St. Joseph’s home tour set for Dec. 7

St. Joseph’s Memorial Foundation will host its Candy Cane Christmas House Walk, along with a poinsettia sale, from 1–5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. The owners of five Hillsboro area homes, all of them decorated for the holidays, will open their doors to...

N-O-W concerts slated for December

The Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District will host Christmas concerts next month. The N-O-W Elementary School concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, in the Falcon Gym. Third- through sixth-graders will present “Melton the Warm-Hearted Snowman,”...

A Kendall honky-tonk

As a fundraiser, the Kendall Area Arts and Culture Organization hosted its Honky Tonk Mystery Theatre event at the Roundhouse in Kendall on Friday.

Kendall Labor Day parade set for Sept. 4

Contributed by event organizers Floats, bands, old time cars, music, tractors and horses will be part of the largest Monroe County Labor Day parade, which will be at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, in Kendall. Every civic club, business, family, individual or other group...

Kind to hold town hall meetings

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, a Democrat from Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District, will hold local town hall meetings on the following dates: • 2–3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the Cashton Community Hall, 812 Main St. • 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at the Mauston...

Ontario couple has bull listed in national report

Richard and Susan D. Case of Ontario own a bull listed in the “2011 Fall Sire Evaluation Report,” a publication by the St. Joseph, Mo.-based American Angus Association. Issued in both the spring and fall, the new report features the latest performance information on...

Beef cow/calf workshop set for Thursday, Aug. 25

The University of Wisconsin Extension will host a beef cow/calf workshop Thursday, Aug. 25, at the Colonial Bowling and Banquet Center, 1415 W. Wisconsin St., Sparta. The purpose of the workshop is to provide information to beef cow/calf producers given the current...

Kendall gathering slated for Saturday, Sept. 3

By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Because Kendall Elementary School closed this year, the annual Labor Day school reunion may have a bittersweet note. But change has been in the works for some time. Last year, the focus of the event shifted from the traditional...

More N-O-W students categorized as low income

By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor The Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School Board’s Monday meeting centered on both bad news and good news. The bad news is more than 40 percent of seventh- through 12th-grade students meet federal income guidelines for free and...

State refusal to pursue WIC grant under fire

Health chief defends approach, says system should be nationwide By BILL LUEDERS | Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Advocates for Wisconsin’s Women, Infants and Children nutrition program want the state to reconsider its decision not to seek nearly $9...

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