Officials think alcohol and speed were factors in a fatal snowmobile accident Thursday evening in the town of Stark, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
Traveling northbound on a public snowmobile trail near County Highway P and Weister Creek Road, Joshua A. McCauley, 31, of Readstown lost control of his snowmobile and struck a tree at about 8:36 p.m. McCauley was pronounced dead at the scene.
McCauley was wearing his helmet at the time of the crash.
The La Farge Ambulance, La Farge Fire Department, Viola Fire Department, Vernon County Sheriff’s Office and Med-Link Air assisted the DNR, which is investigating the crash.
A spaghetti supper and silent auction will be held at Brookwood from 5-6:15 p.m. Friday, March 7, to raise money for the Osmond family, who recently lost everything due to a house fire in Norwalk.
The fundraiser will
Two Ontario residents face felony charges after allegedly assaulting a man while he slept Friday, according to Ontario police.
Jared Suhr
Brookwood High School will host either Riverdale or Boscobel in the regional semifinal girls basketball game at 7 p.m. Friday, March 7.
Doors will open at 6 p.m.; no passes will be accepted. The school will pre-sell
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident Tuesday morning at the corner of Highway 27 and Paulson Lane, north of Westby.
Both vehicles had been traveling southbound on Highway 27 when Jerome N. Weibel, 59, of
By COURTNEY DOWNING | County Line Reporter
A traditional proverb states, “If your neighbor’s house is on fire, carry water to your own.”
Village of Ontario residents and businesses may take the proverb literally if the bitter
Staff from Sunpower Biodiesel of Cumberland, Wis., will be the keynote speakers at an event sponsored by Bring it Home Biofuels Co-op on Saturday, March 15, at the Wilton Community Center.
The Vernon County Health Department will conduct immunization clinics at the following locations in March:
• Hillsboro — 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at St. Joseph’s Health Services, 400 Water Ave. (clinic entrance)
SOUL of Wisconsin, a La Farge-based group opposed to the proposed Badger-Coulee transmission line, and La Crosse County area residents will offer a landowner help session from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at Hazel Brown Leicht Memorial Library in West Salem.
Auditions for Viroqua Community Theatre’s summer production of “Mame” will be from 6–9:30 p.m. Monday, March 10, and Tuesday, March 11, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1004 Broadway St., Viroqua.
Each person who wishes to audition should come
The National Weather Service will hold a SKYWARN Severe Weather Spotter Training class at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, at the Oakdale Fire Station.
The class will last about two hours and includes a multimedia presentation. Training is
Later this year, Tomah Memorial Hospital will offer a number of Safe Sitter classes, which focus on babysitting safety and are for 11- to 15-year-olds.
Coordinated by the hospital’s community-outreach department, classes will be from 8 a.m.
The Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Genealogy Workshop group will meet Tuesday, March 4, at the Tomah Area Museum, 1112 Superior Ave.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the meeting will be at 7 p.m. Josh Sonnenburg
Alex Wade recently joined Gundersen St. Joseph’s Hospital and Clinics as a general surgeon.
A mortgage lender in Albuquerque in the early to mid-1990s, Wade never
Local couples will show off their best moves in Dancing With the Hill Country Stars, a St. Joseph Memorial Hospital Foundation fundraiser set for Sunday, Feb. 23, at the Hillsboro High School auditorium.
The dancing will start
Contributed by KEN CLINTON
Brookwood athletic director
Several members of our community were recently honored by the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association and Brookwood High School for their service to Brookwood athletics.
• Rick and Lori Brueggen
Brookwood High School alumni are invited to participate in the fifth annual men’s basketball and women’s volleyball alumni tournament Saturday, March 8.
Anyone who is an alumnus of Brookwood or Wilton Elementary School is invited to participate.
Three Brookwood High School students were named athletes of the month for February. They are listed below, with coaches’ comments following the names.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Spencer Arndt: “Spencer
Contributed by KEN CLINTON
Brookwood athletic director
The Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association and Brookwood High School recently honored several of our community members for their service to Brookwood athletics.
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
The Brookwood girls basketball team will get a well-deserved break, as it opens the 2014 WIAA tournament with a first-round bye.
The Falcons
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
The basketball season ended early for Brookwood and Royall last week, as both boys teams lost their regional quarterfinal contests.
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
Despite being tied in the WIAA Division 3 182-pound championship match, Royall’s Dalton Lunde wasn’t ready to concede the match to Lancaster’s David Chadd.
In fact, he was ready to take the
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
Royall’s Dalton Lunde and Brookwood’s Calvin Marriott will make their WIAA Individual State Wrestling Tournament debuts this week after qualifying for the meet from the Necedah sectional.
For Lunde,
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
The Brookwood boys ended the regular season with a 52-47 win over New Lisbon on Feb. 21.
Two days earlier, the Falcons suffered a 75-41 loss at Necedah behind
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
The Falcon girls basketball team rebounded from its loss at Bangor on Feb. 14 to win the 2014 Scenic Bluffs Conference title outright by defeating Hillsboro on Feb. 21.
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to return to a town after decades of absence? Richard Brown shares his bird’s-eye view of Kendall after being gone for more than 30 years.
Richard Brown was in the U.S. Navy from 1962-65. Following military service, he
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.
