2020 marks 100th year since women got right to vote
Ah, the times they are a-changin’, as recently demonstrated by Florida Congressman Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), who evidently believed it was okay to call a coworker a “f*cking b*tch” on the steps of the capitol.
Our need for a better healthcare system
I had an opportunity to go undercover to the frontlines last week, when a stubborn lung infection sent me on a three-day rest at Mayo Clinic in Sparta.
At least we have better masks than they did during the plague
So, you say you don’t like wearing a mask?
Coronavirus
Friday, July 31: Monroe County reports five new cases; Vernon County, two; Juneau County, seven
Thursday, July 30: Monroe County has 12 new cases; Vernon County, four; and Juneau County, two
Monroe County bar patrons might have been exposed to Covid-19
Evers issues mask order
Monroe County’s risk status improves to ‘moderate’
Extra
Book review: ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ by J.K. Rowling
N-O-W forms virtual school as option to in-person instruction
Online or five-day-a-week schooling available at Royall
Book review: ‘The Lager Queen of Minnesota: A Pamela Dornam Book’ by J. Ryan Stradal
Monroe County to issue WIC benefits, offer education in August
Archives
Will the pandemic prompt a new back-to-the-land movement?
July 22nd, 2020by County Line
Despite using the Internet for decades, I still forget how interconnected it has made us all.
Let’s have a serious discussion on the role of police
June 18th, 2020by County Line
On Oct. 17, 1949, the La Crosse Tribune reported that two Native American women, Dorene Brown, 25, and Marie Wadel, 24, were kidnapped in Scotts Bluff, Neb., and driven in a stolen car to Ontario, where the abductors stopped to get gas.
What they didn’t teach you in history class
June 15th, 2020by County Line
Here is stuff they did not teach you in history class.
We should have made more progress since 1968
June 3rd, 2020by County Line
As further evidence that I can be a slow learner, it took me 10 years to conclude that my grand adventure at big-city life was, well, an unqualified flop.
Graduates face unusual challenges
May 27th, 2020by County Line
Despite the constant barrage of death notices, obituaries, and eulogies for the newspaper industry, it has not escaped our notice that the Covid-19 disaster seems to have stirred up some interest in the old technology.
Our oligarchy is based on wealth
May 13th, 2020by County Line
Queen Elizabeth may be one of the few women still alive who are old enough to be my mother.
Covid-19 gives new life to quackery
May 6th, 2020by County Line
Once upon a time, not so long ago, one of Ontario’s businessmen often dispensed medical advice to his customers.
County Line to put out special graduation section
April 29th, 2020by County Line
Unless you happen to have a soon-to-be-graduate in the family, you might not have given much thought to the totally upside- down world these kids are about to parachute into.
Some still have time for angry letters to the editor
April 12th, 2020by County Line
The Covid-19 pandemic appears to have brought snark to a slowdown here at the County Line.
Remember when?
April 2nd, 2020by County Line
Remember when we would close most of our human exchanges with “Have a nice day.” Now we are more likely to say, “Stay safe” or “Be healthy.”
New vocabulary: ‘zoonotic transfer’
March 25th, 2020by County Line
“Zoonotic transfer” — add that to the new phrases that have entered your vocabulary the past month, along with phrases like “social distancing” and “flattening the curve.”
Community
On Campus
Patent-medicine sales in Wilton
Wilton Public Library to promote art and adventures in August
Gjefle: The Sun
Ontario Public Library open for browsing
News
Aug. 11 primary: Monroe County has contested races for treasurer, register of deeds
Vernon County Sheriff’s Report for July 20–26
N-O-W Rocks!
KVR, La Farge School District to form forest school
New roof installed at Wilton pool
Obituaries
Lyle Otto Witt
Belva June (Wruck) Zimmerman
Robert Eaton
Rita E. Berendes
Leo Henry Geier
Opinion
Letter to the editor: Response to editorial by Doug Rogalla
Letter to the editor: Thanks to Doug Rogalla; a response to Dave Wester
Letter to the editor: America’s problem isn’t lack of gun rights
Letter to the editor: Vote for Dawn Nemec for register of deeds
Your right to know: Raise the bar on police transparency
Backtalk
2020 marks 100th year since women got right to vote
Will the pandemic prompt a new back-to-the-land movement?
Our need for a better healthcare system
At least we have better masks than they did during the plague
Let’s have a serious discussion on the role of police
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