Sunday, April 6: Vernon County deputies, along with Hillsboro Police, responded to a residence on Mechanic Street in Hillsboro for a verbal domestic disturbance. Sunday, April 6: A deputy responded to E. Court Street in Viroqua for a locked vehicle with a 2-year-old...
Protect against measles
Contributed by the Monroe County Health Department Measles is a virus that can easily spread from person to person. It spreads through coughing, sneezing, and breathing the same air as a person with measles. About one in five people who get measles will be...
Tuttle Hill, 1910s
Men construct the road on what is now County Highway ZZ, on Tuttle Hill, just southwest of Ontario, most likely in the 1910s. The back of the photo has the inscription, “Grandpa Phil Bolden driving 1st team working on Tuttle Hill.” Do you have more information about...
Brookwood starts new era with inaugural meet
The Brookwood track and field teams hosted their inaugural track meet on April 15 and with the new facilities, athletes … Read the rest
N-O-W hires new elementary principal
Longtime Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary teacher Kristi Vlasak will serve as the school’s new principal, the board of education decided at its … Read the rest
Deanna Rae Bell
Deanna Rae Bell, 78, of Kendall, Wis., passed away on April 15, 2025.
Born on Feb. 24, 1947, to Everett … Read the rest
Metro Palamaruk
Metro Palamaruk, 94, of Kendall, died Saturday, April 19, 2025, at Touch of Home.
He was born Feb. 7, 1931, … Read the rest
Brookwood’s adventure class offers outdoor lessons in life
Last year, the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District began offering an outdoor adventure program that exposes students to hands-on wilderness techniques while … Read the rest
April 24, 2025, print issue
Timothy J. Downing
Timothy J. Downing, 66, of rural Ontario passed away peacefully at his home on April 21, 2025, recently diagnosed with … Read the rest