Sports
GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL’S Division 2 state runner-up volleyball team included (front row, from left) Abby Barthelemy, Emily Sewell, Gretchen Thatcher, (second row) Khiah King, Paige Arentz, Brooke Vanden Berg, coach Ashley Wilson, Paige Proefrock, Avery Pierce, (back row) junior varsity 2 coach Gundars Berzins, Abby Marti, Janie Libka, Alessandra Austin, Grace Tilley, Addison Lempke, Ava Dotson, assistant coach Jarrod Luedtke and junior varsity coach Jessica Setzke. Photo by Mitch Maersch
They had never been there before, and the Grafton High School girls’ volleyball team was facing the top-seeded, much taller squad that won a silver ball three years ago.
That didn’t matter to this team. The Black Hawks weren’t going to be...
Op-Ed
The government shutdown was the excuse, not the cause, for the failure of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to provide scheduled food assistance for 42 million Americans. It was a phony excuse.
The program known as SNAP has reserve funds for use in an emergency. The Trump administration flatly refused to use that $...
Good Living
DEREK LINDSTROM LOVES his care team at Froedtert Hospital, which handled his heart transplant. Lower, Lindstrom often runs near his Grafton home to train for marathons. Photos by Sam Arendt
Crossing the finish line Nov. 2 at the New York City Marathon was “very emotional” for Grafton’s Derek Lindstrom.
It was the third marathon he has completed.
With his new heart.
He and his old one tallied 115 of the 26.2-milers, and now the 62-year-...
Business
THE GRAFTON SCHOOL BOARD, (from left) Mark Koehler, Jerry Rossi, Jamieson Blair, President Steve Nauta, Vice President Caroline Walls, Shawn Taylor and Robert Mallon, was named Outstanding Community Group for its work to make the School District exceptional in partnership with Supt. Jeff Nelson (back row). Lower, GRAFTON’S CITIZEN OF the Year for 2025 is Kelly Rieck, who was lauded for her work in education and with veterans. The longtime employee of the Grafton School District and president of the Rose-Harms American Legion Auxiliary was pictured at the Rose-Harms American Legion clubhouse. Photos by Sam Arendt
The Grafton Area Chamber of Commerce seems to have had education on its mind when selecting this year’s Citizen of the Year and Outstanding Community Group.
Kelly Rieck, who works in the Grafton High School counseling office, is the Citizen of the...
