Posts by Byron Higgin
Together again!
For an entire year, Coronavirus was winning the battle, raging its way across the United States like a blanket covering its young at night. “My wife and I pretty much stayed…
Read MoreWashburn ‘PERFECT’ in masterful performance
Former Webster baseball Coach Rusty Helland said it best. “You don’t see that very often,” he said after Webster’s Owen Washburn pitched a 14-strikeout perfect game Thursday against Grantsburg. Webster,…
Read MoreOut of control
The crazy, mixed up real estate market It’s not a buyer’s market right now. “As a buyer, be prepared to pay way over the asking price,” says Grantsburg Real Estate…
Read MoreKelly’s Heroes
Amery’s legendary coach guides Warriors to first state wrestling title Mike Kelly has done it all. After years of individual championships, three decades of wrestling in places as far away as…
Read MoreBoys Basketball Roundup
Sometimes life just isn’t fair. Take the Grantsburg Pirates for instance. The senior-dominated Pirates racked up a 13-2 season record and won the Lakeland West Conference title with a 9-0…
Read MoreSaints come marchin’ in; Searching for first state trip
You know what they say. “Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.” But the St. Croix Falls Girls Basketball Team is out to change all that — and they will begin…
Read MoreMerlin the Magician
Grantsburg loses the man with his thumb on the community and education in his heart. Merlin Johnson, 1930 – 2021Did Merlin Johnson have a philosophy about life? If he did,…
Read MoreBoys basketball roundup
Cameron’s Murphy Player of the Week • Clear Lake Coach Jason Sargent gets coaching honor Cameron senior guard Richie Murphy and Clear Lake Coach Jason Sargent earned top WisSports honors…
Read MorePirate ship sailing under full steam
•Big center reaches rebounding mark, heads for scoring milestone. Four years ago a group of young men began their basketball travels aimed at succeeding together on the hardcourt. This year…
Read MoreThe day I met Hank Aaron
Spending days catching the rubber ball bouncing off the side of our house like Willie Mays, smashing rocks over the pasture fence as Hank Aaron, or rounding the wooden-plank bases…
Read MoreBringing life to the history of Grantsburg
What Christmas gift do you get for the mother who has everything? A year ago Olaf Danielson was faced with that dilemma. “When we drew names I got my mother…
Read MorePandemic helps fuel ‘re-kindled’ relationships
Ever say to yourself, “I’ll do that someday when I have the time?” But you never have the time, and you never get it done! Then came the dual game-changer,…
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