I&E Club to offer ‘Protecting Your Work Through Patents’

Contributed by the Vernon County I&E Club The next meeting of the Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club will be Wednesday, Feb. 12, at the Food Enterprise Center, 1201 N. Main St. in Viroqua. A critical step in developing a new invention or starting a new business is...

Vernon County over 50 to host activities

The Vernon County Over 50 group will offer the following activities in February. For more information, call Vernon County Over 50 at (262) 384-0082. Monday, Feb. 3 • 1–1:45 p.m. — Tai Chi exercise at Bethel Home Fellowship Hall, 614 S. Rock Ave., Viroqua, and the...

History Room’s Christmas exhibit breaks attendance record

Contributed by the Monroe County Local History Room A record number of visitors came to the Monroe County Local History Room & Museum in Sparta over the holiday season to view the “Back to the 1980s Christmas” exhibit.   During the seven-week run of the...

Vernon County Sheriff’s Report for Nov. 3–16

Sunday, Nov. 3: Dispatch received a call from a driver who had collided with a deer on County Highway ZZ near the intersection of Hanson Road in the town of Whitestown. The driver reported no injuries. The vehicle was towed by Peterson’s Towing due to disabling...

Kendall movie night is Nov. 22

Contributed by Lynette Vlasak The Kendall Public Library’s November movie night will be on Friday, Nov. 22, at 6:30 p.m. at St. John’s Church Fellowship Hall. We will show the western movie “The Long Ride Home” starring Randy Travis. Jake Fowler (Randy Travis) is...

Brookwood band to play at VA’s Veterans Day ceremony

The Brookwood High School band will perform at the Tomah VA Medical Center’s Veterans Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8.  All veterans and the public are invited to attend the ceremony, which will take place in Building 455, Veterans Hall, at the Tomah VA...

Local History Room website gets upgrade

Contributed by the Monroe County Local History Room After two years of work behind the scenes, the Monroe County Local History Room & Museum recently launched a long-awaited update to its award-winning website, MonroeCountyHistory.org.   The update includes a new,...

Ontario celebrates Halloween

The Ontario Community Club put on its annual Trunk-or-Treat on Halloween.  Urella Kaufmann Barb Howard Karsyn Schmitz At the Ontario Community Club’s Trunk-or-Treat on Halloween, Rosalie Koeller (left) and Cora Noble  take part in treats and games at the Ontario...

Wilton’s Halloween spectacular

The Wilton Public Library put on a Halloween party Oct. 25.  Leia Johnson Brek Anderson  Brady Skowronski takes to the dance floor at the Wilton Public Library’s Halloween party on Oct. 25. Josselyn Guzman Kolbo

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