BHS girls fall short to New Lisbon

The Brookwood girls hosted New Lisbon on Jan. 30, and it was a slow scoring start for both teams. Ruby Muehlenkamp attacks the ball to end up with a first-half possession. (Tasha Mueller photo) Emily O'Rourke grasps onto the ball for a fast, early-half break. (Tasha...

Falcons dominate Wolves

In a conference matchup that looked like it would be dominated by the Falcons, the Wolves landed two 3-pointers in the first three minutes of play. Brookwood was able to answer back with a steady roll throughout the game on Jan. 28. Julian Cuntiz landed a spot for an...

Grants awarded to the third annual Ridges & Rivers Book Festival

Contributed by Ridges and Rivers organizers The Ridges & Rivers Book Festival was founded to promote reading, writing, creativity, and community by bringing readers and writers together for a stimulating exchange of ideas. This mission will be partially supported...

Kendall’s cookie walk

The Kendall Public Library put on a cookie walk Dec. 7 at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Proceeds will go toward the library’s movie nights. The following were among the volunteers at the cookie walk (left to right): Jean Jefferies, Joyce Thonesen, Elaine Zinke, Amy...

Vernon County Sheriff’s Report for Dec. 8–14

Sunday, Dec. 8: Deputies were called to assist the occupants of a car versus deer collision on Highway 14 near Brookville Road in the town of Frankin. The car sustained some minor front-end damage and was able to be driven from the scene. No injuries were reported by...

Letter to the editor: Christmas bird count is this week

By Ben Johnston | Wilton ‘Tis that time again... local Christmas Bird Counts are Saturday, Dec. 21, for the Norwalk-Wilton-Ontario area, and Saturday Dec. 28, for La Farge. Please remain calm if you see a slow-moving car of birders with binoculars pointed at your...

N-O-W composes poems for the season

Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School second-graders wrote the following poems:  Max grinch dog nice little funny cute puppy  Max By Kohen Santa nice elves good fat red powers sparkles Santa By Teagan Christmas Tree pine green ornaments lights tall pokey...

Brookwood marks first conference loss

The Brookwood girls basketball team hosted Necedah on Dec. 6 in its first conference game of the season. Ruby Muehlenkamp steadied the ball at the start of the second half; Brookwood was down 32–5 at halftime. (Tasha Mueller photo) Reagan Muehlenkamp keeps the ball...

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