By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor The Corner Grill is back in Wilton and doing a brisk business, according to Jennifer Downing. She has leased it from the owners who decided not to open it this year due to health problems. Downing has experience cooking in Melvina...
New restaurant opens in former Gina’s Pies Are Square building
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor "400 Main" is not only the address, but also the name of Wilton's newest restaurant and antique shop. Mark and Debbie Eckelberg have leased the property from Aldis Strazdins and opened on Wednesday in what was formerly Pettera's...
A makeshift abode
This robin is neither smart nor a good housekeeper, claims Ontario resident Fern Ferries, who lives on Division Street and has done her best to make life easier for a feathered friend that returns year after year. First the robin built a nest on a decorative piece...
The kindness of strangers: Community helps family recover from fire
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Evangelina Mendoza had just stepped out of her mobile home in Ontario to call on a neighboring family member. Like many busy moms, she popped a load of clothes in the dryer before she left. That was a big mistake. The dryer caught...
Offering a range of services, Lily’s Pad opens in Norwalk
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor It's been more than two decades since the rows of parts bins and tractor supplies filled the building at 212 Main St. in Norwalk. After Degenhardt Implement vacated to its new location on Highway 71, the building hosted a quilt...
How digging postholes led to 60 years as devoted Valentines
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor You could say it all began with a tractor and a posthole digger. At least that's the way the legend goes. In 1952, John Dougherty of Wilton was the first man in the area to have a posthole digger attachment for his tractor. But...
A life recalled: Leila Friske, a former Kendall resident, turns 100
By LYNETTE VLASAK | Special to the County Line Leila Friske will close in on the century mark on her birthday, Monday, Jan. 14. A longtime resident of Kendall, but now living at Heritage Manor in Elroy, Leila will celebrate Sunday, Jan. 13, with family and friends at...
Cashton Cupboard & Closet serves those in need
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor "The shelves are looking a little empty right now," volunteer Rose Eddy said about the food pantry at the Cashton Cupboard & Closet on Saturday. But if the shelves were not exactly overflowing with food, the hearts of...
Traveling via donkey: Westby man and his team tour the Kickapoo Valley
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Mobs of motorcyclists and hordes of touring Corvettes were basking in the riot of fall color on the last Saturday of September in the Kickapoo Valley. Amid this exhibition of the combustion engine, Bob Erickson of Westby plodded...
New manager joins Wildcat Mountain staff
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor It may not have a lake, but Joe Fieweger admitted he was still very impressed when he visited Wildcat Mountain State Park. Like many natives of Wisconsin, Fieweger was surprised to find a landscape unlike any other part of the...
