Safer at home
Almost all of us now are bound to our dwellings, abiding by Gov. Evers’ Safer at Home order last week in the wake of an uptick in Covid-19 cases. This week, County Line readers shared with us how they found ways to occupy their time.
An unusual silence
Monday was a warm spring day, but Wilton’s playground remained still and cordoned off by police tape.
Signs of spring
Suggestions of spring could be seen Saturday on Norwegian Valley Road in rural Cashton/Ontario.
Archives
N-O-W, Royall to have contested races
April 2nd, 2020by County Line
Both the Royall and Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton school districts will have competition in their school board races next Tuesday.
Monroe County Board candidates air their views
April 2nd, 2020by County Line
With early voting taking place in large numbers due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Monroe County Herald ran Monroe County Board candidate responses to a questionnaire sent out March 16.
Village board races to appear on April 7 ballot
April 1st, 2020by County Line
Just as it has in the last few election cycles, Norwalk leads the villages in fielding a full, or almost full, slate of candidates.
Vernon County Sheriff’s Report for March 16–22
March 25th, 2020by County Line
SCAM ALERT: According to the Division of Consumer and Business Education
Edwin Bredlow’s funeral procession led by milk truck
March 18th, 2020by County Line
On Saturday, a milk truck similar to the one he had driven for 42 years bore the ashes of Edwin Bredlow of rural Norwalk to his final resting place in Hilltop Rest Cemetery in Ontario.
Community center closed in Wilton
March 18th, 2020by County Line
The Wilton Community Center closed Wednesday, March 18, after the village board’s decision on the matter Monday.
N-O-W teachers to work in staggered shifts
March 18th, 2020by County Line
As it continues instruction during the coronavirus epidemic and its attendant school shutdown, the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District will stagger its teaching staff every day starting next week, Superintendent Kelly Burhop told the board at its meeting Monday.
KVR hosts Creative Communities
March 11th, 2020by County Line
Fourteen Brookwood High School students attended the Creative Communities Art event at the Kickapoo Valley Reserve on March 6.
Dave Rynes reinstated as Ontario police chief
March 11th, 2020by County Line
After a closed meeting Monday, the Ontario Village Board agreed to return Police Chief Dave Rynes to his position.
Norwalk Village Board has snappish night
March 11th, 2020by County Line
Norwalk Village Board members tangled Tuesday over when committee meetings are appropriate and when they are not.
We have been here before: The Coulee Region and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic
March 5th, 2020by County Line
The surnames seem familiar: Belcher, Bever, Dittman, Kress, Olson and Sullivan, all reported to be either gravely ill or have died of the Spanish flu.
Community
Wilton Public Library will remain closed until at least April 24
Ontario Public Library to remain closed indefinitely
South Side News for April 2
Births
Senior menus for April 6–10
News
Trout season on its way
Royall Elementary named School of Recognition
Monroe County Sheriff’s Report
Vernon County Sheriff’s Report for March 23–29
New publication launched in Elroy
Opinion
Letter to the editor: Norwalk Lions Club does make a difference
Letter to the editor: ‘We got the shaft’
Letter to the editor: Jill Karofsky is clear choice for Supreme Court
Letter to the editor: Vote yes on Fair Maps referendum
Letter to the editor: Vote for Daniel Kelly for state Supreme Court
Backtalk
Remember when?
New vocabulary: ‘zoonotic transfer’
Some still confused, uninformed about coronavirus
Information on coronavirus constantly in flux
An epidemic could expose shortfalls in health system
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