Royall High School students put on the musical "The 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee" on Saturday and Sunday. Here, students perform a number (left to right): Holden Manhart (audience volunteer), Tristan Dow (Chip Tolentino), Bekah Cleaver (Logainne...
Kendall to host Labor Day celebration
Contributed by CAROLINE BRAUND Kendall American Legion Floats, bands, old-time cars, music, tractors and horses will be part of the largest Monroe County Labor Day parade, an event set for 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, in Kendall. Every civic club, business, family,...
Norwalk’s 47th tractor pull
Katie Vian and Megan Larsen ride atop a float Saturday for Lar's Auto Service at a parade preceding the Norwalk Lions Club's 47th annual tractor pull. For more photos, click here.
Wilton Village Board seeks donations for new trees
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Managing Editor Seven crabapple trees will be planted behind the Wilton Community Center, but anyone may donate toward the effort, the village board decided at its meeting Monday. Specifically, the trees are spring snow fruitless...
Ontario to put up more stop, yield signs
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher Driving around Ontario could offer a few surprises to residents who are not accustomed to stop and yield signs in familiar places. At its meeting Monday, the village board decided that Park Street construction called for four...
Jake braking banned in Norwalk
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher Jake braking, that loud noise produced by a diesel engine when a truck driver uses compression on multiple cylinders to slow the vehicle, now will cost drivers in Norwalk anywhere from $50 to $150 in fines. The Norwalk Village...
Party in the Park fundraiser to highlight Ontario project
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher They say that if you are going to dream, dream big, and that is precisely what the Forward Ontario group did when it considered new playground equipment for Palen Park. It turns out playground equipment is expensive, and the...
Kendall agrees to buy school building
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Managing Editor After spending the last month mulling over the matter, the Kendall Village Board decided Monday to purchase the onetime Kendall Elementary School building from the Royall School District for $1. Village board members Art...
Man hurt in motorcycle crash near Ontario
A Minnesota man was injured Tuesday in a motorcycle accident near Ontario, according to Vernon County Sheriff John Spears. At about 10 a.m., Kurt D. Bushinger, 37, of Eagan, Minn., was eastbound, driving on Lower Ridge Road in the town of Whitestown, when he lost...
New Ontario youth center makes use of old fire station
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Until 1986, the block building on State Street served as Ontario's fire station for many decades. More recently it was a laundry and car wash, a business that closed about five years ago. But after a facelift on the exterior and...
