KAREN ROUSE Classes resumed at St. John’s Lutheran School (SJLS) in Mayville just one day after flood waters found a way inside the school building on October 2, located at 520 Bridge St.Heavy localized rains late Tuesday night, Oct. 1, dumped six inches or more, overwhelming waterways, drains and surface ground over the City of Mayville. Many property owners in the city awoke to flooded basements and yards.

KAREN ROUSE Mayville High School Homecoming Week activities have been building school spirit to culminate at Friday night’s game when the Football Cardinals go face-to-face with the Winnebago Lutheran Academy Vikings on the Ray Dunn Field gridiron at 7 p.m.

KAREN ROUSE The always popular and much anticipated Audubon Days 2019 will take place in Mayville on Saturday, Oct. 12, flanked on Friday and Sunday by exciting supporting events, with a Mayville Pub Crawl which began on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Audubon Days, in danger of not being presented this year, was resuscitated and will be stronger than ever

KAREN ROUSE A celebration took place at Mayville High School on Wednesday, Sept. 25, when hundreds of people gathered tor the grand opening of the renovated facility made possible by a referendum approved in 2017. Additions and renovations at the newly remodeled high school were the largest component of the referendum.

KAREN ROUSE An EMS agreement was signed by Village of Kekoskee trustees to contract with the City of Mayville EMS for emergency medical technician ambulance service, following two meetings held last week by the Kekoskee Board of Trustees. It was presented to the city’s Finance Committee of

Law And Order 1919 JIM BARTELT Mayville was once known as the “Pittsburgh of the West.” Iron ore was discovered in the area in 1845. Mayville became a blast furnace town from 18481928. The picture accompanying this article, taken in 1919, shows a police force that worked for the Northwestern Iron Company. The policemen are posed in front of the former Rilling-Endlich Company building

KAREN ROUSE Lisa York of Mayville was chosen as the National Forty and Eight (40/8) Dame of the Year 2019 on September 13 at the 56th Rendezvous Nationale held in Myrtle Beach, S.C. “I didn’t think I would be awarded this national award. I was very shocked,” said York. As previously reported, York was named the state’s Dame

KAREN ROUSE City of Mayville Clerk Sara Decker provided a behind-the-scenes look of what it takes to run a city election when she spoke to the Mayville Rotary Club on August 29. Additionally, she reminds citizens that National Voter Registration Day is next week, on Tuesday, Sept. 24. She does not run an election

Sprint For Stef Is Sunday KAREN ROUSE On Sunday, Sept. 22, the Sprint for Stef fund raising event will get off to a great start beginning with a 5K run/walk at 11:30 a.m. at the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center. The event has been organized to support Stef Malesevich and her family during her fight against Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She is married to Ted Malesevich and the couple