What’s the future of our food distribution system?
After about the 10th trip through at least five different stores, it occurred to me that I was not going to find lids for canning jars.
Could the Ontario Community Hall have been saved?
As we know, the Irish often are considered the best of the best as poets and song writers. That may be why folks flock to Branson not only for country music, but also for a Dannie O’Donnell Concert.
A song for Earth Day
Remember when Earth Day was a really big deal? The day was April 22. But it seems to be quite forgotten.
Archives
Dairy breakfasts have seen changes
June 9th, 2021by County Line
It’s been about a year and a half since auctioneer Bob Brandau of rural Wilton departed this life and now is presumably pitting one bidder against another in heaven, where enthusiastic buyers with good checks or cash never end.
Why are we suspicious of vaccines?
May 19th, 2021by County Line
Not long ago, I stamped my dainty little foot at the doctor at Mayo Clinic.
Can Facebook replace community festivals?
May 6th, 2021by County Line
At long last, after a year of cowering under the covers, avoiding the coronavirus, community celebrations are back. It appears once again we are willing to breathe the same air and lick the same ice cream cone.
KVR’s West deserves praise for creating a gem of a property
April 14th, 2021by County Line
Why is it when you are a kid life drags on forever? You’ll never get out of grade school and then high school.
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.
ProPublica offers database of PPP recipients
March 16th, 2021by County Line
It’s Sunshine Week, which celebrates openness in government.
No, Dr. Seuss books aren’t contraband now
March 10th, 2021by County Line
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
March 4th, 2021by County Line
Who would have thought becoming a Baby Boomer relic would make my generation so attractive to Hollywood?
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.
Community
South Side News for June 10
Ontario to offer Reader’s Theater next week for 4- to 12-year-olds
Elroy Lions host drive-through supper
Wilton summer reading program offered each Wednesday
On Campus
Obituaries
Joan A. Liscum
Marcia Joyce (Hole) Rueckheim
Phillip F. Genske
Dean Albert Switz
Sandra K. Baldwin
Backtalk
Dairy breakfasts have seen changes
What’s the future of our food distribution system?
Why are we suspicious of vaccines?
Could the Ontario Community Hall have been saved?
Can Facebook replace community festivals?
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