The DisChords, a bluegrass/gospel band, will perform at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, at Mount Pisgah Wesleyan Church, rural Ontario. All band members are from the Ocooch Mountain area, which runs south from Wildcat Mountain State Park to Viroqua. The DisChords also are...
KVR to get second covered bridge
By BRAD STEINMETZ Special to the County Line A new covered bridge will be built on Indian Creek Road Trail in the Kickapoo Valley Reserve. Jon Schrader of the Ho-Chunk Nation's road division, along with a design team working on the covered-bridge project, attended the...
Are frac sand miners failing to check for rare butterfly?
By KATE GOLDEN Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism In the sand barrens of Wisconsin lives an endangered blue butterfly. Its range overlaps almost perfectly with the sand that’s become a lucrative part of a boom in natural gas drilling. And to kill a Karner...
Tomah VA to host art competition for veterans
The Tomah Veterans Administration Medical Center will host the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival local competition on its Tomah campus during the National Salute to Veteran Patients Week (Feb. 12-18.). The annual competition will showcase the visual and...
Kohl representative to meet with constituents
U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl's regional representative, John Medinger, will be in Viola from 2-3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3rd to meet with constituents at the Viola Public Library, 137 S. Main St., in the Conference Room. No appointment is necessary. "If you are having a problem with...
Schilling office hours set for Feb. 6
State Sen. Jennifer Schilling (D-La Crosse) will host office hours Monday, Feb. 6, at the following locations: • 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — Norwalk Public Library, 101 Railroad St. • 1–2:30 p.m. — Ontario Public Library, 313 Main St. • 3–4:30 p.m. — Bekkum Memorial...
Meeting on CapX2020 transmission line set for Monday
State Rep. Steve Doyle (D-Onalaska) will host a community meeting on the proposed CapX2020 electric transmission project from 6–7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at the Holmen High School commons. The public is invited to attend and ask questions. The meeting will feature a...
Elroy Public Library services now more accessible
People who wear hearing aids with a T-coil switch or telephone switch are now finding the Elroy Public Library easier to use, according to a press release prepared by the Winding Rivers Library System. The library service desk has a hearing loop, thanks to a grant...
Vernon County Veterans Service to hold office hours
The Vernon County Veterans Service will have office hours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, and Wednesday, Feb. 15, at Farmers State Bank, 726 Water Ave., Hillsboro. For more information, call 637-5274.
Ontario meeting to focus on directory of homecare workers
An organizational meeting to put together an online directory of home health aides and personal care assistants in the Ontario area will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, in the Ontario Fire Station/Village Hall meeting room, 205 State St. The directory will feature the...
