By SARAH PARKER | County Line Managing Editor After spending the last month mulling over the matter, the Kendall Village Board decided Monday to purchase the onetime Kendall Elementary School building from the Royall School District for $1. Village board members Art...
Wood Turtle Weekend
Wilton hosted its annual Wood Turtle Days celebration last weekend, offering an array of events, such as a parade, a softball tournament and fireworks. Here, Layla Marty of Kendall claims her second-place trophy at the Kindschi Kiddie Pedal Pull on Sunday. For more...
Man hurt in motorcycle crash near Ontario
A Minnesota man was injured Tuesday in a motorcycle accident near Ontario, according to Vernon County Sheriff John Spears. At about 10 a.m., Kurt D. Bushinger, 37, of Eagan, Minn., was eastbound, driving on Lower Ridge Road in the town of Whitestown, when he lost...
New Ontario youth center makes use of old fire station
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Until 1986, the block building on State Street served as Ontario's fire station for many decades. More recently it was a laundry and car wash, a business that closed about five years ago. But after a facelift on the exterior and...
Construction begins Monday on Highway 71
Work will begin Monday, Aug. 5, on 12.4 miles of Highway 71, between the Highway 16 intersection in Sparta and the County Highway U intersection in Norwalk, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. This project will entail resurfacing the existing...
Man injured in Whitestown crash
A Watertown, Wis., man sustained injuries in a motorcycle crash Saturday afternoon in the town of Whitestown, near Ontario, according to Vernon County Sheriff John Spears. Jesse R. Hoffman, 30, was driving his motorcycle northwest on Highway 33, near the entrance of...
Royall debates approving new ropes course
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Meeting Monday, the Royall Board of Education considered the merits of building a new ropes course, ultimately tabling its decision until next week. Part of the school's three-year, federal Carol M. White Physical Education...
Ontario man charged in bar fight
Luke S. Eness, a 30-year-old Ontario man, faces battery, disorderly conduct and obstruction charges after allegedly striking a woman in the head with a metal chair during a bar fight July 7. Ontario police responded to RiversEnd Bar, 314 Main St., and observed four...
N-O-W dress code under review
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter After debating the scope of its student dress code, the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Board of Education agreed at its July 17 meeting that a committee should reconsider the rules. At the start of the school year, Principal Brad Pettit...
Ontario man arrested on sexual abuse charges
Martin J. Peterson, 37, of 21429 Orbit Ave., Ontario, will make an initial appearance in Monroe County on July 29 on six felony counts related to child sexual abuse, including sexual assault of a child under 13, incest with a child, child enticement and causing mental...
