Story time
Mary Kolar, head of the Wisconsin Veterans Administration and a Royall High School graduate and Wilton native, read to Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School second-graders on Friday.
Journal Entry from Ridgeville: Norwalk diner offers Mexican culinary experience
“Antojitos,” “platillos,” and “bebidas” are not words on the tip of my tongue, so I had to ask Mateo Rivera for a translation. I was sitting in his restaurant in Norwalk, which was advertising authentic Mexican home cooking.
Head of state VA to visit N-O-W on Friday
When Mary Kolar sits down Friday at Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School to read “Sky High,” the children’s book, as part of the Read Across America program, at least a few of the students will likely know they are listening to the new head of the Wisconsin Veterans Administration.
Archives
Ontario debates squad storage
March 16th, 2019by Karen Parker
Finding a home for the Ontario squad car won’t be quite as easy as first thought, as the issue resurfaced at Monday’s village board meeting.
Driftless Writer Center, libraries seek personal accounts of 2018 floods
March 14th, 2019by Gina Rae
The Winding Rivers Library System is partnering with the Driftless Writing Center on a project to collect stories from the recent flooding in our area.
Royall issues raises
March 9th, 2019by Sarah Parker
The Royall School Board approved teacher and support-staff raises after meeting in a closed session Feb. 25.
Residents, officials hash out Ontario recovery efforts
February 28th, 2019by Karen Parker
About 22 Ontario residents braved an icy night and gathered in the Ontario Village Hall meeting room Monday to grill Michelle Staff, Wisconsin DNR floodplain-management policy coordinator, and Katie Somers, mitigation supervisor with the Wisconsin Department of Emergency Management, the state agency that works with FEMA on hazard mitigation.
Four Kendall homes likely headed toward demolition
February 28th, 2019by Sarah Parker
The owners of four Kendall residences may be pressed to demolish the flood-damaged structures, the Kendall Village Board noted at its meeting last week.
A leap for victory
February 21st, 2019by County Line
Royall’s Paige Britzman and Molly Crneckiy leap off the bench in celebration as the Panthers take a lead at Necedah on Feb. 14.
DNR won’t accept old floodplain maps
February 21st, 2019by Karen Parker
Any hope the Ontario Village Board had of the DNR accepting 1970s floodplain maps likely was washed away Tuesday, when Michelle Staff, DNR water-regulation zoning specialist, told the County Line that the old maps were not, as the village had alleged, old Army Corps maps.
Six months before deluge, DNR/FEMA zeroed in on Kickapoo Valley watershed
February 21st, 2019by Karen Parker
It is no small quirk of fate that on March 26, 2018, FEMA and the DNR called together stakeholders in the Kickapoo Valley watershed with the hope of gathering enough information to persuade FEMA to update its study of the watershed and possibly release new flood maps.
Singing on a Saturday
February 17th, 2019by County Line
Local musicians performed at Tor’s Sweetheart Dance and Show on Saturday at the Kendall Community Hall.
Ontario considers TIF as means to mitigate damage
February 14th, 2019by Sarah Parker
A new tax incremental finance (TIF) district could serve as a funding mechanism to restore flood-damaged Ontario, village board president Mark Smith said at the board’s meeting Monday.
Repairing area bike trails is slow-going, costly
February 14th, 2019by Nicolette Nauman
Community members gathered at Sparta City Hall on Feb. 4 to hear the Department of Natural Resources’ assessment of damage to area bike trails that had been sustained during the severe storms and floods between Aug. 17 and Sept. 17.
Community
Ontario Public Library to host cooking program for kids
South Side News for March 14
Senior menus for March 18–22
Ontario’s ‘a travel night to remember’ set for March 30
Wilton Chess Club dominates at Baraboo tourney
Obituaries
Thomas K. Milne
Benjamin B. Everson
Martin (John) Schindler Jr.
Harold (Harry) A. Brueggen
Robert L. Parr
Opinion
Letter to the editor: Little towns still have heart despite floods
Letter to the editor: Vote for Brian Hagedorn for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Letter to the editor: If investigated, Clinton would be in electric chair
Letter to the editor: Forward Ontario
Letter to the editor: All judges show bias
Backtalk
What is United Co-op’s interest in our communities?
Ontario has a story to tell
Is Robert Kraft case ‘overblown’?
A look at the new, proposed federal budget
Gallatin could serve as model for today’s politicians
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