What proceeded as a routine board meeting on Tuesday evening changed directions suddenly when a dustup occurred over the Village … Read the rest
Ontario grapples with ordinance enforcement
When should an Ontario village ordinance be enforced? That question that puzzled those at Monday night’s village board meeting.
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Outlook not rosy for FEMA funds
President Donald Trump might have signed a disaster-relief bill of $19 billion, but how much will filter down to Vernon … Read the rest
A Norwalk history moment to mark the village’s quasquicentennial
Nearly everyone knows that Norwalk was once a Chicago and Northwestern railroad town that hosted daily freight and passenger trains … Read the rest
Ontario businesses and supporters turn to government for protection
D espite nearly four decades of covering local government meetings, every so often something pops up that makes me exclaim, … Read the rest
Ontario Village Board grapples with food-cart ordinance
Ontario Village Board grapples with food-cart ordinance County Line Publisher Emeritus Ontario’s new food-cart ordinance turned out to be a … Read the rest
Norwalk considers new method of sidewalk repair
At the suggestion of village board president Levi Helgren, Norwalk will try a new approach to tackling sidewalk replacement.
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Norwalk power plant, 1913
In 2007, Ontario celebrated 150 years, and we all learned a new word, “sesquicentennial.” If you thought that was a … Read the rest
The hamlet of Avalanche is a study in floodplain challenges
In 1959, a relentless rain pounded down on the west fork of the Kickapoo, sending the stream over its banks … Read the rest
Humans need bees for survival
When we first moved to the Kickapoo Valley, I fell under the spell of my neighbor, Fred Mitchell.
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