The Royall Greenhouse grand opening will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 11. Students have been planting seeds and transplanting seedlings in preparation for the growing season. Geraniums, wave petunias, pansies, violas, impatiens, marigolds, and several...
Elroy Birding Day set for Saturday, May 19
Birdwatchers and other nature lovers are invited to participate in Elroy Birding Day on Saturday, May 19. The event is free of charge; the only requirements are a willingness to walk and a curiosity about birds, wildflowers and the natural world around Elroy. Mid-May...
Civil War program slated for May 17
The Monroe County Local History Room will offer a Civil War program, "Farmer Goes to War: Monroe County In the American Civil War," at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 17. Monroe County historian Jarrod Roll will give the presentation, which will examine the soldiering experience...
Tree farm field day set for May 19 near Wilton
A field day at Dick O'Gara's tree farm, 26949 Millet Road, Wilton, will be Saturday, May 19. The Wisconsin Walnut Council and Kickapoo Woods Cooperative will sponsor the event. Coffee and snacks will be available at 9 a.m., and the Walnut Council business meeting will...
N-O-W health insurance rate goes up by 9.5 percent
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Switching carriers evidently did not resolve the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District's long struggle with escalating health insurance rates. Last year the district chose to leave the WEA Trust and acquire new coverage with...
Ontario man allegedly neglected dog
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Police cited an Ontario man for animal neglect Friday, later taking possession of his puppy and turning it over to the Viroqua Humane Society. Jerry Brown, 45, was at the center of multiple complaints alleging that he was abusing...
Ontario restaurant to reopen
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Ontario's long restaurant drought has come to an end, as Eirik and Cheryl Eness of Ontario have purchased the former Garden Street Cafe from the Bank of Ontario. The last owners of the village's only year-round restaurant closed it...
Royall hosts grand opening for new Tommy and SuAnn Thompson Fitness Center
The Royall School District had its grand opening for its new Tommy and SuAnn Thompson Fitness Center on Monday. The Thompsons contributed $25,000 toward the $38,000 remodeling project. Affordable of Union Center installed the HVAC and the electrical systems in the...
Dead animals placed in two Royall students’ lockers
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Royall High School administration are investigating an April 23 bullying incident in which decomposing animals were found in two students' lockers. One student's locker contained a dead squirrel, and the other, a dead raccoon....
The ‘Preuss’ is right for Elroy man
While vacationing in California this winter, Robert “Gene” Preuss and his wife Shirley of Elroy joined a group of Wisconsin friends, all them wearing their University of Wisconsin red T-shirts, on a bus trip to Los Angeles. One of the stops was a taping...
