By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher
Ontario village property was just one target in a string of break-ins last weekend, as the thieves had worked their way along the Kickapoo River, collecting mainly cash from libraries, village halls and other facilities.
According to Police Chief Matt Hoskins, the Ontario Community Hall was broken into and a room holding bingo supplies was accessed after the door was broken. No money was on hand, and soft drinks, candy bars and other items were left untouched.
The thieves were more successful in the village hall, where about $500 in cash was taken from the clerk’s office. The fire
A new emergency siren is in place at the Wilton Fire Station, and the village board agreed Monday that it would be tested monthly at the firefighters’ meeting.
The department meets at
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher
Despite a slight cost overrun, the Ontario Village Board agreed at its meeting Monday to proceed with the renovation of the Ontario Community Hall
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.
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
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,
Brookwood students gave their Christmas concert Monday. Here, Jose Mendoza (left) and Roberto Cisnerios perform with the senior high choir. For more photos, click here.
The University of Wisconsin-Extension and Western Technical College will offer a beginning farm recordkeeping workshop using Quickbooks from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Western Technical College in Tomah.
Registration is $20 and includes lunch,
Tomah Memorial Hospital recently was named one of the top-20 critical access hospitals in the United States for overall performance, according to a press release prepared by the hospital.
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) announced the
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 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 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
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
The Royall boys basketball team overcame an early game deficit against Necedah on Dec. 5 in the Scenic Bluffs Conference opener, but the Panthers couldn’t turn the corner against
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
The Brookwood girls basketball team flexed its offensive muscles in Friday’s conference opener at Cashton, winning 75-32.
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line
Senior Dalton Lunde claimed the 182-pound title at Saturday’s Royall Invite after defeating Hillsboro’s Max Sebranek with a 12-3 major decision.
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
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.
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.
