The Ontario Fire Department, along with the Cashton and Wilton fire departments, fought a blaze at 304 Division St. that had started just before 6 p.m. Friday. The fire departments had it under control by about 10 p.m. Samuel Baldwin was renting the residence, and the household also consisted of a woman and two small children. No one was injured, but the building and its contents are considered a loss, according to fire department officials.
Grace Community Church in Ontario has a fund earmarked for assistance, plus it is coordinating efforts to get other donations, such as clothing, to the family. For more information, contact the church at 337-4656.
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Managing Editor
Despite protests from Wood Pipes Smoke Shoppe owners Brian and Tammy Wood, the Kendall Village Board made no indication at its meeting Monday that it would waver from its
A barn, horse trailer and tractor were destroyed in a fire on County Highway A on Saturday afternoon.
The Oakdale, Norwalk and Tomah fire departments responded to the
The Royall School District will host its first-ever Royall Parade of Homes Christmas Walk from 2–4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14.
The following homes, all of which have Kendall addresses, will be on the tour:
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher
Ontario taxpayers won’t feel too much of a bite in their tax bills, as the village board voted Monday to increase the levy by less than 1 percent, from $75,441 to $76,191, resulting in a 5.28
Doug Brieske of Brookwood High School has been named Green Bay Packers High School Coach of the Week, the organization announced Wednesday.
Brieske, in his 10th season as head coach and 11th with the Brookwood program, led the Falcons to a 27–7 victory over Iowa-Grant High School on Friday, Nov. 1,
The Royall FFA is sponsoring a holiday food drive and is asking for donations of nonperishable food items that will be given to the Elroy Food Pantry.
Donations will be accepted at
The Royall National Honor Society will sponsor its 13th annual Christmas Reading Tree to promote children’s reading and to furnish books to preschool and elementary age children in the Royall School District.
Contributors may visit the tree
Chase and Jeff Ferries both shot eight-pointers on opening day outside of Norwalk. (Contributed photo)
The Royall School District will host the following concerts this holiday season:
• Royall Middle School Christmas Concert — 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9. The seventh- and eighth-grade band and the seventh- and eighth-grade choir will perform.
The Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club, a Vernon County group, will have its meeting Wednesday, Dec. 11, when participants will have an opportunity to showcase their products, inventions or services.
This month’s meeting, “Product Show and Tell,” gives
The Elroy Area Chamber of Commerce sponsored a quilt show Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. The following were the winners, which were selected based on people’s choice.
Best of show: Linda Faivre of North Freedom, Wis.
Elroy United Methodist Church will put on a live nativity from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8.
The interactive drive-through nativity on the church grounds will be free. The nativity will
The women of the Joy Circle at Grace Lutheran Church in Elroy will have their Ecumenical Advent Breakfast at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7.
All area women are invited to the breakfast, which will also feature a
St. Joseph’s Memorial Foundation will host its Candy Cane Christmas House Walk, along with a poinsettia sale, from 1–5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7.
The owners of five Hillsboro area homes, all of them decorated for the holidays,
Five Brookwood High School students were named athletes of the month for October/November. They are listed below, with coaches’ comments following the names.
FOOTBALL
Josh Marten: Josh recorded 225
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
Travis Anderson’s first outing at the helm of the Brookwood boys basketball team resulted in a 57-50 loss in Alma Center to the Lincoln Hornets.
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
Senior Jordan Baeseman opened the Panthers’ season with a 16-point effort in a 59-25 win over Kickapoo.
Royall, under first-year head coach Scott
Falcons fall in state quarterfinal 47-14 to Darlington
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
Brookwood’s historic football season came to a close in Darlington on Saturday afternoon, when the
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
Improving on its 12th-place finish in 2012, the Brookwood boys cross-country team took ninth Saturday afternoon
County Line staff has been searching for the photo below for a long time. It is a rare shot of the Vernon Hotel, which stood on the lot now occupied by the Ontario Community Hall.
By ROSE EDDY | Special to the County Line
Last month marked three years that Second Harvest Food Bank’s mobile food pantry has been coming to the Norwalk Community Center.
