ONTARIO MEAL SITE Meals are served at the Milk Jug Café, 103 N. Garden St. To make a reservation, call 337-4448. Monday, March 4: Breaded-chicken sandwiches, sweet-potato fries, coleslaw and pumpkin bars Tuesday, March 5: Chicken casserole, carrots, melon salad,...
Genealogy group meets March 5
The Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Genealogy Workshop group will meet Tuesday, March 5, at the Monroe County Local History Room, 200 W. Main St., Sparta. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the meeting will be at 7 p.m. Attendees may do research after the meeting. For more...
Dedication for Wilton veterans monument is May 26
The Wilton American Legion has scheduled a dedication for its new veterans monument for 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 26. Everyone is invited. Refreshments will be served.
LaVern Mildred Zuhlke
LaVern Mildred Zuhlke has now joined her husband, Ruben, and the rest of her family in our heavenly home. She passed away very peacefully at the age 89 on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at Heritage Manor in Elroy. She was born Sept. 4, 1923, to Ernst R. and Linda (Baerwald)...
Beverly (Goetz) Brown
Beverly (Goetz) Brown, 73, of Sparta passed away Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at Rolling Hills Rehabilitation Center in Sparta. She was born March 31, 1939, to Joseph and Elizabeth (Hanson) Goetz in Wilton. Bev was united in marriage to Carl Thomas. She was a Green Bay...
Royall's Moore claims state championship
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line Christian Moore became Royall’s newest state champion after winning the 220 title at the WIAA Individual State Tournament on Saturday at the Kohl Center in Madison. Moore battled through a quarterfinal match on Feb. 22 against Sam...
Joseph T. Malphy
Joseph T. Malphy, 87, of Elroy passed away Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at Heritage Manor in Elroy. He was born Aug. 25, 1925, to John and Nell (Kinsella) Malphy in Ontario, where he also attended school. He grew to adulthood in the Ontario, St. Mary's - Cashton, and...
Sharon S. Kledehn
Sharon S. Kledehn, 69, of rural Kendall passed away Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. She was born July 9, 1943, to Daniel and La Verne (Schumann) Young in Hillsboro. She graduated in 1961 from Royall High School and later...
Darell “Speed” H. Verwiebe
Darell "Speed" H. Verwiebe, 76, of Janesville passed away peacefully Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at Mercy Hospital & Trauma Center. The son of Herbert and Norma (Popp) Verwiebe, he was born in Sparta on June 6, 1936. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John's...
Fire destroys Ontario home
UPDATED FEB. 27 Ontario police say a clothes dryer apparently sparked a mobile home fire at 103 S. Lincoln St. on Thursday. A family of four lived in the mobile home, said Ontario Police Chief Matt Hoskins. One of the children is a student at Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton...
