The following are the Regional Centers Municipal Court results for Kendall for the Feb. 28 schedule: • Turner Allen Calhoun, speeding on highway (20–24 mph over limit), $98.80 • Robert James Fernhout, improper parking on roadway, $98.80 • Robert James Fernhout,...
Ontario police report
The following are the Regional Centers Municipal Court results for Ontario for the Feb. 28 schedule: • Alyssa Sarae Booth of Cashton, operating while suspended, $500 • Angel Lucille Christenson of Ontario, operating while suspended (second offense), $250 • Angel...
Vernon County Sheriff’s Office for Feb. 23 to March 1
Sunday, Feb. 23: A deputy initiated a traffic stop on Highway 162 in the town of Hamburg for a vehicle swaying and deviating from its lane. During the stop, police determined that the driver was operating while impaired. The driver was arrested and booked into the...
Crane sets new home in Ontario
Last week in Ontario, a crane set part of a modular, prefabricated home on Park Street, in the Kickapoo Heights Subdivision.
Local police chiefs attend state conference
Ontario Police Chief Dave Rynes and Norwalk Police Chief Allen Myren attended the Wisconsin Police Leadership Foundation conference in early February in Wisconsin Dells. Rynes and Myren attended the following sessions: • Fourth-class cities, villages, and towns...
Ontario’s ‘Antarctica Travel Dinner Fundraiser’ is March 22
By Rachel Conner | Ontario Public Library director An exciting evening awaits at the Ontario Public Library on Saturday, March 22: The Antarctica Travel Dinner Fundraiser to benefit the library! A silent auction and hors d’oeuvres will begin at 5 p.m. Dinner...
On Campus
• Sophie Teynor of Ontario, a communications major, was named to the fall semester dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She had 4.0 GPA.
Royall girls stop at first-round tournament play
The No. 10 Royall girls basketball team traveled to No. 7 Hillsboro on Feb. 25 in the first round of regional tournament action. Elizabeth Klipstein steadied the early first-half pace, and the game was close going into halftime. (Tasha Mueller photo) Kayla Rick posts...
Elroy Public Library receives more than 100 new children’s books
By Kari Preuss | Elroy Public Library director Over 100 brand-new hardcover children’s books arrived at the Elroy Public Library last week. Opening the three large boxes, pulling out each pristine book, and being the first to flip through the pages gives a librarian a...
Seeing Stars: The importance of NASA
By Susan Cushing | Kickapoo Dark-Sky Initiative NASA, the National Aeronautic and Space Administration, is something most of us think of only when we watch a rocket launch to the moon. But NASA technology is part of every airline flight and every airport’s air traffic...
