The Friends of the Community/Amigos de la Comunidad group will host a free Thanksgiving dinner from 4–6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Norwalk Community Center. Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and cranberries will be provided, but community members are invited to...
Town of Wilton crash results in power outages
By County Line staff One person was injured Sunday morning in a single-vehicle crash that resulted in power outages in the Elroy, Kendall, Wilton, Ontario and Norwalk areas, according to Monroe County Sheriff Peter Quirin. At about 4:38 a.m., Scott Graphenteen, 38, of...
Items stolen from Town of Sheldon
By County Line staff The Town of Sheldon large-item cleanup days, which were from Oct. 19-22, became a real chance for a thief to clean up. Town Chair Dennis Hubbard reported that adapter plates and pallet forks for the town end loader were taken. Hubbard estimated...
Wisconsin milk board claims dairy aids weight loss
By AMY KARON Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism A major Wisconsin dairy group continues to promote dairy products for weight loss, four years after two national groups, under pressure from the Federal Trade Commission, agreed to stop. The state-supervised,...
Sparta man charged with Norwalk Post Office break-in
Police recently arrested a Sparta man who allegedly broke into the Norwalk Post Office and the Norwalk Village Hall last summer. In connection with a range of crimes in Monroe County, Jacob S. Kiernan, 23, faces a total 19 counts, nine of them felony and 10...
The desire to change: Fort McCoy Challenge Academy offers at-risk teens a chance to alter course
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor J.T. Griffis freely admits he would have been a candidate for the Fort McCoy Challenge Academy. Raised by a single dad in Texas, Griffis, a staff member at the academy, conceded that his dad had transmitted “good values” as he was...
