Four people sustained injuries Jan. 23 in a town of Webster single-vehicle crash in which slippery roads were a factor, according to Vernon County police. Stacy K. Fahey, 24, of La Crosse was driving a minivan southbound on County Highway D, near Buckeye Ridge Road,...
Auditor critical of Royall’s fund balance
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Royall recently received a mostly favorable audit report, but its dearth of a fund balance, a figure that represents liabilities subtracted from assets, prevents the district from being considered financially stable,...
Progress made on planning for Ontario’s garden
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor January is offering up its last gasp, and seed catalogues are in the mail. And even icy weather could not deter about a dozen people from gathering at the Ontario Public Library on Monday to plan a community garden. The project is...
Free community supper set for Jan. 30 in Elroy
A free community supper will be served from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Elroy United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 204 Royall Ave. The Millards Prairie HCE Club will assist with the January meal. This community supper is offered on the last Wednesday of...
CPR, first aid classes will be offered in Tomah and Cashton
Scenic Bluffs Health Centers and the University of Wisconsin Extension are teaming up to offer American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR and Heartsaver First Aid classes. Classes will be offered Wednesday, Jan. 30, at the community room in F & M Bank in Tomah and...
St. Joseph’s Clinics to offer earlier business hours
As a result of patient feedback, St. Joseph's announced that earlier phone business hours had started Monday, Jan. 7. You can call St. Joseph's Clinic at 489-8280 to schedule appointments in Elroy, Hillsboro and Wonewoc, starting at 7 a.m. Monday through Friday. To...
Echo Valley Hope to offer Celebrating Beloved Community program
Echo Valley Hope, a rural Ontario nonprofit organization, will offer a program, Celebrating Beloved Community, from Jan. 18–21 at Echo Valley Farm, E14604 County Road F at Z, Ontario. Attendees will consider the implications of Martin Luther King’s words: “Our goal is...
Ontario Village Board race will be uncontested
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Ontario residents are likely to see just one new face on the village board. At Monday's board meeting, incumbent trustee Gene Riddle declined to run for another term. Incumbents Jamie DeWitt and Josh Curtis indicated they would...
Teenagers accused of sexual assault of a child
Jonathan Schendel, 17, of Wilton and a younger teen both will be charged with second-degree sexual assault of a child. The two are accused of having a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old Norwalk girl over several months in the summer of 2012. According to the girl,...
N-O-W debates policy on cell phone, tablet use
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter A proposal to allow students to bring tablets, laptops and cell phones to class spurred a debate at Monday's Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Board of Education meeting. At one time, the district dissuaded students from being cell phones...
