VSN gives report on water quality of local streams

Posted January 25, 2012 at 12:00 pm

By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor

Although the 2012 fishing season is months away, a report recently issued by non-profit organization Valley Stewardship Network suggests that streams in the Kickapoo Valley watershed contain varying water quality.

The report, which describes the state of water bodies within the entire Kickapoo watershed, is based on more than a decade’s worth of water data from VSN staff, volunteers and DNR surface water data.

These variables were monitored: temperature, core (dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, stream flow and conductivity), nutrients (ammonia, nitrate and nitrite, and phosphorous), macroinvertebrates (aquatic bugs and critters), bacteria (fecal coliform and E. coli), and chemistry (hardness, magnesium, calcium, triazine, atrazine and arsenic).

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    Meeting on CapX2020 transmission line set for Monday

    Posted January 27, 2012 at 12:59 pm

    State Rep. Steve Doyle (D-Onalaska) will host a community meeting on the proposed CapX2020 electric transmission project from 6–7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at the Holmen High School commons.

    The public is invited to attend and ask questions.

    The meeting will feature a presentation by Xcel Energy and Dairyland Power Cooperative on

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    One injured in town of Glendale crash

    Posted January 20, 2012 at 11:18 pm

    One person was injured in a single-vehicle crash Friday in the town of Glendale, according to Monroe County Sheriff Peter Quirin.

    At about 4:40 p.m., Kimmy Sanborn, 44, of Elroy was driving a Pontiac Grand Am westbound on County Highway WW when she lost control on the snow-covered roads, going down

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    Heroin/prescription drug forum set for Jan. 31

    Posted January 16, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    Scenic Bluffs Community Health Centers, along with the Monroe County Safe Communities Coalition, will present a heroin/prescription drug awareness forum from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the Cashton Community Hall.

    The following will give presentations at the forum: Monroe County judges, Franciscan Skemp and Gundersen Lutheran Behavioral Health

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    Showdown in B-Town

    Posted January 25, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    Panthers hope to extend conference lead at Bangor

    By NATE BEIER | Special to the County Line

    Tomorrow night’s game between Royall and Bangor is about as big as any game will get in the Scenic Bluffs Conference this

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    Falcons wrestle at Westby

    Posted January 18, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    Brookwood’s Jacob Denton scores a reversal against Westby’s Brock Leum en route to a 6-3 decision during Saturday’s dual tournament at Westby. Brookwood fell to the Norse 51-27. (Nate Beier photo | gx3media.smugmug.com)

    Local hockey players bring home trophies

    Posted January 11, 2012 at 3:42 pm

    The Predator high-school-level hockey team, coached by Kole Kobel of Kendall, finished second in a Sparta hockey tournament in late December.

    Kendall players Lane Kobel and Kole Kobel each scored goals, and Billy Neuman of Elroy registered a

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    Marten, Dunwald stifle 113 bracket

    Posted January 11, 2012 at 3:39 pm

    By NATE BEIER | Special to the County Line

    Three Brookwood wrestlers clogged the 113-pound bracket at the 44th annual Lee Griffin Invite at Kickapoo High School on Saturday, eventually forcing a showdown between teammates in the

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    Deep into fall

    Posted November 30, 2011 at 1:24 pm

    Few people venture up the unimproved Organdy Road in the town of Sheldon, but those who do will find not only a ridgetop view, but also a tiny, largely forgotten cemetery. It

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    New shop opens in Wilton

    Posted November 16, 2011 at 2:00 am

    By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor

    Donna Bauernfeind of Wilton has opened Wild Woman Wannabees on 420 Main St. in Wilton, in the building that once housed Wild Woman’s.

    Wild Woman’s, which

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    Bank of Ontario honored

    Posted November 2, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    Rose Osward Poels (center), chief executive officer of the Wisconsin Bankers Association, presents a plaque to the Bank of Ontario in honor of its 100th anniversary. Dick DelMedico (left), board chair, and Doreen Dahl (right), are receiving the plaque.

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    Bank of Ontario marks 100 years

    Posted September 22, 2011 at 7:32 pm

    By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor

    It’s hard to imagine how Ontario survived without a bank: The last half of the 19th century was a boom period, and the town was alive with businesses, logging and travelers passing through.

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