By DOUG ROGALLA | Kendall I will vote for Tony Kurtz to represent voters in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District. Kurtz is a wonderful father with two teenagers, a retired Army aviation warrant officer, and a farmer and small-business owner from the Prairie du Chien...
Letter to the Editor: Walker’s Common Core hypocrisy
By DAVE WESTER | Elroy Why is Gov. Walker spending so much time and effort trying to eliminate Common Core educational standards when it is NOT a significant issue among Wisconsin citizens? Follow the money. Eliminating Common Core is a major initiative of at least...
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Letter to the editor: There must be compromises between industry, tourism
By the Elroy-Sparta Trail Board The last issue of the County Line did a good job of pointing out the difficult decisions that must be made in our area between industry and tourism. Mathy Construction wants to open a gravel pit near the Tunnel Campground owned by Scott...
Letter to the Editor: Ontario put on great Fourth
By SUE BLANCHARD | Oconomowoc, Wis. My family and I would like to thank all of the dedicated volunteers and patrons who again made this year's Fourth of July celebration in Ontario such a wonderful event. I grew up and raised my family in Oconomowoc, Wis., and I...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Help us stop the quarry
By JOAN RIPP | Wilton If you live in the town of Wilton, the town of Wellington or any of the surrounding villages and townships, help us in our fight to keep this beautiful area pristine. As you probably already know, Mathy Construction and Milestone Materials are...
Letter to the Editor: Together we can stop the quarry
By PAT CONWAY | Ontario Thank goodness for County Line Editor Karen Parker. Without her front-page story in the June 12 edition of the paper, many of us would have missed our opportunity to learn about the proposed quarry in the town of Wilton. Her follow-up story on...
Guest column: Children teach us wonder and encourage us to act
By DEB SEVERSON Member of Save Our Unique Lands (SOUL) and Citizens Energy Task Force (CETF) Children approach life with an inquisitive sense of wonder and a thirst for learning. They dream of what can be and challenge us by unceasingly asking why. When the fifth...
Letter to the Editor: Religion spurs U.S. decline in science
By DAVE WESTER | Elroy Forty-two percent of Americans believe that God created humans 10,000 years ago, according to a May 8 Gallup poll widely reported in the media. That poll ought to scare the heck out of all of us. Science has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that...
Letter to the Editor: Williams’ Civil War headstone slated for placement in rural Ontario cemetery
By DONNA DE WITT | Ontario I found your article noting that the Ontario GAR unit was named for James Williams very interesting. His Civil War headstone is now stored at the Ontario American Legion Hall, waiting to be replaced in the Williams-Jones Pioneer Cemetery in...
