One person was injured in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in the town of Stark, near La Farge, according to Vernon County Sheriff John Spears. Charles M. Metz, 54, of Soldiers Grove, Wis., was driving a pickup truck eastbound on Plum Run Road, going downhill and...
Money & Politics: Mining expert lobbies, but is no lobbyist
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism On Nov. 29, Tim Sullivan appeared before the Senate Select Committee on Mining and presented a report critiquing the state’s mining laws. The report was commissioned by the Wisconsin Mining Association, a...
Brookwood music students celebrate the season
Brookwood Junior and Senior High School music students gave their winter concert Monday evening. Dana Cale (left) and Breanna Spohn (right) perform with the high school band. For more concert photos, click here. (Sarah Parker photo)
N-O-W Elementary School gives concert
Band students Alyssa Ottum, Faith Wathke and Jacklynn Downing (left to right) perform at the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School concert "Chillin': A Wintry Program" on Thursday. For more concert photos, click here. (Sarah Parker photo)
Winter wonderland
A blanket of snow changed the scenery Sunday at Gibson Valley Road, near Ontario.
Norwalk-Wilton Police Department is over budget
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Facing overruns in costs associated with fuel and vehicle maintenance, the Wilton Village Board on Monday agreed to grant an extra $2,281.25 in the Norwalk-Wilton Police Department budget for 2012. The joint-village police...
Ontario meal site will move to Garden Street Cafe
The Ontario meal site will move to the Milk Jug Cafe effective Wednesday, Jan. 2. RiversEnd Bar & Grill began catering the meals in the summer of 2011, after the previous meal-site host, the Garden Street Cafe, went out of business. “(Owners) Paula and...
Free dinner is Saturday in Ontario
Ontario's annual free Christmas dinner is set for 12-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Ontario Community Hall. The public is invited. Ontario country musician Tor Eness and friends will perform Christmas music at the event.
Community garden in the works for Ontario
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor A community garden may be planted in Ontario next spring, Ontario Public Library Director Laurie Erickson told the Ontario Village Board at its meeting Monday. Erickson said the Winding Rivers Library System summer reading program...
Should news be free?
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Stealing news from a competitor is nothing new. Decades ago, I would grind my teeth while listening to my stories read on the radio. I swear that sometimes you could hear the pages turning. I finally cured the aggravation by not...
