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April 17, 2024

All aboard! Bucks vs Knicks

February 22, 2024

Hop on the bus and join the action at a prime-time televised Milwaukee Bucks game on Sunday, April 7. The motorcoach bus leaves the Jensen Community Center parking lot at 3 p.m. for the 6 p.m. game, returning...

1,002 points and counting...

1,002 points and counting…

Katie Lechton February 16, 2024

23 points was all it took for Senior Scout Spadoni to etch her name into the Amherst history books on Thursday night as the lady Falcons hosted the Manawa Wolves to conclude the regular season. Both teams...

FBLA Qualifies 38 to State Conference

FBLA Qualifies 38 to State Conference

Katie Lechton February 14, 2024

Seventy-three students from Amherst High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter competed at Regionals at Athens High School on Sat., Feb. 3. Members competed against 600 students...

Dance team qualifies for state tournament

Dance team qualifies for state tournament

February 13, 2024

Members of the AHS Dance team qualified for State. Here are some images from the pep rally before they traveled to La Crosse!  

Fishing team claims first ever tourney title

Fishing team claims first ever tourney title

William Van Lannen February 13, 2024

In just the second year since its formation, and despite unseasonably warm and often challenging conditions, the Amherst Fishing Club has emerged as a formidable foe with multiple trophies...

Three Amherst wrestlers advance to sectionals

Three Amherst wrestlers advance to sectionals

February 13, 2024

Regional results - top finishers Ryan Warzynski, 5th place (3-2 overall) Landon Wenzel, 5th place (3-2 overall) *Otto Anglemyer, 4th place (2-2 overall) *Nasiah Holland, 4th place (2-1 overall) *Ephraim...

The American Dream as interpreted by todays AHS students

The American Dream as interpreted by today’s AHS students

December 19, 2023

While reading A Raisin the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, students in English 12 were asked their views regarding the American Dream. Their views are an accurate reflection, I suspect, of students and adults...

Principal Klieforth bows a buck

Principal Klieforth bows a buck

November 21, 2023

This nice buck was taken with a bow, but Amherst High School Principal Mike Klieforth is still hoping to claim a deer during the current gun season.

FFA clothes drive launches Dec. 1

FFA clothes drive launches Dec. 1

November 21, 2023

The FFA winter clothes drive will be held from Dec. 1-20. All clothes can be lightly used, except for socks. Requested clothes include jackets, boots, hats, gloves, snow pants, scarfs, sweatshirts,...

Remember when: Kennedy assassinated 60 years ago

Remember when: Kennedy assassinated 60 years ago

November 21, 2023

The front page of the Nov. 23, 1963, edition of the Milwaukee Sentinel led with this banner headline: KENNEDY SLAIN BY AN ASSASSIN. Sixty years later, many questions remain. According to a recent...

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