Royall dinner, showcase concert set for April 25

The Royall Music Department will host a spaghetti dinner and bake sale fundraiser in the high school cafeteria from 5–6:30 p.m. Friday, April 25. Tickets are $5 apiece, and children 5 and younger may attend for free. At 7 p.m., following the dinner, Royall...

Ho-Chunk history program slated for May 8

Bill Quackenbush will present a public history program, "History of the Ho-Chunk People:  Past, Present, and Future," at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 8, at the Monroe County Local History Room, 200 Main St., Sparta.  The public also is invited to the Monroe County Historical...

One hurt in rural La Farge crash

One person was injured in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in the town of Stark, near La Farge, according to Vernon County Sheriff John Spears. Charles M. Metz, 54, of Soldiers Grove, Wis., was driving a pickup truck eastbound on Plum Run Road, going downhill and...

Brookwood music students celebrate the season

Brookwood Junior and Senior High School music students gave their winter concert Monday evening. Dana Cale (left) and Breanna Spohn (right) perform with the high school band. For more concert photos, click here. (Sarah Parker photo)

N-O-W Elementary School gives concert

Band students Alyssa Ottum, Faith Wathke and Jacklynn Downing (left to right) perform at the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School concert "Chillin': A Wintry Program" on Thursday. For more concert photos, click here. (Sarah Parker photo)

Ontario meal site will move to Garden Street Cafe

The Ontario meal site will move to the Milk Jug Cafe effective Wednesday, Jan. 2. RiversEnd Bar & Grill began catering the meals in the summer of 2011, after the previous meal-site host, the Garden Street Cafe, went out of business. “(Owners) Paula and...

Vernon County to offer immunization clinics

The Vernon County Health Department will conduct immunization clinics on the following dates: • 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19 — First Congregational Church, 620 High Ave., Hillsboro • 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20 — Vernon County Health Department, 318...

Free community supper set for Dec. 19 in Elroy

A free community supper will be served from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, at the Elroy United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 204 Royall Ave. The meal will feature holiday treats and door prizes. This community supper is offered on the last Wednesday of each...

Athletic director association honors rural Ontario couple

The Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association recently presented its Athletic Service Award to Scott and Genise Witt of rural Ontario. According to a press release prepared by Brookwood athletic director Ken Clinton, “The award honors (people) who have gone...

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