Brookwood band to play at VA’s Veterans Day ceremony

The Brookwood High School band will perform at the Tomah VA Medical Center’s Veterans Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8.  All veterans and the public are invited to attend the ceremony, which will take place in Building 455, Veterans Hall, at the Tomah VA...

Local History Room website gets upgrade

Contributed by the Monroe County Local History Room After two years of work behind the scenes, the Monroe County Local History Room & Museum recently launched a long-awaited update to its award-winning website, MonroeCountyHistory.org.   The update includes a new,...

Seeing Stars: Dark Sky Wisconsin to host Zoom meeting on protecting, restoring dark skies

By Susan Cushing | Kickapoo Dark Sky Initiative This week, you can join a free event to learn about what others are doing for dark skies in Wisconsin. On Thursday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m., DarkSky Wisconsin will host a statewide Zoom meeting with information about what’s...

Senior menus for Feb. 5–10

Kendall, Norwalk and Wilton meal sites Call 463-7622 (Kendall), 343-3158 (Norwalk) or 487-6130 (Wilton) by noon two days before to reserve a meal. Suggested donation is $4 per meal. One-percent milk is served with each meal.  Monday, Feb. 5: Meatball subs with...

N-O-W’s Anderson interviewed on News 19 Daybreak

Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School fifth-grader Mia Anderson recently was interviewed on News 19 Daybreak for her volunteer work at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Westby. Anderson has been helping her grandparents, Mark and Sandy Anderson of Westby, prepare all...

Ontario youth trap 77-pound beaver

Big brother Ben DeWitt of rural Ontario (above) shows his little brother Jackson (below) the ropes in trapping. They trapped this 77-pounder in Brush Creek, which feeds into the Kickapoo River in Ontario. The two are the sons of Jayson and Lisa DeWitt. Jackson is 13...

Vernon County Sheriff’s Report for Jan. 21–27

Sunday, Jan. 21: Jacob Hundt of Westby was traveling eastbound on Ogden Avenue in the town of Clinton when he got into the shoulder of the road, which pulled the vehicle into the embankment. The vehicle struck two mailboxes before coming to rest down the embankment....

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