The Heartland Retreat Center in rural Ontario invites the public to an Oktoberfest open house from 3-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29. Geared to families, the event will feature a selection of local draft Oktoberfest beers, live blues and brats with all of the fixings. In...
Update: Body in burned-out car was female
The Monroe County Sheriff Department has determined that the body found in a town of Ridgeville car fire was female, according to Monroe County Sheriff Pete Quirin. A passerby reported the incident, which occurred off County Highway T, at 8 a.m. Tuesday. The body was...
Royall taxes predicted to increase
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Reporter If school officials' projections hold out, property taxes will be on the upswing this year in the Royall School District. When the school district held its annual meeting and budget hearing Monday, business manager Jeff Lankey...
Ruling may delay N-O-W contracts
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor "Wait a little bit." That was Gerry Roethel's advice to the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School teachers. Roethel, who heads Coulee Region United Educators, the regional branch of the teachers' union, thinks the local union members may...
Ontario Village Board considers funding ideas for new playground equipment
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor New playground equipment for Palen Park was on the Ontario Village Board agenda Monday evening. Reporting on a recent park committee meeting, board trustee Monte Smith said the group had looked through catalogs and concluded that...
Kendall celebrates Labor Day
KENDALL LABOR DAY PARADE RESULTS Contributed by Lynette Vlasak | parade organizer A good crowd turned out for the Kendall Labor Day Parade, an event sponsored by the Kendall American Legion, on Sunday. The parade is made possible each year due to many people's...
New N-O-W principal has an ‘artful’ style
For the first time in anyone’s memory, a Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District administrator comes from the fine arts field. Meet Gayle Luebke, former art teacher, former Tomah High School assistant principal, mother of five daughters, and now the new...
N-O-W hosts Back-to-School Night
Kendall may seek block grant money
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor The potential of winning a community development block grant attracted the Kendall Village Board's interest at its meeting Tuesday. Andy Zimmer and Chuck Sulik of Baraboo, Wis.-based MSA Professional Services said that about $17...
N-O-W’s homecoming is next week
The Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District will mark homecoming starting Tuesday, during the first week of school. Homecoming skit night will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday; and the parade, at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Wilton. Then, at 7 p.m. Friday, the Falcon football team will...
