Seb Goplin and Shane Walford earned trophies, scholarships and prizes with their second-place finish.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Facing some stiff competition, Seb Goplin and Shane Walford proved last week that they know a thing or two about cars. The Oregon High School students earned scholarships and other prizes last Wednesday when they finished second in Wisconsin’s 2013 Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition... + continue reading
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Junior Jawon Turner never expected to be a conference champion for the Oregon boys track and field team. So it would make sense that he was surprised to jump a foot ahead of Milton senior Brock Krebs to claim the triple jump title Tuesday at the Badger South Conference meet at Oregon High... + continue reading

[Photo submitted] Oregon resident Melissa VanderSanden (center) was chosen as the 2013 Dane County Fairest of the Fair. She is flanked by Alice in Dairyland, Rochelle Ripp (left) and the 2012 Dane County Fairest of the Fair, Andrea Servas.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Oregon resident Melissa VanderSanden will serve as the 2013 Dane County Fairest of the Fair. t During the selection process on May 5, she was chosen from a pool of eight candidates based on an interview, ability to create and execute a mock radio commercial and public speaking skills featuring... + continue reading

Sophomore Carson Torhorst takes a tee shot on the 16th hole Wednesday in the Badger South Conference Golf meet at the House on the Rock Golf Resort. Torhorst finished second overall with a 75, and he also earned No. 6 All-Badger South Conference honors. [Photos by Anthony Iozzo]
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Freshman Grant O’Donnell walks from the 16th tee Wednesday in the Badger South Conference Golf meet at the House on the Rock Golf Resort. O’Donnell shot a 77 and earned No. 7 All-Badger South Conference honors this season.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Sophomore Carson Torhorst and freshman Grant O’Donnell may not have a lot of postseason experience, but it didn’t show Wednesday in the Badger South Conference Golf meet at the House on the Rock Golf Resort.  Torhorst (75), playing in his second conference meet, and O’... + continue reading

Junior Jack Maerz winds up for a discus throw last Friday in the Stoughton Invitational. Maerz finished third with a throw of 127 feet, five inches. [Photos by Anthony Iozzo]
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Junior Bailey Adkins (right) and freshman Lauren Tower race in the 100-meter dash. They finished 11th and 12th, respectively.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Panthers head coach Ned Lease knew entering Friday’s Stoughton Invitational that the Panthers were in for a big test – perhaps their biggest to date. Oregon showed no signs of wilting under the pressure though, winning the meet, which was pelted by constant rain, with 114.5 points.... + continue reading

Seb Goplin and Shane Walford earned trophies, scholarships and prizes with their second-place finish.
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[Photo submitted] Oregon resident Melissa VanderSanden (center) was chosen as the 2013 Dane County Fairest of the Fair. She is flanked by Alice in Dairyland, Rochelle Ripp (left) and the 2012 Dane County Fairest of the Fair, Andrea Servas.

Sophomore Carson Torhorst takes a tee shot on the 16th hole Wednesday in the Badger South Conference Golf meet at the House on the Rock Golf Resort. Torhorst finished second overall with a 75, and he also earned No. 6 All-Badger South Conference honors. [Photos by Anthony Iozzo]
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Freshman Grant O’Donnell walks from the 16th tee Wednesday in the Badger South Conference Golf meet at the House on the Rock Golf Resort. O’Donnell shot a 77 and earned No. 7 All-Badger South Conference honors this season.

Junior Jack Maerz winds up for a discus throw last Friday in the Stoughton Invitational. Maerz finished third with a throw of 127 feet, five inches. [Photos by Anthony Iozzo]
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Junior Bailey Adkins (right) and freshman Lauren Tower race in the 100-meter dash. They finished 11th and 12th, respectively.
Friday, 17/05/13
Faced with an $850,000 spike in health insurance costs next school year, Oregon School District officials recently proposed hiking how much employees pay for health care. But after a tense,... + continue reading

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Seb Goplin and Shane Walford earned trophies, scholarships and prizes with their second-place finish.
Facing some stiff competition, Seb Goplin and Shane Walford proved last week that they know a thing or two about cars. The Oregon High School students earned scholarships and other prizes last... + continue reading

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Claude and Ellen Marendaz, owners of The Chocolate Capers, plan to close to the public by October. Their business has been a popular chocolate shop for people of all ages in Oregon since the late 1980s. [Photo by Bill Livick]
For the past quarter century, area chocolate lovers have been drawn to the little shop in downtown Oregon where they still make homemade chocolate by hand, one batch at a time. But a good business,... + continue reading

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