By KAREN NELSON | Elroy meal site Here it is, already August. We hope you are enjoying the summer; it will soon be over. As they say, stop and smell the roses and enjoy the beautiful countryside we have in this area. Everyone talks about the fall colors, but when you...
Vote for Tony Kurtz for Congress
By DOUG ROGALLA | Kendall I will vote for Tony Kurtz to represent voters in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District. Kurtz is a wonderful father with two teenagers, a retired Army aviation warrant officer, and a farmer and small-business owner from the Prairie du Chien...
Letter to the Editor: Walker’s Common Core hypocrisy
By DAVE WESTER | Elroy Why is Gov. Walker spending so much time and effort trying to eliminate Common Core educational standards when it is NOT a significant issue among Wisconsin citizens? Follow the money. Eliminating Common Core is a major initiative of at least...
Editorial cartoon
Elroy Woman’s Club swears in new officers
The Elroy Woman's Club swore in new officers, who will serve two-year terms, on May 20 at Spring Valley Golf Course in Union Center (left to right): Pat Kennedy, secretary; Carol Veldey, treasurer; Dianne Johnson, vice president; and Mary Waarvik, president....
Last Norwalk summer reading event is July 28
By JEANNE RICE | Norwalk librarian At the Norwalk Public Library, the fourth and last Monday afternoon summer-reading event will be from 12-2 p.m. July 28. This will be our prize-awarding party, so after lunch, the person who has read the longest chooses his or her...
Ontario Public Library to offer photography workshop July 30
By LAURIE ERICKSON | Ontario librarian Jan Kenyon of Echo Valley Hope, a rural Ontario-based nonprofit, will offer "Photography for Everyone," a workshop on photographing nature, at 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 30. The workshop is open to anyone: kids, teens, families or...
South Side News for July 24
By MYRNA FAUSKA As we progress further into summer, you will hear more about family reunions. A few years ago, Ken Fauska's son out West was reading this column in the paper his dad had sent him and wondered if he was related to my husband and I. Ken thought it might...
South Ridge News for July 24
By ALICE BRANDAU It's called "Aunt Ethel's Raspberry Shortcake" and found in St. Matthew's Cookbook, with Hazel Pasch being the contributor. • 1 cup sugar • ½ tsp. salt • 2 cups flour • 1 egg • 1 cup milk • 2 T. soft butter • 1 tsp. baking powder • 2 C. raspberries...
Kickapoo Pearls offers rare glimpse into local history
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher I was rummaging around last week for information on the now-gone Ontario dam and thought to look at an old copy of the Kickapoo Pearls. If you are too young or too new to the area or have a lapse in memory, four editions of the...
