ProPublica offers database of PPP recipients
It’s Sunshine Week, which celebrates openness in government.
No, Dr. Seuss books aren’t contraband now
No, contrary to what you might have heard, the thought police will not raid our homes and snatching your Dr. Seuss books.
ERA brought bold opposition
Who would have thought becoming a Baby Boomer relic would make my generation so attractive to Hollywood?
Archives
Baraboo is scene of new controversy
April 8th, 2021by County Line
Baraboo — the name brings forth images of circuses and the famous Ringling brothers.
Newspapers have a special function
March 24th, 2021by County Line
It has been nearly a generation (if you count generations in 20-year increments) since Frank Wendt of Wilton hung up his pica stick and brought the era of the Shopper’s Digest to an end.
CenturyLink upgrades its internet service
February 17th, 2021by County Line
Ah, the power of the press, fake news as we are and “enemy of the people.” But sometimes it pays off.
The end of Norwalk Lioness Club is loss for the village
February 10th, 2021by County Line
I suppose we might have seen it coming. After all, it was 1987 when Lions Club International became the first service club to admit women.
Rural internet speed at times only a step above carrier pigeon
February 4th, 2021by County Line
A few weeks ago, I was struggling through what I call the January “dread.” That’s all of the year-end stuff the federal and state government demand of you if you are so insane as to run a business.
Jan. 6 protests not first election-related disturbance
January 22nd, 2021by County Line
On Jan. 6, I had a mid-morning eye-doctor appointment. We picked up a few groceries and had an elegant fast-food lunch in the front seat of Chez Subaru, so it was nearly 2 p.m. when we arrived home, flipped on the television and stared stunned at the sight unfolding before us.
Every day is April Fools’ Day
January 14th, 2021by County Line
What if I were to include in this column information on a bar in Wilton that serves minors, and after getting them drunk, uses them to create child pornography? Now, 95 percent of you (or at least I hope that many) would assume I have spent way too much time sucking down the last of the New Year’s champagne.
In these tumultous times, consider keeping a journal
January 6th, 2021by County Line
Locked down in the midst of a pandemic? Trying whiling away the hours in a conversation with your dead grandmother. That’s what I am doing. No, I haven’t taken leave of my senses. Well, not completely.
Risser made Wisconsin a better state for its citizens
December 30th, 2020by County Line
Okay, one more holiday season. For the first time ever, I turned over the meal preparations to my two daughters.
A year without a Christmas tree
December 12th, 2020by County Line
It occurs to me this will be the first year in decades that my family will not have a Christmas tree.
Content spreads quickly on the Internet
December 12th, 2020by County Line
Even though I have been acquainted with the Internet for nearly 30 years, I’m still amazed by how content boomerangs around faster than you can say “Facebook.”
Community
On Campus
Creation of Ontario Community Cookbook underway
Kendall movie night set for April 23
South Side News for April 8
Senior menus for April 12–16
News
Vernon County Sheriff’s Report for March 29 to April 4
A sign of spring
81 units collected at Wilton Community/BHS FFA blood drive
VSN, Viroqua library to host Earth Day presentations
Norwalk Lioness Club donates to fire department
Obituaries
Steven Harold Anderson
Harold G. Baldwin
Annetta L. Schultz
Dean Albert Switz
Arline C. Martinez
Opinion
Your Right to Know: Record location fees invite abuses
Guest view: Going beyond ‘either/or’
Letter to the editor: Why don’t Rep. Oldenburg’s listening sessions include a virtual option?
Letter to the editor: Royall School Board president has lied
Letter to the editor: Vote for Kerr for state superintendent
Backtalk
Baraboo is scene of new controversy
Newspapers have a special function
ProPublica offers database of PPP recipients
No, Dr. Seuss books aren’t contraband now
ERA brought bold opposition
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