Parallels between evolution, CRT
I’ve become lazy and retired in my current life of staying at home. I seem to have a dozen reasons not to venture out: it’s too cold, it’s too slippery, and catching the Covid-19 virus once was enough for me, thanks anyway.
Extra
Elroy Museum opens Memorial Day weekend
Brookwood Alumni Association organizational meeting scheduled
‘First ride’ set for Saturday at Kendall Depot
2-year-old dies in town of Wilton tractor accident
Kendall Depot to host Elroy-Sparta State Trail reopening event
News
Royall concerts slated for May 13, May 16
Tickets available for next ACT production
Vernon County Museum to host ‘Great Lakes Small Streams: How Water Shapes Wisconsin’
Monroe County History Room to host program on Tomah Indian School on May 12
Vernon County Historical Society thanks volunteers
Archives
Money, outside consultants are changing local elections
May 5th, 2022by County Line
Remember when local school board elections were quiet events mostly with candidates who occasionally had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the race? Remember when we fought about teacher pay, bus routes and maybe, very occasionally, the books in the library?
Remembering Phillip Egan, editor of the Elroy Leader Tribune
April 21st, 2022by County Line
In September 1963, I was muddling my way through my junior year in high school while in Elroy, Phillip Egan was cranking out the 24th issue of the Elroy Leader Tribune.
April Fools’ Day feels redundant
April 1st, 2022by County Line
Once upon a time, when things were sort of normal, I would write an April Fools’ story each year. It was great fun.
Schools play a role in citizen-making
March 24th, 2022by County Line
I have been wracking my aging brain, trying to recall when was the last time we had a N-O-W School Board forum.
We live in an era of unverified accusations
March 17th, 2022by County Line
“Good grief, you get a lot of email,” grumbles my husband, who often must wade through it. I excuse it by pointing out that as a member of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, our email address is not only public but likely is passed around. In order to whittle down some of the detritus I opened a Yahoo account for my personal stuff. It is barely used at all, not enough in a week to even fill a teacup.
Remembering 1974’s Battle of the Sexes
March 11th, 2022by County Line
It was all the talk back in 1974. Of course, there were only radio, tv and newspapers back then. But that did not stop the breathless conversation over the upcoming Battle of the Sexes.
Putin is a cold-blooded killer
March 7th, 2022by County Line
Ah, at last we know what inspired that lunatic, Vladimir Putin, to invade its peaceful neighbor and send the whole world reeling toward a world war.
Recalling Cheyenne Valley
February 10th, 2022by County Line
Zachary Cooper was already an accomplished scholar when he made a major contribution to our local history. With a bachelor’s degree in European history and a master’s degree in American history from UW-Madison, along with a doctorate in curriculum and instruction, Cooper took time from his instructor’s job at the UW-Madison to research and write a pamphlet on black settlements in Wisconsin for the Wisconsin State Historical Society.
Recalling Martin Luther King
January 20th, 2022by County Line
It has been a very long time since I thought about church camp. Yes, I know many readers will find it hard to believe that this cynical but bleeding-heart liberal actually went to church camp.
The many permutations of ‘A Christmas Carol’
December 24th, 2021by County Line
I must have been about 7 when I was given a quarter for the Saturday afternoon matinee at the Goetz Theater in Monroe, Wis. “A Christmas Carol” was playing, and I found it so frightening that I might well have wet my pants, although I don’t think I did.
Tons of treasures could be found at Trail’s End (‘Amish Walmart’)
December 9th, 2021by County Line
As I headed home from La Crosse on Saturday, and after passing through Portland, I saw a huge plume of black smoke fill the eastern sky. It appeared to be a fire in Cashton, and though I drove slowly, paying careful attention, I could no longer spot the smoke once I was in Cashton.
Community
Ontario’s spring sale is Friday, May 13
Book review: ‘The Day of the Triffids’ by John Wyndham
Norwalk reading program theme is ‘Oceans of Possibilities’
Kendall to offer summer reading program
South Side News for May 12
Opinion
Letter to the editor: This isn’t about you
Letter to the editor: Use of Falcon logo wasn’t meant to be offensive
Letter to the editor: Falcon logo shouldn’t be used on social media to promote particular political beliefs
Letter to the editor: Thank you for election information
Letter to the editor: Evers fails to help rural EMS
Backtalk
Money, outside consultants are changing local elections
Remembering Phillip Egan, editor of the Elroy Leader Tribune
April Fools’ Day feels redundant
Schools play a role in citizen-making
We live in an era of unverified accusations
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