A free community supper will be served from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Elroy United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 204 Royall Ave. The Millards Prairie HCE Club will assist with the January meal. This community supper is offered on the last Wednesday of...
Elroy Public Library to offer program on Ethiopia
By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian Learn about Ethiopia from one who recently spent time there. Rev. Dunbar will be our featured speaker at the Friends of the Elroy Public Library presentation set for 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26. He recently returned from three months'...
Brookwood moves into second place with win over Royall
By NATE BEIER | Special to the County Line A defensive stand in the third quarter allowed the Falcon girls basketball team to upend Royall on Jan. 17 at Brookwood High School. Royall fell behind early in the first quarter, but the team wasn't out of the game even by...
Royall boys continue to surge
By NATE BEIER | Special to the County Line Last week was a good one for the Royall boys basketball team, as the team rolled over both Brookwood and Cashton by an average of 47 points. The Panthers outscored Brookwood 33-9 in the final frame of their matchup Jan. 15,...
DeWitt leads grappler’s charge
By NATE BEIER | Special to the County Line Wrestling at 106 pounds, Brookwood's Sam DeWitt scored 43 team points and improved to 17-7 on the season after finishing 4-1 in Saturday's Raider Challenge at Arcadia High School. De Witt placed second in the weight class by...
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Royall Education Notes: Administrative team attends workshop on teacher effectiveness
By MARK GRUEN Royall School District superintendent Our administrative team recently attended a workshop put on by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction that focused on the new process for evaluating staff members. The process, called "teacher effectiveness,"...
Money & Politics: Cost is key in drunken driving debate
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Mark Grapentine is a seasoned observer of state politics. He was an aide to then-state Rep. Scott Walker and a policy adviser to then-Gov. Tommy Thompson. For the past decade, he's been a lobbyist for the...
N-O-W Math Team
The Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School fifth-grade math team competed at the Sparta Math Knowledge Tournament on Jan. 15. The team members were (left to right) Henry Marriott, Hanna Brey, Jimmy Barlow and Josh Wickersheim. The event consisted of an individual...
CPR, first aid classes will be offered in Tomah and Cashton
Scenic Bluffs Health Centers and the University of Wisconsin Extension are teaming up to offer American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR and Heartsaver First Aid classes. Classes will be offered Wednesday, Jan. 30, at the community room in F & M Bank in Tomah and...
