Marking the occasion, local communities will offer Memorial Day programs this weekend.
Elroy
The Elroy American Legion and Auxiliary Post 115 will hold services on Memorial Day, beginning with a firing squad, colorguard and “Taps” at cemeteries and at the Elroy Public Library.
At the cemeteries, legion and auxiliary members have placed flags and war markers identifying the veterans’ graves.
The following is the schedule:
• 8:30 a.m. – Zion Cemetery
• 8:50 a.m. – Fowler Cemetery
• 9:15 a.m. – Elroy Public Library
• 9:35 a.m. – City of Elroy Cemetery
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter
In a prove to establish parameters for school memorials, the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District board of education approved a new policy on the matter at its meeting May 13.
The issue
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
Thirty-nine units were collected at the Wilton blood drive Saturday.
Mike Downing of Ontario and Judy Arndt of Wilton both made the 5-gallon club.
One unit of blood has the
Mike Nickel of the Wisconsin Lyme Network will speak at a Lyme disease support group meeting set for 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 24, at the Hillsboro Public Library, 819 High Ave.
WLN is a nonprofit organization
This robin is neither smart nor a good housekeeper, claims Ontario resident Fern Ferries, who lives on Division Street and has done her best to make life easier for a feathered friend that returns year after year.
Not many local residents will ride in a vehicle costing more than the new Ontario ambulance. According to Ontario Fire and Rescue member Tammy Smith (pictured here), the new ambulance cost about $129,000 and did not
Vernon County Crimestoppers, along with the Kickapoo Valley Reserve, is asking for the public’s help.
Sometime on Sunday, May 19, an iron ranger was pulled out of the ground along Highway 131, south of Ontario, at Kickapoo River
The Wilton Village Board approved an assortment of motions at its meeting May 13, including the following:
• The board approved Mathy Construction’s $15,300 bid to reconstruct and pave two alleys. The first runs from Center Street to
Norwalk’s new playground equipment will arrive Friday, May 31.
Those who can assist with unloading the truck on that day or help with assembly Saturday, June 1, should contact Theresa Lehner at 823-7942. Start times are 12
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
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
Though the Royall girls track team has had success with its relays in recent years, the Panthers had a big day on their home track when they hosted the Scenic Bluffs Conference meet May 14.
Four Brookwood High School students were named athletes of the month for March. They are listed below, with coaches’ comments following the names.
BASEBALL
Ryan Flock: Ryan recorded a 3-0 record on the mound in April. He also hit .427 with a home run and six RBIs.
By JOHN HANSEN | Norwalk Knights
Norwalk traveled to Reedsburg to face the Pirates in a non-league game on Friday, May 17.
Though the Pirates outhit the Knights by only 8-7, they came up with the key
It took Morgan Hyatt’s sterling pitching performance to enable the Brookwood softball team to edge Royall 2–0 in the first round of WIAA regional competition Thursday.
Hyatt shut out the Panthers, giving up only two hits while striking
By JOE VITCENDA | Royall baseball coach
Royall hosted the Cashton Eagles in a doubleheader May 13 and finished the night with a split.
In game one, Cashton right-hander Caleb Fernholz, who struck out 18 in a
By MARK GRUEN
Royall School District superintendent
The week of May 6 was National Teacher Appreciation Week, National Paraprofessionals Week and National Food Service Week.
We celebrated all three during
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 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
