It really doesn’t take much research to find that not only as a nation, but also right here in Wisconsin, we suffer from a shortage of elderly care facilities and, more importantly, the healthcare workers to staff and maintain them.

The Village of Norwalk had two public hearings on Monday, the first of which asked for public input on the recently purchased building at 212 Main St.; and the second, on backyard chickens.

Tempers flared at Tuesday’s Norwalk Village Board meeting during an announcement for a public meeting next month on the mandated flood-ordinance update.