By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter The Ontario Police Department responded to a village residence twice in four days, eventually arresting a man suspected of domestic abuse. On Friday, Chief Matt Hoskins was called to a report of a fight outside a trailer at 103...
History room will present program on Wild West Shows
The Monroe County Local History Room will present “Wild West Shows of the Nineteenth Century: Entertainment, Myth, and the Creation of American Identity” at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4. John Grider of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse history department...
VSN seeks volunteers to monitor water quality
Valley Stewardship Network seeks participants for its Water Action Volunteers team, a group that helps gather water-quality data from local streams and rivers. Volunteers monitor stream flow, water temperature, dissolved oxygen and pH, macro invertebrates, water...
Driftless Wisconsin visitor brochures make their debut
The 2013 Driftless Wisconsin visitor brochure has been published and is now available for distribution. Driftless Wisconsin Inc. is a tourism promotion organization representing a collaboration among the Kickapoo Valley Association, Crawford County Tourism Council,...
Monroe County sets WIC check-issuance days
The Monroe County Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) will offer the following check-issuance days in April. • 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 • 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16 Participants can come...
Women’s Health Night slated for March 28 at Tomah Memorial Hospital
Tomah Memorial Hospital will host its 14th annual Women’s Health Night on Thursday, March 28, from 4–8 p.m. at the Cranberry Country Lodge, Hwy. 21, Tomah. The keynote speaker will be Keely Rees, an associate professor in the Department of Health...
Lyme disease support group meets March 22
A Lyme disease support group for residents of Vernon, Juneau, Monroe, Sauk and Richland counties will be offered from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 22, at the Hillsboro Public Library meeting room, 819 High Ave. The meetings are informal and offered each...
Free community supper set for March 27 in Elroy
A free community supper will be served from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at Elroy United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 204 Royall Ave. This community supper is offered on the last Wednesday of each month and, according to event organizers, “gives...
An icy maneuver
This seemingly endless winter has been a trial for area heating contractors, too. In February, during an ice storm, Flock's Heating of Cashton did an emergency furnace change-out at a local residence. The cracked furnace had obsolete parts; replacement was the only...
Elroy Area Food Pantry to offer evening hours
The Elroy Area Food Pantry will now be open from 6–7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month starting April 4. The food pantry also is open from 1–2:30 p.m. every Thursday. Located in the Grace Lutheran Church basement, 226 Erickson St., the pantry is open...
