By JACOB KOLODZINSKI Stepping Stones 4-H Club reporter President Erica Murray called the Stepping Stones 4-H Club picnic and fair to order on Sept. 9 at Glenwood Park in Kendall. Josh Murray led the pledges, Erica Murray read the secretary's report, and McKenzie...
Naumann hosts Better Half Homemakers meeting
By CAROL CRAIG Better Half Homemakers Club secretary Deanne Naumann hosted the Better Half Homemakers Club on Oct. 24. Dianne conducted a tour of their new home. Lunch was served, and we enjoyed beverages, casserole, salad and dessert. Mary Ann Arndt called the...
Elroy Public Library hosts story times
By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian It has been a busy time at the Elroy Public Library Our preschool story time children had a bit of a Halloween party on Wednesday and Friday. On Wednesday, Wonewoc Headstart brought two groups, and on Friday, Children's Cottage...
ATC may discover Kickapoo Valley is rife with obstacles
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor American Transmission Company, the Pewaukee, Wis.-based company proposing to build a high-voltage transmission line, brought its traveling road show to Cashton last Wednesday. Once again, the Cashton Community Hall was gaily...
On Campus
• Jonathan Goodenough of Elroy is a cast member of the University of Wisconsin-Richland production of "Harvey," portraying E.F. Lofgren. Performances, which will be at the Coppertop Theater, will be at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2; 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3; and 2 p.m. Sunday,...
N-O-W students named artists of the month
The Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School artists of the month for September/October are the following: • Sixth-grader Emily Powell, daughter of Chad and Dawn Powell of Norwalk, created a clay fish. • Fifth-grader Henry Marriott, son of Laura Marriott of Wilton and...
Helen Mae Downing
Helen Mae Downing, 83, of Ontario passed away Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, at her home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Brush Creek Lutheran Church. Pastor Bob Streeter will officiate. Burial will follow in the Hilltop Rest Cemetery at a later...
Ontario Public Library offers beginning computer classes
By LAURIE ERICKSON | Ontario librarian Basic computer classes on Microsoft Word and Microsoft Publisher will be offered at 10:30 a.m. Mondays beginning Nov. 5 at the Ontario Public Library. The class will cover how to create, open, format and save documents, as well...
Kendall Public Library will host tatting workshop
By LYNETTE VLASAK | Kendall librarian The Kendall Public Library will host a tatting workshop at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9. Justa Small will be on hand to demonstrate, instruct and talk about this old handcraft. Tatting, which dates to the early 19th century, is a...
Letter to the Editor: Monroe County Board should work together to end justice-center debacle
By ROBERT LARSON | Norwalk and Ridgeville This letter is a plea to all Monroe County Board members, building committee members, and involved citizens to get the job done on the justice center debacle that has dragged on far too long and wasted too much taxpayer money...
