The newest addition to the Palen Park renovation project in Ontario is this 75-gallon cast-iron pot. You never know what you might find at Trails End, a rural Ontario business affectionately known as the Amish Wal-Mart. For decades, the pot belonged to Trails End...
Will Wal-Mart come to dominate medical care?
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher Has the Wal-Marting of America been good or bad for the average citizen? Certainly we all like lower prices and one-stop shopping. But with Wal-Mart's dominance, the mom-and-pop stores that catered to the family's need for...
Aug. 14, 2014, print issue
Elroy summer reading program ends with trip to Exploratory Science Center
By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian The Elroy Public Library's summer reading program ended with a fantastic trip to Tommy Bartlett's Exploratory Science Center. All of the children who went had met their reading goals. Because this year's theme was science, what better...
Minecraft club formed in Ontario
By LAURIE ERICKSON | Ontario librarian A Minecraft club will have its first meeting from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, at the Ontario Public Library. According to the website minecraft.net, "Minecraft is a game about breaking and placing blocks. At first,...
South Ridge News for Aug. 14
By ALICE BRANDAU If you want an interesting family reunion, you ask folk to bring antiques or items of interest from their ancestors. The Martalock/Steinke reunion was at the Wilton Park on Sunday, with 50 relatives attending. Frank brought an old framed picture of...
South Side News for Aug. 14
By MYRNA FAUSKA Living in the country is a great experience. I migrated from the Twin Cities almost 43 years ago, and now my life is completely different than it was when I first became a dairy farm wife. I can't imagine what it would be like to have to put up with...
McKenzi Rogalla is Wilton Public Library winner
By GINA RAE | Wilton librarian Wrapping up our summer reading program, we were excited to draw McKenzi Rogalla's name as the winner of our teen summer reading program. McKenzi is a voracious reader, and this summer was a busy one for her. As part of her prize, she...
Norwalk Public Library has array of new books
By JEANNE RICE | Norwalk The Norwalk Public Library has the following new items: Audio book on compact disc • "Top Secret Twenty-One" by Janet Evanovich, read by Lorelei King Nonfiction • "Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book" by Diane...
Grant awarded to Vernon County senior nutrition program
The Vernon County Unit on Aging recently was selected as one of 12 pilot projects in Wisconsin to increase participation in the statewide senior nutrition mealsite program. Ten communities in Vernon County have mealsites where people age 60 and older can gather for a...
