What's happening this week?
Fish fry, bake sale, fundraiser, ball game, lost dog, firewood for sale? Put it on the Party Line and the whole area sees it. This is the first post. Add yours.
Back when the whole road shared one phone line, everybody heard the news. Same idea. New babies and birthdays, Friday night scores, who’s got hay, the benefit at the fire hall. Post it, and we’ll put it on the line.
Fish fry, bake sale, fundraiser, ball game, lost dog, firewood for sale? Put it on the Party Line and the whole area sees it. This is the first post. Add yours.
Nine-day gun season runs Nov. 21-29. Muzzleloader follows Nov. 30-Dec. 9, and the four-day antlerless hunt is Dec. 10-13. Register your deer by 5 p.m. the day after you harvest it. Got a camp tradition or a first-deer story? Share it here.
Bloomer, the jump rope capital of the world, holds its contest on the last Saturday in January, with kids in grades 1-8 competing. Check with the Bloomer Chamber for the exact date and times. Who's jumping this year?
In June 2026 the Bloomer girls track and field team won the school's first-ever WIAA team championship (Division 2), and the 3,200-meter relay three-peated. Congratulations, Blackhawks!
The Bulldogs were Division 3 boys golf state runners-up in 2025, for the second straight year. Who's been on the team?
Duluth got nearly 37 inches and the storm killed 22 people across the Upper Midwest. Where were you, and how long were you stuck? Post your best blizzard story.
The village traces back to the Cartwright brothers' sawmill in 1875 and celebrated 150 years at Jamboree Days in 2025. Dig out your old photos: school pictures, parades, main street, the mill site. What did New Auburn look like when you were a kid?
Charcoal chicken dinner, the firefighter water games, the Sunday noon parade at Lion's Memorial Park. What's your favorite Jamboree memory?
Michael Perry's memoir about his years on the New Auburn fire department is set right here. Favorite scene? Do you know anyone in the book?
Crops, hay, cattle, bees. How did this season treat you? Share a yield, a lesson, or a good-year story.
New questions every week. Think you know the Trojans from the Blackhawks? Post your score here.