eagle – Madison Catholic Herald Archive (2001-2025)

MADISON — Culminating years of conservation work, Eagle Scout Isaiah Janisch, a member of Boy Scout Troop 514 in Evansville, was awarded the William T. Hornaday Silver Medal for Distinguished Service to Natural Resource Conservation, Boy Scouting’s highest award for conservation.

In a ceremony on May 14 at the UW Arboretum Visitor Center, Janisch was recognized and honored for his multi-year volunteer and conservation activities.

Projects and achievements

To earn the Hornaday Silver Medal, Janisch earned 14 conservation-related merit badges and organized and led five service projects, each in a different area of conservation, over a three-year period.

Youth gets rank of Eagle Scout

MUSCODA — Nickolas Wiederholt, a senior from Riverdale High School, was recognized at a Court of Honor ceremony at St. John the Baptist school gym in Muscoda on Sunday, July 28.

This is the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to scouts, and only approximately four percent of all Boy Scouts attain the rank of Eagle.

Scouts create living Advent wreath

As his Eagle Scout project, Phillip Fonfara — with the help of Boy Scout Troop 333 — built a living Advent wreath for Sacred Hearts Parish in Sun Prairie.