By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor If the FDIC approves the sale, Norwalk's troubled Community State Bank will have a new owner later this year. Farmers and Merchants Bank of Kendall has indicated its intention to purchase the bank. Established in 1933, the bank was...
Editorial cartoon
Hypnotic power
Hypnotist Jim Wand entertained a crowd Monday at Brookwood High School. The school's FFA sponsored the event as a service to the community. Above: Under the influence of hypnosis, Trent Eness apes a rock star. Below: Wand plays a game of monkey-see, monkey-do with...
Royall raises lunch prices
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter School lunch prices will go up by 10 cents apiece for all district students, the Royall Board of Education decided at its meeting Monday. By mandate, the district needed to raise the prices to meet the gap between the actual cost...
Hospice Touch to offer series focusing on grief
For residents in Monroe and Adams counties, Hospice Touch of Tomah Memorial Hospital will offer an eight-week series on how to deal with grief. The series, “A Journey Through Grief,” will be offered from 5–6:30 p.m. Mondays from March 11 to April...
BHS forensics
The following make up this year’s Brookwood High School forensics team. At sub-district competition Feb. 11, all qualified for district competition, which will be at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on Saturday, March 16. Back row (left to right): Austin...
Using public money for private schools is a step backward
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor I had not heard of the Elmwood School until Steve Olson of Kendall dropped by this week with a short history of the rural school. Once located a few miles from Kendall, it is only a dim memory to most people, but its story is...
Classifieds for Feb. 28
EXPERT REPAIR on all makes appliances, microwaves – 4 technicians to serve you. Mitby’s in Cashton, 654-5144. 14uc ____________________________ Computer Repair. Contact Dave Heilman at 608-463-7646 or email dheilman@centurytel.net. New and refurbished...
On Campus
• Jacob Thomas Murphy of Elroy was named to the University of Iowa fall dean's list. • Britney Rybarczyk of Norwalk received a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Winona State University after the fall semester. • John McCann of Elroy and Melissa Brueggeman...
Lilliput Lane on display at Elroy Public Library
By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian The Elroy Public Library display case contains an entire village this month. Come in to admire Lilliput Lane's miniature English town. See if you can find the various buildings in this enchanted landscape. Thank you to Diane Clark for...
