By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor It's all about phosphorus. Or it soon will be, the Norwalk Village Board learned at its meeting Tuesday. The village's wastewater permit is now up for review and renewal, Board President Mike Wiedl said at the meeting, and...
Crane-count volunteers sought for Monroe, Vernon counties
The International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wis., will sponsor the 37th annual Midwest Crane Count across the Upper Midwest, including Wisconsin, on Saturday, April 14. The count is used to monitor the general population trend of sandhill cranes and to promote...
Pesticide-applicator class set for March 30 in Viroqua
The last private-pesticide-applicator-training session for the season in Viroqua will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 30, in the Erlandson Office Building basement, County Hwy. BB. To register for the Viroqua class, stop at the UW-Extension Office or at Nelson...
N-O-W changes class rotations in upper grades
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor The Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District's longstanding method of rotating fourth- through sixth-grade students from teacher to teacher for various subjects will end in 2012-2013, the board of education decided Monday. Instead,...
Monroe County Local History Room to offer Civil War lecture
The Monroe County Local History Room will host a public lecture, "Feeding Billy Yank: Examining the Civil War Army Ration," at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15. Fred Green, a Sparta-area military history enthusiast with more than 16 years of Civil War reenacting experience,...
Hillsboro student arrested after making shooting threats
A Hillsboro High School student was apprehended today after he threatened to shoot one of his classmates with a shotgun, according to the Vernon County Sheriff’s Department. The 17-year-old student, whose name is being withheld pending his court appearance,...
Monroe County Local History Room to offer Civil War program
The Monroe County History Room will offer a lecture, "Feeding Billy Yank: Examining the Civil War Ration," from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, March 15. The program will focus on how hundreds of thousands of soldiers were fed and equipped during the Civil War. The Monroe County...
Lawsuit filed against Norwalk meat packer
A federal lawsuit filed Friday accuses a Norwalk meat packer of violating state and federal laws by not paying its employees for the time it takes to put on required protective gear. The 98 employees of VPP Group LLC, formerly known as Valley Pride Pack, of Norwalk,...
Kendall Elementary School renter charged with theft
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter A woman who intends to open a daycare center in the former Kendall Elementary School building was among three employees charged last month with stealing $466,000 from an Elroy business. The Juneau County Star Times reported Feb....
FEMA leaves Kendall high and dry
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor FEMA money slated for the Thayer Street bridge project won't come any time soon, the Kendall Village Board learned at its meeting Monday. The village had expected to receive $60,000 for the arched culvert and pedestrian bridge,...
