By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Based on Monday's Village of Wilton caucus results, George Dougherty will be the sole village president candidate on the April ballot. Incumbent Ted Barnes is finishing his first term. Six were nominated to trustees' positions:...
Only incumbents sign up for local school boards
Boards in both the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton and the Royall school districts will remain unchanged. At Royall, incumbents Sara Palamarek and Ross Friedl submitted papers for the April election, and they will face no challengers. N-O-W's status is the same: incumbents...
Kendall’s village board race may be contested
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor If all four candidates agree to run, Kendall could have a contested race for village board. At Monday evening's caucus, incumbents Bob Mahr and Jim Lunde said they would serve again. A former Kendall village board president, Marlin...
Wiedl seeks fourth term on Norwalk Village Board
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Mike Wiedl will run for a fourth term as Norwalk Village President, making the announcement at Tuesday evening's caucus. Incumbent trustee Reuben Degenhardt opted not to run again, and incumbents Jeff Gnewikow and John Doll will...
Ignored and underfunded, mental health care thin at county jails
Key Republican lawmaker wants to examine issue By RORY LINNANE, TEGAN WENDLAND and KATE GOLDEN Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism For more than a decade, Milwaukee County’s jail system has been under the scrutiny of a court-appointed medical monitor for its...
Elroy man urges Royall to upgrade security
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Prompted by Friday's school massacre in Newtown, Conn., John Clark of Elroy appealed to the Royall Board of Education on Monday to install a security system in the district facilities. Royall essentially has an open-door policy,...
N-O-W parent objects to grading system
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor When is an "A+" just an "A"? Evidently when it comes time to compute the winner of the Academic Excellence Scholarship, a state-administered, $2,250 award for students who attend Wisconsin secondary education institutions. The...
Police seek information on Ontario burglary
The Ontario Police Department is seeking information on a burglary that occurred some time between Dec. 8 and Dec. 11 at a home on First Street in Ontario. An Xbox 360 gaming system, about 20 Xbox games and about 200 DVD movies were taken from the home. Two sets of...
As supply meets demand, Wisconsin’s frac sand rush slows
By KATE PRENGAMAN Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism For more than a year, a 30-foot-tall pile of unwanted sand towered over three acres on Claude Riglemon’s property. The price for the sand dropped about the time this stockpile was ready for sale, so the...
Norwalk-Wilton Police Department is over budget
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Facing overruns in costs associated with fuel and vehicle maintenance, the Wilton Village Board on Monday agreed to grant an extra $2,281.25 in the Norwalk-Wilton Police Department budget for 2012. The joint-village police...
