By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter In an instance of federal budget decisions altering finances at the local level, the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District board of education heard mixed news on its construction bonds at its meeting Monday. The unfavorable...
Ontario board springs forward on downtown improvements
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Downtown improvements may begin moving at a brisk clip this summer, as the Ontario Village Board agreed Monday to contribute $5,000 toward new playground equipment in Palen Park and an additional $5,000 toward Ontario Community...
Two hurt in Norwalk tractor crash
Two farm tractors were involved in a crash at about 5:15 a.m. Sunday in Norwalk, resulting in non-life-threatening injuries for both drivers, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department. Both Justin M. Luethe, 28, of rural Norwalk and Adam J. Schmitz,...
Kendall to cite owner of former St. John’s building
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Hoping that the onetime, dilapidated St. John's Lutheran Church property eventually would be restored or demolished, the Kendall Village Board agreed Monday to issue a citation to the building's owner. Earlier this year, the...
F&M may purchase Community State Bank
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor If the FDIC approves the sale, Norwalk's troubled Community State Bank will have a new owner later this year. Farmers and Merchants Bank of Kendall has indicated its intention to purchase the bank. Established in 1933, the bank was...
Royall raises lunch prices
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter School lunch prices will go up by 10 cents apiece for all district students, the Royall Board of Education decided at its meeting Monday. By mandate, the district needed to raise the prices to meet the gap between the actual cost...
Royall's Moore claims state championship
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line Christian Moore became Royall’s newest state champion after winning the 220 title at the WIAA Individual State Tournament on Saturday at the Kohl Center in Madison. Moore battled through a quarterfinal match on Feb. 22 against Sam...
Fire destroys Ontario home
UPDATED FEB. 27 Ontario police say a clothes dryer apparently sparked a mobile home fire at 103 S. Lincoln St. on Thursday. A family of four lived in the mobile home, said Ontario Police Chief Matt Hoskins. One of the children is a student at Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton...
New group offers help to Lyme disease sufferers
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor It's an oddly insidious disease that for some requires no more than a short course of oral antibiotic therapy to cure, but for others, the effects are long lasting, excruciatingly painful and life changing. Western Wisconsin is...
Window hours will be cut at local post offices
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Window hours at the Norwalk and Wilton post offices will be slashed effective Saturday, March 9, and Kendall's will be reduced later this year. Wilton Village Board members noted at their meeting Monday that the Wilton Post...
