Wilton village officials need to grasp a better understanding of press’s role
In troubled times like these, we can look back in history to John Peter Zenger. Never heard of him?
Banning books, ideas is fruitless
Hang out in the newspaper business long enough, you’ll conclude there really is nothing new under the sun.
Extra
Blaze destroys Trail’s End in rural Ontario
Book review: ‘American Dirt’ by Jeannine Cummins
Deer caused about three times the reimbursable damage compared to wolves in state last year
Book review: ‘Outsider’ by Linda Castillo
Free Covid-19 vaccinations available at Monroe County Health Department
News
Kendall native selected as commencement speaker at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
KVR Friends to sell cookies, other items
Vernon County Sheriff’s Report for Nov. 15–21
1960s Christmas on display at Monroe County Local History Room
Ontario-based Driftless Evergreen Co. to sell Christmas trees at Down a Country Road
Archives
One man with a gun can change so many lives
November 26th, 2021by County Line
When I tuned in the news today, the announcer reminded me that 58 years ago Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Could revised FEMA rules improve small towns’ prospects?
November 4th, 2021by County Line
No, it’s not your imagination. Ontario has looked like a sad case for some time now. Yes, it was three years ago in August when the Kickapoo taught us all a lesson about the power of an angry mother nature to shake up our understanding of what is a 100-year or 500-year flood.
Opioid crisis has been underreported
October 28th, 2021by County Line
There are times when it appears the Wisconsin legislature is made up of such dullards that they really ought to come with a warning label on their foreheads: “Hazardous to human health.”
The Pledge of Allegiance’s origins
October 14th, 2021by County Line
My sympathy goes to Francis Bellamy, a writer who never received any financial reward or even much recognition for his work.
What has Facebook, other social media cost us?
October 7th, 2021by County Line
Sunday marked the first day of National Newspaper Week, and, appropriately enough, on Monday, Facebook and its associate, Instagram, went down, leaving millions of social media addicts in the throes of serious withdrawal. On Tuesday the company admitted it was not the victim of hacking, but it was its own monkeying around that caused the six-hour outage. Aw, darn.
Traveling to Peshtigo and environs
September 30th, 2021by County Line
I think I may be finally getting the hang of this retirement thing.
When does someone’s liberty cancel out another’s?
August 13th, 2021by County Line
So, if you happen to have a few dimes left after staggering through the grocery store and surviving the usual sticker shock, you might want to roll up the change and send it off to Parents Rights in Education.
Ted Radde had remarkable patience with newbies
July 28th, 2021by County Line
By the time my mother died at 93, she had outlived her husband, her six siblings, and nearly everyone else she knew. Who of us doesn’t hope for a long and healthy life, but how few of us are prepared to be the last man standing?
Elroy woman’s book describes Norway’s advantages
July 15th, 2021by County Line
It’s not exactly a book you would grab off the shelf. It has no colorful dust jacket, but instead simple, green, leather binding. The back hinge is coming loose from the spine, and it appears from the inside that the last time it left the Elroy Public Library was 1956.
Zoom board meetings help promote transparency
June 16th, 2021by County Line
I live in a deep hole in the Kickapoo Valley and cannot get cell service, making me possibly one of the last people in the world who do not own cell phones.
Dairy breakfasts have seen changes
June 9th, 2021by County Line
It’s been about a year and a half since auctioneer Bob Brandau of rural Wilton departed this life and now is presumably pitting one bidder against another in heaven, where enthusiastic buyers with good checks or cash never end.
Community
Ontario Public Library collecting craft supplies for refugee kids and families
Wilton Public Library to celebrate the season with holiday open house Wednesday
South Side News for Dec. 2
Kendall cookie and candy walk slated for Saturday
Norwalk book group to read ‘Figure Eight’
Obituaries
Paul Raymond Babbitt
Fern Arlene Hutchison
Harvey Eness
Charles (Charlie/Chuck) Fick
Joseph Henry Leis
Opinion
Editorial cartoon
Letter to the editor: It’s important to keep Red Cross Blood Drive in Wilton
Letter to the editor: Congress should support Medicare Advantage
Letter to the editor: Kudos to community gardeners in Norwalk, Ontario
Letter to the editor: Royall should have agreed to Oct. 21 football game with Brookwood
Backtalk
One man with a gun can change so many lives
Could revised FEMA rules improve small towns’ prospects?
Opioid crisis has been underreported
The Pledge of Allegiance’s origins
What has Facebook, other social media cost us?
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