alone at her desk as she spoke to the Sparta Kiwanis Club at its ZOOM meeting Tuesday, May 19. “The virus has not gone away,” she said, demonstrating her own social distancing as one way of slowing the spread of COVID-19.
Nelson predicted...
Monday, May 18, 2020 - 9:41am
John Hendricks, Executive Director of Sparta Area Chamber of Commerce, speaking to Sparta Kiwanis Club members at their weekly Tuesday meeting May 12, described scaled-down Sparta area activities affected by the pandemic. The good news, said Hendricks, is that the Elroy-Sparta Bike Trail is open,...
Thursday, May 7, 2020 - 9:47am
COVID-19 delayed awarding the Kiwanis Student of the Month on March 17 but did not lessen the well-deserved honor for Sparta High School Senior Tanner Robertson. His nominating SHS Social Studies Teacher Katlyn Buika described Robertson as a leader in her classroom, with a passion for education...
Monday, May 4, 2020 - 9:48am
The Sparta Kiwanis Club, with the help of six Sparta businesses, has launched a drive to collect monetary donations for Sparta’s two food pantries, the Ecumenical Food Pantry and Coulee Cap. Collection Cans are available at Hansen’s IGA, Citizens First Bank, Westside Wine & Spirits, Fast-Eddies...
Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 10:17am
In her long-sleeved black sheath, Sparta High School Kiwanis Student of the Month Lily Schmitz looks more like a corporate executive than a sprinter and a scholar. In fact, Schmitz is both, and more—a singer, percussionist, language translator and a high-end academic achiever.
SHS Instrumental...
Thursday, January 23, 2020 - 9:55am
Haydn Guns, Sparta High School Kiwanis Student of the Month, was selected for more than his prowess on the field, court and classroom, said his nominator, SHS Family Consumer Science Teacher Haley Woggon. In her view academics and athletics seem to be secondary to Guns.
In her Family Consumer...
Thursday, December 19, 2019 - 10:46am
Jenna Kroeger, in accepting the Kiwanis Student of the Month Award at the Club’s noon meeting Dec. 17, referred to the personal and parental discipline that enabled her to participate in multiple extracurricular activities while excelling academically.
The SHS senior clearly welcomes new...
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 10:15am
When 6-foot, 3-inch Cole Wisniewski’s name appears in area news media it’s usually about success on the gridiron—or in one of the other two major sports in which he excels. But SHS Art Teacher Buck Engel rates Wisniewski’s quality of character above his athletic and academic achievements. “It’s a...
Thursday, September 26, 2019 - 9:12am
Sparta Police Department Detective Andy Kuen wasn’t wearing a deerstalker’s hat nor carrying a magnifying glass when he spoke to Sparta Kiwanians at their meeting Tuesday, Sept. 24, but there was a 40-Caliber Glock at his hip.
While he deals with crimes ranging from break-ins to homicide, Kuen said...
Thursday, September 19, 2019 - 8:35am
When Nurse Practitioner Stacey Markuson talked about the long-range consequences of childhood obesity at the Kiwanis Club’s weekly meeting Tuesday, Sept. 17, some of the parents present wondered where they had stored those battered metal Roy Rogers lunch boxes.
Markuson had referred to the Sparta...