KVR’s Dam Challenge Triathlon is Saturday

The 12th annual Dam Challenge Triathlon will be Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Kickapoo Valley Reserve. Organizers expect the event will draw about 500 racers and more than 250 volunteers and spectators.  Spectators are allowed to ride shuttles from Bridge 14 transition...

Mary Jane Clark

Mary "Jane" (nee Coldren) Clark, 84, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, in Beloit, Wis. She passed on the birthday of her much-loved father, Ashley Vernon Coldren, who would have been 116 years of age at this point in time. Jane was born in Norwalk to Ashley and Julia...

Verone I. (Walters) Markgraf

Verone I. (Walters) Markgraf, 92, of West Bend, Wis., was called to her heavenly home Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, at Ivy Manor of West Bend.  She was born Feb. 20, 1922, in Kendall to the late Elmer and Irene (Sutcliffe) Walters. She graduated from Kendall High...

Wilton man arrested on drug charges

A Wilton man and a Tomah juvenile are facing charges after they fled police June 12. According to the Tomah Police Department, Devon Schoolman, 19, was driving eastbound on West Juneau Street with three passengers when an officer spotted him. The officer was aware...

Wilton man faces alcohol-related charges

Jeremy Cunitz, 32, of Wilton was charged in Monroe County Court on June 5 with four counts, including operating under the influence (fourth offense), speeding, operating without a valid license and a passenger in the vehicle drinking open intoxicants, Cunitz was...

Norwalk farmers market starts Saturday

A farmers market will start Saturday, running from 8 a.m. to 12 noon in front of the Norwalk Public Library.  The market will be offered throughout the summer, until mid-October.   Anyone who is interested in becoming a vendor may contact Chris Gough, the market...

South Side News for June 26

By MYRNA FAUSKA This is the last time you will read about the Waddell family. On Friday, they closed on the sale of their home over the hill and have downsized, moving to a smaller house in Sparta. We're hoping that Shirley will still meet with the Hill Country Belles...

Senior menus for June 30 to July 11

Ontario meal site Meals are served at the Milk Jug Café, 103 N. Garden St. To make a reservation, call 337-4448. Monday, June 30: Barbecue pork sandwiches, scalloped potatoes, cheesy cauliflower and carrot cake July menus were not available by press time. Kendall,...

Vernon County Sheriff's Report for June 16–23

Tuesday, June 17: Joshua Quario of Hillsboro hit a deer with his motorcycle on Briskey Road in the town of Hillsboro. Quario, who had been not wearing a helmet, sustained non-life-threatening head injuries and was transported by Hillsboro Ambulance Service to St....

What do you think about Jonah?

By MICHAEL T. GJEFLE Faith Independent Baptist Church, Ontario Luke 11:30 — "For as Jonah was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of Man be to this generation." Nineveh was a wicked city that repented at the preaching of Jonah. Read the Book of Jonah for...

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