When a Sparta teenager found a wallet filled with cash and credit cards while he was canoeing the Kickapoo River near Ontario on Sunday, he acted the part of the Good Samaritan, turning it in to Ontario Police Chief Matt Hoskins. Hoskins said of James Wachuta, 18,...
N-O-W gets grant for afterschool program
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher The Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School Board heard good news at its May 12 meeting: the district had been awarded $75,000 per year for the next five years to continue the 21st Century Learning Center afterschool educational program....
Amid controversy, red shed gets green light in Norwalk
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher Despite the presence of about 30 people, a crowd that seemed evenly divided over a proposal to build a large machine shed, the Norwalk Village Board gave its stamp of approval to the project after listening to a spirited debate....
Johnny Lacy no longer an Ontario Village Board member
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher The Ontario Village Board has avoided the unpleasant task of asking for the resignation of trustee Johnny Lacy. At Monday evening's meeting, board president Mark Smith said that when Lacy had established residency in Missouri in...
Monroe County police make drug arrests in town of Wellington
Monroe County police arrested four people on drug charges after completing a search warrant Wednesday at a town of Wellington residence. After the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department received a tip and obtained the search warrant, deputies seized “large...
Whitetown’s new, modern shop on display Saturday
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher Town shops are not exactly a high art form. They tend to be basic utililitarian structures housing road equipment and tools, and they attract even less notice than does a cornfield. But on Saturday, area residents will have an...
Nurse admits to stealing medications
A 44-year-old La Farge woman was arrested April 11 on multiple counts of possession after an investigation into missing Fentanyl patches and Vicodin tablets from an area nursing home, according to Vernon County Sheriff John Spears. During an interview with Vernon...
Ontario Village Board will take up Lacy matter
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher Trustee Johnny Lacy was elected to the Ontario Village Board in April 2013 but has attended only one meeting in the past year, so the board agreed Monday to meet, possibly as early as next week, to vote on his removal. According...
N-O-W Title aid mistakenly allocated to Royall Schools
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Managing Editor Each year for the past 14 years, the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District has been shorted by about $100,000 in federal Title I funds, Superintendent Kelly Burhop told the board of education at its meeting Monday. The...
Kendall to host drug-awareness forum
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Managing Editor The Kendall Lions Club and the Monroe County Drug Coalition will sponsor a public meeting in May designed to disperse information on drug use and prevention, Alice Brandau, a member of the Kendall Lions Club, told the...
