Chait Gaddam recorded his best time of the year for 36th place and Luke Revello finished 20 seconds later in 39th for the Altoona cross country team on Tuesday, September 23 at the Mondovi Buffalo Cross Country Invitational at Arboretum Park in Mondovi. Read the rest of this entry »

The Altoona girls’ tennis team completed a busy and successful week recently, playing five matches in a six-day span and winning four of them. Read the rest of this entry »

The Altoona volleyball team started strong in all three games and withstood several Chippewa Falls rallies en route to a 3-0 sweep of the Cardinals in non-conference action at Chippewa Falls on Tuesday, September 23. Read the rest of this entry »

The first-ever football meeting between Altoona and Prentice/Rib Lake did not go the way the Railroaders would have liked, as the Hawks scored 40 points in the first half in a 54-20 non-conference rout in Rib Lake on Friday, September 19. Read the rest of this entry »

The Altoona Athletic Booster Club, in cooperation with Altoona resident Jim Hoffmeister of the Championship Independent Wrestling Association (CIWA), is preparing to host “Professional Wrestling: A Night of All-Stars” on Saturday, October 4. The event, which is being held in place of Donkey Basketball, will benefit the Altoona High School Field Improvement Project. Read the rest of this entry »

It is the time of the year to start thinking about putting the “closed” sign on our lawns and gardens. It is also a great time to begin doing some preventive work against pests and disease problems for the next growing season. Healthier lawns and gardens can better withstand disease and pest damage without the use of pesticides or herbicides, thus saving you money and time. Read the rest of this entry »

When do I have time to exercise? It is a question we have all asked ourselves. We have a perception that exercise is time-consuming and we must do it vigorously to make it worthwhile… but we could not be more wrong. Read the rest of this entry »

On Saturday, October 4, Altoona will host the first annual Chippewa Valley Rally for Recovery. Held at 10th Street Park, the event is aimed at uniting those who have and are recovering from substance abuse. Read the rest of this entry »

Jesse Jensen, an Altoona icon, is virtually unknown to current residents of this community. The scholastic pattern that he established continues to have consequence to all students now enrolled in Altoona public schools. Without “Jess,” there is a great likelihood that there would be no such system. Read the rest of this entry »

From Monday, September 15 to Saturday, September 20, the Altoona Rescue Squad responded to 11 EMS calls and the Altoona Fire Department responded to five fire-related calls. Four EMS calls were not responded to. Read the rest of this entry »