Vernon County Emergency Management will offer a seminar that will feature information and resources to recover from a disaster or emergency at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at the Westby Area Performing Arts Center, 206 S. West Avenue. The program is intended for...
Salute to FFA
The County Line thanks our local sponsors for this week's special section on the Royall and Brookwood FFA chapters. After the list of sponsors, see photos provided by both chapters. • Bank of Ontario (www.myvernoncountybank.com) • Bank of Cashton...
Norwalk Village Board meeting postponed
Due to illness and a lack of a quorum, the Village of Norwalk monthly board meeting, originally scheduled for 7 … Read the rest
Vernon County man arrested for selling firearms to Saudi Arabia
A six-count indictment was unsealed Tuesday charging a Viroqua man for allegedly selling firearms and related parts without a license to buyers in Saudi Arabia, shipping the prohibited items, and then lying to federal inspectors about it. According to allegations in...
Your Right to Know: Protect the press against frivolous lawsuits
By Jim Malewitz
Shereen Siewert, publisher of the Wausau Pilot and Review, has been breathing easier these days. In September, … Read the rest
In Wilton, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office apprehends suspect in Minnesota bank robbery
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an individual wanted in connection with a back robbery that occurred in Bloomington, … Read the rest
N-O-W Elementary School principal dies

Ken Manning, Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School principal, died Dec. 26 at age 68 due to a sudden health condition, … Read the rest
One dead in motor vehicle/buggy accident
A motor vehicle collided with a horse-drawn buggy at about 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25, on Highway 82, near Pine … Read the rest
Rural Ontario woman arrested on charges of recklessly endangering safety, resisting or obstructing an officer, bail jumping and throwing or expelling bodily fluids
Vernon County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Stacie Lynn Welter, 41, of Ontario on Monday, according to a press release by … Read the rest
Two injured in town of Hillsboro crash
A single-vehicle crash occurred on Lovers Lane in the town of Hillsboro at about 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, according … Read the rest