Wilton Public Library to host programs

By Kelly Lupton | Wilton Public Library director The Wilton Public Library will host the following activities: • 10 a.m. Friday, May 3: Current-events discussion group • 10 a.m. Saturday, May 4: Breakfast and Stories with Mom • 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 7: Board-game club •...

Ontario Public Library bake sale slated for May 10

By Rachel Conner | Ontario Public Library director The annual spring bake sale to benefit the Ontario Public Library will be Friday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or until gone! Choose from a selection of homemade baked goods. Spring story time happens every...

Wiedmeyer wins Wilton Public Library writing contest

By Kelly Lupton | Wilton Public Library director The Wilton Public Library’s Second-Saturday Writers Group is excited to announce the winner for the 2024 writing contest. This year, our winner was Abigail “Abby” Wiedmeyer. She won a wonderful prize with a lot of tools...

Gjefle: ‘Skunks and Opossums’

By Pastor Michael T. Gjefle  Faith Independent Baptist Church, Ontario Genesis 1:24 — “And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”  How do we...

A sign of spring

Daphne Arndt helps work on the foundation plantings Sunday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wilton. 

Ontario to host night-sky program

By RACHEL CONNER | Ontario Public Library director Mark your calendar for “Protecting Our Night Skies” at 4 p.m. Monday, April 22, at the Ontario Public Library.  Join electrical engineer and master electrician Scott Lind to learn about the Kickapoo Valley Dark...

Wilton Public Library to offer activities

By KELLY LUPTON | Wilton Public Library director The Wilton Public Library will host these events: • 10 a.m. Friday, April 19: Current-events discussion group • 4 p.m. Monday, April 22: Lego Club • 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 24: Preschool Story Hour  •...

South Side News for April 18

By MYRNA FAUSKA Here I am, in the middle of April this Monday morning, and I’ve had a wonderful week, which I will tell you about after I share the news of the neighborhood with you.  The weather has finally decided to behave and act spring-like, so read on. At the...

Senior menus for April 22–26

Kendall, Norwalk and Wilton meal sites Call 463-7622 (Kendall), 343-3158 (Norwalk) or 487-6130 (Wilton) by noon two days before to reserve a meal. Suggested donation is $4 per meal. One-percent milk is served with each meal.  Monday, April 22: Pork loin ala...

Chicken day in Wilton

Nalani Bever collects tickets Sunday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church’s drive-through chicken dinner in Wilton. The congregation is raising money to improve handicapped accessibility at the church. 

Vernon County Museum Notes

By Kristen Parrott | Vernon County Museum curator Spring has sprung, and the Vernon County Museum and History Center is moving to its springtime hours. During April and May, we will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday or by appointment. Cleaning...

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