The Kendall Area Arts and Culture Organization put on a murder-mystery dinner theatre production, "Marriage Can be Murder," on Friday evening at the Roundhouse Park in Kendall. Above: Cheryl Scheeter (left) and Ken Brandau portray members of the wedding party. For...
Aug. 21, 2014, print issue
New books available at the Norwalk Public Library
By JEANNE RICE | Norwalk librarian The Norwalk Public Library has the following new items: FICTION • "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman, illustrated by Michael Manomivibul • "All Creatures Great and Small" (first teacher's edition) by James Herriot PICTURE BOOK •...
Elroy Public Library seeks volunteers to help with garden
By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian Help! We need some help. At 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, we will do some gardening around the Elroy Public Library. We hope to divide our lilies, which are getting too crowded. Then we want to replant them in more spacious beds, with a...
ROYALL BASEBALL REVIEW: Panthers saw ‘ecstasy of victory and agony of defeat’
By JOE VITCENDA | Royall baseball coach The year of 2014 was unique as the game of baseball focused around the dusty diamonds of Royall High School and Elroy City Park from mid-March until the end of July. Bring on the ecstasy of victory and the agony of defeat, as...
Wilton Public Library seeks old yearbooks
By GINA RAE | Wilton librarian At our Old School @ the Library event, many people spent time browsing old yearbooks. We have a pretty nice collection of yearbooks at the library, but there are several gaps. We are looking for Wilton yearbooks from 1950, 1952, 1957 and...
Royall’s 10U baseball team has successful season
By JOE VITCENDA | Royall baseball coach Royall traveled to Pittsville in late June for a live arm 10 and under baseball tournament and returned with a 3-0 record and the first-place hardware. • Game No. 1 — Royall over Tomahawk, 8-2 • Game No. 2 — Royall over Nekoosa,...
Ontario man facing domestic-abuse charges
After his second arrest this year for domestic-abuse-related charges, an Ontario man was taken to Vernon County Jail on Saturday. Officers apprehended Nicholas J. Dibbert, 30, of 207 Church St., charging him with domestic abuse/disorderly conduct, false imprisonment...
Rural Ontario home destroyed in fire
The Ontario Fire Department responded to a blaze Thursday evening, Aug. 14, at the David Gnewikow home, south of Ontario on Highway 131. The residence was engulfed when firefighters arrived at about 11 p.m. The La Farge Fire Department provided mutual aid, and...
Brookwood FFA attends state convention
Contributed by the Brookwood FFA The Wisconsin Association of FFA recently celebrated 85 years of premier leadership, personal growth and career success at the Wisconsin FFA Convention in Madison. The convention attracted nearly 3,500 members, advisers, parents,...
