By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher Just how much is at stake for Mathy Construction in its bid to obtain a non-metallic mining permit from the Town of Wilton? A lot, as it turns out. According to geologist Steve Suhr, who prepared the permit application, the site...
Proposed quarry stirs up town of Wilton residents
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher (Click here to see a map of the proposed project.) The land purchase contracts are in place and ready to be signed, and detailed, written plans have been submitted, but the road to a conditional-use permit for Milestone...
Kendall fires village marshal
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Managing Editor The Kendall Village Board fired Marshal Rich Laxton at a special meeting June 3, officially recording its decision as "without cause." But when the board suspended Laxton on May 8, it cited a pending court case in which...
Ontario’s Park Street will get lower speed limit
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher Ontario residents concerned about speeding on the newly renovated Park Street will be happy to hear that 15-mph signs will be posted shortly. At its Monday meeting, the Ontario Village Board decided that the reduced-speed area...
Scoping session focuses on ATC line
Area residents had an opportunity Tuesday to voice their concerns about the proposed Badger Coulee transmission line, which is expected to run from Madison to La Crosse. The meeting in Cashton is one of six slated along the route of the proposed 345-kilowatt line....
Segment of Highway 33 to close Monday
Grading work will close Highway 33 between County Highway D and Oklahoma Avenue, east of Cashton, starting Monday, June 9. The closure is expected to end by July 20. During the closure, the signed detour route will be Highway 27 to Viroqua, Highway 82 to...
Wisconsin Eye offering program on Badger-Coulee proposal
Wisconsin Eye, the state's C-SPAN television channel, has produced a program on the Badger-Coulee proposal. The program features a panel discussion between Sarah Justus of American Transmission Company, Rob Danielson of Save Our Unique Lands (SOUL), Daniel Kline...
Two people arrested after Amish greenhouses burglarized
Two people were apprehended after they allegedly burglarized Amish greenhouses in rural Cashton on May 28, according to the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office. One of the greenhouses was on Sand Hill Road; and the other, Irish Ridge Road. Travis D. Chapman, 29, and...
Bidding farewell: BHS seniors receive diplomas
Olivia Hansen (left) and Jackie Hanson listen to the speakers at the Brookwood High School graduation ceremony on Friday. For more photos of the event, click here.
Canoeing the Kickapoo, Sparta teenager finds and returns wallet filled with cash, credit cards
When a Sparta teenager found a wallet filled with cash and credit cards while he was canoeing the Kickapoo River near Ontario on Sunday, he acted the part of the Good Samaritan, turning it in to Ontario Police Chief Matt Hoskins. Hoskins said of James Wachuta, 18,...
