F&M purchase of Community State Bank underway
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor It appears Farmers and Merchants Bank of Kendall will celebrate its centennial year in a big way with the purchase of Community State Bank in Norwalk. Although several conditions must be met before the deal is finished, including...
Ontario board springs forward on downtown improvements
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Downtown improvements may begin moving at a brisk clip this summer, as the Ontario Village Board agreed Monday to contribute $5,000 toward new playground equipment in Palen Park and an additional $5,000 toward Ontario Community...
Kendall to cite owner of former St. John’s building
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Hoping that the onetime, dilapidated St. John's Lutheran Church property eventually would be restored or demolished, the Kendall Village Board agreed Monday to issue a citation to the building's owner. Earlier this year, the...
Window hours will be cut at local post offices
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter Window hours at the Norwalk and Wilton post offices will be slashed effective Saturday, March 9, and Kendall's will be reduced later this year. Wilton Village Board members noted at their meeting Monday that the Wilton Post...
Two Ontario groups request village funds
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor The Ontario Village Board heard competing requests for the same pot of money at its meeting Monday. Representing the Forward Ontario group, Dale Hanson told the board that work would soon start on a gazebo as part of Palen Park...
Kendall Village Board raises assorted fees
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter To ease budgetary constraints, the Kendall Village Board increased several municipal fees at its regular meeting Monday. Operator's licenses at present cost $7 for a provisional license and $10 for a regular license. But a new...
Rights and duties explained to N-O-W board
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor When the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Board of Education met Monday, attorney Ben Richter of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards spent about 1 ½ hour reviewing school board members' rights, responsibilities and duties under state...
Ontario woman charged with giving her children sleeping pills
An Ontario woman appeared in Monroe County Circuit Court on Jan. 22, facing two counts of manufacture/deliver schedule IV drugs. Tena M. Bell, 33, was ordered to pay a $250 bond. The charges stem from allegations that she gave two of her children sleeping pills in...
Kendall woman faces narcotic charges
A Kendall woman was charged with possessing a narcotic after a traffic stop Jan. 18, the Tomah Monitor-Herald reported Monday. Jacqueline M. Ziglinski, 44, was traveling 70 mph in a 55-mph zone on Highway 71 when she was pulled over. Police took her into custody after...
