A remembrance: Elroy’s opera house
There’s an empty corner lot on Elroy’s main street these days.
Oil City country school, 1948–49
These students attended the Oil City country school in 1948-49.
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Royall Education Notes: Concert dates set; district likely to run referendum in April
Scenic Bluffs offers free Affordable Care Act enrollment services
Medicare open enrollment ends Dec. 7
Mile Bluff: Covid surge continues to impact access to healthcare
Ontario Old-Fashioned Christmas is canceled
News
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
Local History Room staff present at state, multi-state conferences
Archives
F&M Bank, 1929
February 24th, 2021by County Line
Manager George H. Robertson stands in Farmers & Merchants Bank in Kendall in 1929.
Oden School, 1944
January 20th, 2021by County Line
This photo, courtesy of Jeanette Berg of Tomah, offers a peek back at Oden, one of Vernon County’s forgotten towns
Oden/Ontario Homemakers, 1950s
January 6th, 2021by County Line
Shown here are the Oden and Ontario Homemakers in about 1955.
A thaw in Wilton, 1930s
December 2nd, 2020by County Line
Runoff from a spring thaw covers Highway 131 just south of Wilton, looking south, in this circa-1930s photo by Herbert Anderson.
Bowling in Kendall, circa 1950
November 18th, 2020by County Line
A Kendall bowling team dresses for the bowling alley costume party, about 1950.
Wilton school of yesteryear
October 28th, 2020by County Line
Aldis Strazdins of Wilton recently created these photographic positives from negatives found among the collection of the late Herbert Anderson of Wilton.
Kendall homecoming court, 1950
October 14th, 2020by County Line
The following served on the Kendall High School homecoming court in 1950.
Wilton Booster Band
September 30th, 2020by County Line
Here, in this circa-1930 photo, the Wilton Booster Band lines up near the intersection of Main and Center streets.
Birthday party, 1979
September 30th, 2020by County Line
Ardys Bredlow of Oil City in rural Ontario submitted this photo to the County Line, and she would like readers to guess the names of the people in the photo.
Wilton’s Mansion House, 1915
September 23rd, 2020by County Line
The Mansion House, located at the corner of Main Street and Highway 71 in Wilton, served travelers in an era when the Chicago & North Western Railroad line still crossed the village.
Wilton school
September 16th, 2020by County Line
This photo depicts the students in room three in Wilton public schools, date unknown.
Community
Norwalk Public Library selling Holiday Angels
Kendall group to discuss Louis L’Amour books
South Side News for Nov. 25
On Campus
Ontario Public Library will be open Friday, Saturday after Thanksgiving
Obituaries
Harvey Eness
Charles (Charlie/Chuck) Fick
Joseph Henry Leis
Norbert Joseph Leis
Robert “Bob” Wilson
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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