By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor When it comes to the never-ending battle to cure cancer, childhood leukemia is one of the success stories. Survival rates now approach 85 percent and may increase to 90 percent in the next few years. But that was not the case in...
N-O-W mulls new sign honoring Luing
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor A new memorial sign recognizing Adam Luing was the topic at Monday's Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Board of Education meeting. A Brookwood junior, Luing collapsed and died during track practice six years ago from an undiscovered heart...
BHS grad near Boston explosions
About 45 minutes after Kristina Rynes had completed the Boston Marathon, her surroundings erupted into confusion and frenzy. A 1999 Brookwood High School graduate and a third-grade teacher in the Blackhawk School District in South Wayne, Wis., Rynes was about three...
Norwalk man hurt in Sparta accident
By PAT MULVANEY | Sparta Herald Editor A near head-on collision on the Highway 16 overpass on Sparta's east side Saturday left a Norwalk man with life-threatening injuries. The accident occurred at 7:45 a.m., when a 2005 Ford Expedition driven by Stacie Giraud, 41, of...
Elroy man sentenced to 15 years for gun crime
U.S. District Judge William M. Conley sentenced an Elroy man on April 10 to 15 years in prison for unlawfully possessing a stolen shotgun as a convicted felon, according to a press release prepared by U.S Attorney John W. Vaudreuil’s office. James Misleveck,...
Norwalk Village Hall will be closed Thursdays
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Arranging and rearranging village staff accounted for most of Tuesday's Norwalk Village Board meeting. First, Clerk Sharon Karis asked to change the day the village office was closed from Tuesday to Thursday. Karis would like to...
April 2 election results
Note: This version of the story, originally published April 2, contains new information for the towns of Forest and Clifton and corrected information for the town of Wellington. By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter The following are local results for the April 2...
Norwalk president lobbies for police chief’s pay raise
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Norwalk Village Board President Mike Wiedl made an appearance at the Wilton Village Board meeting Monday, urging the latter to approve a $1 pay raise for Norwalk-Wilton Police Chief Steve Johnson. The rationale for the raise is...
Utility raises leave Ontario financially running in place
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Increases in utility fees will add little to the bottom line, the Ontario Village Board learned at its Monday meeting. And in more bad news, residents can expect further hikes as the village attempts to offset higher costs. Board...
Vernon County police makes meth-related arrests
After investigating a tip pointing to a methamphetamine operation, the Vernon County Sheriff's Department and the West Central Drug Task Force arrested two people Saturday. Ura E. Gingerich, 22, of Cashton and Lawrence Martin Ramsey, 49, of Sparta both face charges of...
