Monday, Jan. 28: Yih Ching Chen of La Crosse lost control of his vehicle on Highway 35, town of Genoa, driving through a fence belonging to Arnold Trussoni of Genoa and coming to rest at the bottom of the embankment. He did not claim injuries. Tuesday, Jan. 29: A...
The world’s white coating
After the recent snowfalls, Billings Creek, near Ontario, took on a wintry appearance.
Kendall Village Board raises assorted fees
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter To ease budgetary constraints, the Kendall Village Board increased several municipal fees at its regular meeting Monday. Operator's licenses at present cost $7 for a provisional license and $10 for a regular license. But a new...
Rights and duties explained to N-O-W board
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor When the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Board of Education met Monday, attorney Ben Richter of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards spent about 1 ½ hour reviewing school board members' rights, responsibilities and duties under state...
Argument at Brookwood results in court date
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Verbal sparring between a Brookwood staff member and a parent at a youth basketball game on Jan. 5 has ended with a Monroe Circuit Court date scheduled for Monday, Feb. 25. The incident involved Doug Gnewikow of Ontario and the...
Names released in town of Adrian accident
The Monroe County Sheriff's Department released the names of those involved in a fatal two-vehicle crash in the town of Adrian on Friday. The occupants of the westbound vehicle were the driver, Terry L. McCollam, 47, of Tomah, along with the front-seat passenger,...
17-year-old drowns in town of Clinton
A 17-year-old Amish boy who had been cutting blocks of ice on a spring-fed pond drowned Saturday in the town of Clinton, according to Vernon County Sheriff John Spears. During a 911 call made at 12:02 p.m., Lester Mullet Jr.'s father reported that he had been unable...
Tomah woman dies in town of Adrian accident
A Tomah woman died Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash in the town of Adrian, according to Monroe County Sheriff Peter Quirin. The crash occurred at 9:16 a.m. on Highway 16, about 300 feet east of Hazel Avenue, in the town of Adrian. One of the vehicles involved in...
Kendall afghan winner
During a break from the music at the Kendall Lions Christmas concert on Dec. 15, the Sit 'n Knits knitting group from Kendall announced the winner of its latest afghan. Pictured is the winner, Noel Moser, and her husband, Fred, who were at the concert and took the...
Libraries fill ever-changing role in small towns
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Once upon a time, way back in the last century, I used to spend a lot of time at the public library. When I was a kid, the Arabut Ludlow Memorial Library in Monroe, Wis., seemed a vast warehouse of endlessly entertaining books and...
