A Wilton resident came upon a black bear Sunday morning on the Elroy-Sparta State Trail, just east of Wilton.
Ben Johnston, who saw the animal between County Highway M and Keystone Road, estimated it was about 200 pounds. It was alone and appeared to be calm, Johnston said.
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor
Norwalk Public Works employee Mike Muehlenkamp published a letter to the editor in the May 2 issue of the County Line, and, as a result, residents Butch and Madonna Johnson requested that the village’s personnel committee
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor
Gerke Excavating of Tomah will do a Park Street improvement project, the Ontario Village Board decided at its meeting Monday.
The firm will resurface
Roberto Cisneros and Cecilia Mendoza give a dance performance Monday at the annual Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District Community Night. For more photos of the event, see click here.
The Royall High School music department will present its pops concert, “Celebrate the Magic of Disney,” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 17, in the high school gymnasium.
This year’s theme centers on music from classic Disney movies.
Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School students gave their spring concert May 2. Above, Cassidy Green and Megan McGinnis rock out during the show. For more photos, click here.
Orion Samuelson, an Ontario native and an agricultural broadcaster, will present a $2,100 check Saturday to the Vernon County 4-H Leaders/Parents Federation.
Samuelson
Students in the Royall High School Greenhouse Management Class have been busy planting, transplanting and growing flowers and vegetables for their annual spring bedding plant sale.
The sale starts Friday, May 17. The grand opening will be from
By SUE REGO | Ontario Legion Auxiliary
The Ontario American Legion Auxiliary will distribute poppies Friday, May 17, to Ontario residents.
May is National Poppy Month, and donations are used locally
The Vernon County Health Department will conduct immunization clinics on the following dates:
• 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 15 — St. Joseph’s Health Service, 400 Water Ave. (clinic entrance), Hillsboro
State Rep. Lee Nerison (R-Westby) will hold office hours on the following dates:
• 5–6 p.m. Monday, May 13 — Hillsboro City Hall, 123 Mechanic St.
• 5–6 p.m. Monday,
The recently formed The Well Youth Ministry hosted a chickencue fundraiser Sunday at the Ontario Community Hall. The ministry is the result of a partnership between two Ontario churches: Mount Pisgah Wesleyan Church and Grace Community Church. The
Megan Espe, formerly of Ontario and a 1999 Brookwood High School graduate, recently was awarded a $1,172 Gaylord Nelson Earth Day Fellowship from the Wilderness Society.
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Jennifer Hedrick-Erickson, the assistant dean of the BSN completion program at Viterbo University, recently was selected as a recipient of the school’s Servant-Leader Award for 2012-13.
Viterbo
By JOHN HANSEN | Norwalk Knights
Norwalk hosted the Whitehall Wolves on Saturday to open the season on a bitterly cold day.
The Knights got on the board in the first inning, when Ashley Thayer homered to
By JOE VITCENDA | Royall baseball coach
In a week of mixed weather conditions, the Royall baseball team lost a pair of games to Brookwood, won a pair at Bangor, and split a pair at Mauston.
It
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
The Brookwood softball team fell out of title contention last week following three losses, two of which came from first-place New Lisbon.
On
By NATE BEIER| For the County Line
It may be an odd sensation, but the Brookwood baseball team is pretty pleased with its longtime rival, Royall, following the Panthers’ split with Cashton in their doubleheader Monday night.
The Panthers’
By JOHN HANSEN | Norwalk Knights
The Norwalk Knights amateur baseball team will open its 12th season vs. Whitehall at Norwalk on Saturday.
The Knights will begin the season returning most of last year’s the pitching staff.
By JOE VITCENDA | Royall baseball coach
The Panthers split a pair, coming home with a 5-4 loss and a 6-4 win at New Lisbon Rocket Stadium on April 30.
Alex
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
The Brookwood baseball stayed just a game back from league-leading Cashton following a doubleheader sweep of Royall on Monday night.
Brookwood defeated the
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
Even though the Brookwood softball team has 56 innings of play scheduled for the week, the Falcons started things off on the right foot with a pair of wins over Royall on Monday night, 10-0
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
Freshman Taylor Juresh continued to turn heads last week by winning the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes at Necedah’s Cardinal Invitational, helping the Panthers’ track and field team to
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
The Falcon baseball team was forced to split its season series with Bangor on Monday night, as the team lost game one 2-1 but won 6-2 in the nightcap.
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor
Evangelina Mendoza had just stepped out of her mobile home in Ontario to call on a neighboring family member. Like many busy moms, she
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor
It’s been more than two decades since the rows of parts bins and tractor supplies filled the building at 212 Main St. in Norwalk.
