Spooner Advocate

08/19/2025

08/19/2025

What a great way to start the new day! 😊

08/19/2025

Have you heard? Snapshot Wisconsin is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and the collection of 100 million photos of Wisconsin wildlife!

That’s a lot of time, photos and behind-the-scenes work to back it up.

Some milestones to celebrate over the last ten years include:
– 21 papers have been published utilizing the project’s trail camera data
– Over 25,500 registered users have volunteered to classify photos on Zooniverse
– 1,894 active trail camera hosts and over 2,000 actively deployed cameras spanning all 72 of Wisconsin’s counties
– Around 138,000 volunteer hours from trail camera hosts donated over the project’s lifetime
– Over 22 million images collected of white-tailed deer, the project’s most detected species

Sorting through 100 million photos is no easy task, and it would not be possible without Snapshot’s thousands of volunteers.

If you’re also looking for a way to get involved, consider classifying trail camera images on Zooniverse and see which species you can spot! Learn more at snapshotwisconsin.org

08/18/2025

LAKERS SCRIMMAGE
In 8-Player Football, the Shell Lake Lakers scrimmaged at Clayton starting on Friday, Aug. 15. Teams involved besides Shell Lake were Northwood/Solon Springs, Prairie Farm and McDonell Central Catholic. The first game for the Lakers will be Friday, Aug. 22, when Shell Lake hosts the Bruce Red Raiders at 7 p.m. See more in the Spooner Advocate and www.spooneradvocate.com - Photo by Larry Samson

08/18/2025

NEW SPOONER HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Spooner High School welcomes new Principal Greg Posewitz. Greg comes to Spooner after serving as principal at Ladysmith High School for the past six years. “Officially the title is Interim Principal, we’ll see how it goes,” he said Monday afternoon. He said so far everything is going very well, and he is happy to be in the area. “I’m excited to be here. We have great teachers at Spooner.” See more in the Spooner Advocate and www.spooneradvocate.com – Photo by Bill Thornley

08/18/2025

08/18/2025

LOOKING FOR AN OPENING
Evergreen running back Jayger Link eyes up the Prairie Farm defense on his run Friday, Aug. 15, in Clayton during scrimmage action. Northwood/Solon Springs played scrimmaged against Clayton and Prairie Farm. On Friday, Aug. 22, Northwood/Solon Springs will kickoff the new season at 7 p.m. at Flambeau against the Falcons. See more in the Spooner Advocate and www.spooneradvocate.com – Photo by Larry Samson

08/18/2025

NORTHWOOD SCRIMMAGE
Northwood/Solon Springs Evergreen quarterback Ian Woodhull drops back for a pass against Clayton during an 8-Player scrimmage on Friday, Aug. 15, in Clayton. The Evergreens will start their season on Friday, Aug. 22, in an away game against the Flambeau Falcons. See more in the Spooner Advocate and www.spooneradvocate.com – Photo by Larry Samson