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Roger Gerber retired at a June 18 ceremony at the Pentagon Hall of Heroes after 47 years of government service. He was ...
Charges were filed in Vernon County Circuit Court last week in connection with a May 25 incident in which a La Farge man allegedly stole a pickup truck from the Wildcat Bar parking lot in Ontario.
A Vernon County sheriff’s deputy and officers with the Kickapoo Valley Reserve responded to a business on Highway 131 in the Ontario for report of a male party swinging a canoe paddle at other patrons ...
Wildcat Mountain State Park will host music in the park with Ryan Meisel at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 5. Meisel blends his background in jazz with the sounds of indigenous music from around the globe. He ...
By Susan Cushing | Kickapoo Dark-Sky Initiative There is a special event that happens at sunset called a “green flash” or a “green rim.” As the last edge of the sun disappears below the horizon, ...
Wildcat Mountain State Park will host Summit Players’ “Shakespeare in the Park” on Friday, July 11, at its amphitheater. The following is the schedule. • 5:30 p.m. workshop — “Playing with Shakespeare ...
Rosella M. Schendel, 91, of Tomah, Wis., passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at Close to Home in Tomah, Wis. She was born Sept. 18, 1933, to Matt and Ottilia (Schreier) Schmid in Hillsboro, Wis.
Almost everyone who drives County Highway P between Ontario and Kendall has noted the Cal Day Cemetery, a quiet, shaded resting place for some of Wellington’s earliest pioneer settlers. But its ...
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) announced that his staff will be available for mobile office hours at the times and locations listed below. These office hours give constituents the opportunity to meet ...
Local hunters made their way into the woods starting Saturday. The following had successful hunts. Natasha Severson of Wonewoc (11 points) Wyatt Ferries of Norwalk Chase Ferries of Norwalk Marlin ...
• Amber Rynes of Ontario was named to the Chancellor’s List for the fall semester at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. The Chancellor’s List honors students who earn a 4.0 grade point average.
As part of the Wildcat Mountain State Park nature program, the Kickapoo Valley Plant Lookers will offer a hike on the Hemlock Trail from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month through ...