By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Lee Wyttenbach will reprise his role in local government when he assumes a vacant Kendall Village Board spot this month. A previous board member, Wyttenbach applied for the position after Bob Mahr resigned last month. The board...
Wilton’s veterans memorial dedicated
The Wilton American Legion dedicated its veterans memorial Sunday. Here, Rick Seeley cuts the ribbon at the memorial; George Dougherty (left) and Larry Bever are in the background. For more dedication photos, click here. (Sarah Parker photo)
Graduation 2013: Crossing the threshold
Brookwood High School hosted its commencement ceremony Friday. Here, Valedictorian Sarah Witt receives her diploma; school board president Kurt Radke is in the background. Jeremy Nelson is this year's salutatorian. For more graduation photos, click here. (Sarah Parker...
Vernon County Dairy Breakfast set for Saturday
Lee and Cheryl Johnson will host the 33rd Vernon County Dairy Breakfast on Saturday, June 1, at Whispering Pines Dairy Farm, near Retreat, Wis., about 25 minutes southwest of Viroqua. Breakfast will be served from 7-11 a.m. Lee and Cheryl began farming in 1989, and...
Martin family will host Monroe County Dairy Breakfast
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor For the first time in the long history of the Monroe County Dairy Breakfast, a Mennonite family will host the event. Not surprisingly, the large Mennonite settlement in the Sparta area brought the family to Monroe County from...
Hillsboro Farmers Co-op to demolish part of Kendall facility
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor "There hasn't been anything this big in Kendall taken down for a long time, " commented Kendall Village Board President Richard Martin at Tuesday evening's special board meeting. And then the board OK'd a demolition permit for the...
Local track athletes are state-bound
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line At least one more race awaits the Royall girls 400-meter relay team after its fourth-place finish at the WIAA sectional track and field meet hosted by Fennimore at Viroqua last week. The relay team — made up of Bria Altamore, Cara...
Memorial Day events slated for area villages
Marking the occasion, local communities will offer Memorial Day programs this weekend. Elroy The Elroy American Legion and Auxiliary Post 115 will hold services on Memorial Day, beginning with a firing squad, colorguard and "Taps" at cemeteries and at the Elroy Public...
N-O-W board approves policy governing memorial creation
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Establishing parameters for school memorials, the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District board of education approved a new policy on the matter at its meeting May 13. The issue was brought to the fore in April, when two Brookwood...
Norwalk couple requests that village personnel committee discuss employee’s letter to the editor
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Norwalk Public Works employee Mike Muehlenkamp published a letter to the editor in the May 2 issue of the County Line, and, as a result, residents Butch and Madonna Johnson requested that the village's personnel committee meet on...
