The Vernon County Health Department will conduct an immunization clinic Thursday, April 18, at the health department, 318 Fairlane Drive, Viroqua. The clinic will be from 9-11:30 a.m. and 4:30 to 6 p.m. Families that are uninsured, have Badger Care or whose insurance...
Norwalk Village Hall will be closed Thursdays
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Arranging and rearranging village staff accounted for most of Tuesday's Norwalk Village Board meeting. First, Clerk Sharon Karis asked to change the day the village office was closed from Tuesday to Thursday. Karis would like to...
April 2 election results
Note: This version of the story, originally published April 2, contains new information for the towns of Forest and Clifton and corrected information for the town of Wellington. By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter The following are local results for the April 2...
Norwalk president lobbies for police chief’s pay raise
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Norwalk Village Board President Mike Wiedl made an appearance at the Wilton Village Board meeting Monday, urging the latter to approve a $1 pay raise for Norwalk-Wilton Police Chief Steve Johnson. The rationale for the raise is...
Utility raises leave Ontario financially running in place
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Increases in utility fees will add little to the bottom line, the Ontario Village Board learned at its Monday meeting. And in more bad news, residents can expect further hikes as the village attempts to offset higher costs. Board...
Vernon County police makes meth-related arrests
After investigating a tip pointing to a methamphetamine operation, the Vernon County Sheriff's Department and the West Central Drug Task Force arrested two people Saturday. Ura E. Gingerich, 22, of Cashton and Lawrence Martin Ramsey, 49, of Sparta both face charges of...
Easter bunny sightings
Spring flood?
It's not likely this year, as can be seen at Bridge 6 in the Kickapoo Valley Reserve. The slow (painfully slow) snow melt kept the Kickapoo River at bay this year. With little rain in the forecast, it seems unlikely that the predicted spring flooding will...
Ridgeville wind farm might not have happened in any circumstance
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor A reader took exception to my column a few weeks ago about the grassroots government of town boards. It was his observation that government in the town of Plymouth was at least as rife with "cronyism, nepotism and favoritism" as...
Program on energy conservation set for April 10 at Ontario Public Library
Echo Valley Hope, a rural Ontario-based nonprofit, will sponsor a program, "Talking About Energy," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at the Ontario Public Library. This is the first of a monthly series of conversations about the energy conservation, options for...
