By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher The Ontario Village Board has moved one small step forward in acquiring a second well for the village. At Monday's board meeting, a Davy Engineering representative suggested several steps that would keep the project moving on...
Send the robots to milk the cows: Cashton dairy installing ultra-modern milking system
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher It seemed County Highway D near Cashton was in a time warp Aug. 20. As Amish buggies rattled down the freshly graveled road, a ceremony on the Mlsna dairy farm was marking the first North American installation of a robotic...
Royall intends to borrow for energy efficiency projects
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Managing Editor The Royall School Board approved a resolution Monday to take advantage of a state law allowing schools to borrow for energy efficiency projects, a move that would permit the district to exceed the revenue caps without...
A fine day for a wedding
The Kendall Area Arts and Culture Organization put on a murder-mystery dinner theatre production, "Marriage Can be Murder," on Friday evening at the Roundhouse Park in Kendall. Above: Cheryl Scheeter (left) and Ken Brandau portray members of the wedding party. For...
Rural Ontario home destroyed in fire
The Ontario Fire Department responded to a blaze Thursday evening, Aug. 14, at the David Gnewikow home, south of Ontario on Highway 131. The residence was engulfed when firefighters arrived at about 11 p.m. The La Farge Fire Department provided mutual aid, and...
Ontario man facing domestic-abuse charges
After his second arrest this year for domestic-abuse-related charges, an Ontario man was taken to Vernon County Jail on Saturday. Officers apprehended Nicholas J. Dibbert, 30, of 207 Church St., charging him with domestic abuse/disorderly conduct, false imprisonment...
N-O-W files Freedom of Information request on missing Title funds
The Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District has moved closer to uncovering the mystery of the disappearing Title I money, Superintendent Kelly Burhop noted at Monday's board of education meeting. The district has been shorted about $100,000 in federal Title I funds...
Ontario may offer bike, canoe race in September
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher If things go according to plan, a new event will be on the calendar in Ontario. The first annual Driftless Outdoor Fall Festival is a combined effort of three Ontario business owners: Stacy Pieper of Driftwood Inn Motel, Tony...
Wilton celebrates Wood Turtle Days
Entries sought for Kendall Labor Day parade
Contributed by event organizers Floats, bands, old-time cars, music, tractors and horses will be part of the largest Monroe County Labor Day Parade, an event set for 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 31, in Kendall. Every civic club, business, family, individual or other group...
