By ALICE BRANDAU Behold the landscape as you drive over the ridges overlooking the valleys with brilliant splashes of yellow birch and poplar leaves among the late maples and brown oaks. Beautiful Wisconsin! I got a shingles shot yesterday at the Medicine Shoppe in...
St. John’s on Ridgeville to host fundraiser
The cemetery at St. John's Lutheran Church at Ridgeville is in need of improvements. A fundraiser will be held Sunday, Oct. 26, at the church. Dinner will be served at 11:30 a.m., followed by a special program at 12:30 p.m. Performing on the Celtic harp, Shari Sarazin...
Elroy native named associate pastor
Jamie Brandt Brieske of Mondovi, Wis., is the newly ordained associate pastor at Hope Lutheran Church in Eau Claire. Hope Lutheran is in the Northwest Wisconsin Synod of the ELCA. A 2002 graduate of Royall High School, Brandt Brieske is married to Chad Brieske and has...
Elroy Public Library open house is Saturday
By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian You are invited to an open house at the Elroy Public Library on Saturday, Oct. 25. We will dedicate the Gib & Evelyne Lee Community Room in the library basement at 1:30 p.m. Meet the donors, enjoy a short program, and tour this...
Shopping in Valley
Shoppers look over goods at the Valley Community Center Rummage Sale on Saturday.
New DVDs available at Norwalk Public Library
By JEANNE RICE | Norwalk librarian The Norwalk Public Library has several new DVDs: • "Godzilla: The Series" • "The Fault in Our Stars," starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern, Sam Trammell, Nat Wolff and Willem Dafoe • "Marley & Me: The Puppy Years,"...
Senior menus for Oct. 27–31
Ontario meal site Meals are served at the Milk Jug Café, 103 N. Garden St. To make a reservation, call 337-4448. Monday, Oct. 27: Chicken cordon bleu, potato fries, orange slices, whole-wheat rolls and cookies Tuesday, Oct. 28: Spaghetti with meat sauce, spinach...
Ontario chili and soup supper is Friday
By LAURIE ERICKSON | Ontario librarian An all-you-can-eat chili and soup supper will be from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, before bingo, at the Ontario Community Hall. The menu will consist of chili, chicken noodle soup, bread, crackers, cheese, cookies and beverages....
Elroy Public Library hosts antiques appraisal
By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian Mark Moran entertained the Elroy Public Library crowd with his antiques-appraisal program on Saturday. A wide variety of artifacts, pictures, china and more were inspected, and Mark gave a brief history of each item. We even...
New books available at Norwalk Public Library
By JEANNE RICE | Norwalk librarian The Norwalk Public Library has several new titles: Fiction • "Summer Rental: A Novel" by Mary Kay Andrews • "Dead Lil' Hustler" ("Loon Lake" mystery series No. 14) by Victoria Houston Children's Picture Books • "Patty's Pumpkin...
