The cemetery at St. John's Lutheran Church at Ridgeville is in need of improvements. A fundraiser will be held Sunday, Oct. 26, at the church. Dinner will be served at 11:30 a.m., followed by a special program at 12:30 p.m. Performing on the Celtic harp, Shari Sarazin...
Elroy native named associate pastor
Jamie Brandt Brieske of Mondovi, Wis., is the newly ordained associate pastor at Hope Lutheran Church in Eau Claire. Hope Lutheran is in the Northwest Wisconsin Synod of the ELCA. A 2002 graduate of Royall High School, Brandt Brieske is married to Chad Brieske and has...
Scenic Bluffs granted new equipment for sealant program
Scenic Bluffs Community Health Centers has purchased new equipment for an outreach dental prevention program, Wisconsin Seal-A-Smile (SAS), which it joined in 2011. A statewide sealant program, Wisconsin SAS offers yearly grants to local school-based dental-sealant...
Elroy Public Library open house is Saturday
By MARY WAARVIK | Elroy librarian You are invited to an open house at the Elroy Public Library on Saturday, Oct. 25. We will dedicate the Gib & Evelyne Lee Community Room in the library basement at 1:30 p.m. Meet the donors, enjoy a short program, and tour this...
N-O-W Education Notes: Tax levy and other fiscal news for constituents
By KELLY BURHOP N-O-W School District superintendent During the 2013-14 school year, the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District had a rare opportunity due to sequestration by the federal government to refinance $3,190,000 in Build America Bonds used to finance the...
Letter to the Editor: Little libraries are great
By JILL MUEHLENKAMP | Norwalk The little libraries popping up in every town are great. I've been using Norwalk's on a regular basis. There's a good selection of fiction and nonfiction. I especially enjoy the current issues of magazines. I love them, but can't afford...
N-O-W students named artists of the month
Above - The Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District high school artists of the month for September are (left to right) juniors Isabel Tirado and Kiara Laufenberg and sophomore Megan Muehlenkamp for their "wonderful shaded drawings," said art teacher Patricia Holte....
Falcons surge to third place, tying with Bangor and Wonewoc-Center
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line Success has been limited for the Brookwood volleyball program in its relatively short existence. But the Falcon netters, like many other Brookwood athletic programs, have found a way to achieve new milestones. This year, the team...
Panther volleyball takes Scenic Bluffs title
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line A single blemish on the Royall volleyball team's otherwise spotless league record, an early-October loss to Hillsboro, couldn't keep the Panthers from celebrating their 2014 conference championship following a 3-0 win over...
Brookwood, Royall end season with losses
By NATE BEIER | For the County Line The Brookwood and Royall football teams ended the 2014 season with a pair of losses and tied with Wonewoc-Center for sixth place in the conference standings. The Falcons' final two games resulted in a 28-0 loss at Hillsboro and a...
