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Renovations are underway at 71 Express in Norwalk. The facility will get new underground tanks and gas pumps. …. This content is for County Line Monthly and County Line Yearly members only.

The F-35s are refueled during the mission. (Contributed photo) Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District staff members Jeremy Mack, business agent; David Gruber, N-O-W maintenance team and Air Force veteran; and Superintendent Travis Anderson “had the amazing opportunity” to attend an in-air refueling mission with about 60 other school officials and educational professionals throughout Wisconsin on April 10,…

Ontario will host a viewing of “Apache Blues: Welcome Home,” a documentary that underscores Vietnam veterans’ first-hand accounts of the war and its lasting repercussions. This content is for County Line Monthly and County Line Yearly members only.

Daphne Arndt helps work on the foundation plantings Sunday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wilton. …. This content is for County Line Monthly and County Line Yearly members only.

The Royall School District will host an opportunity to meet its new superintendent, Scott Uppena, at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at the school’s patio lounge between the middle school and high school wings. This content is for County Line Monthly and County Line Yearly members only.

Tomah Health and Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin officials are asking area residents to help save a life by donating blood during a two-day blood drive May first and May second from noon to five P-M at Tomah’s Recreation Park. Versiti account representative Emalea Cogdill said blood donations are...

TOMAH, Wis. (WKBT) -- Tuesday Governor Tony Evers visited Tomah to help local construction workers fill potholes.

SPARTA, Wis. (WKBT)-- The Wisconsin Department of Justice's Office of School Safety presented its findings from a trip to Parkland Florida to study the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School shooting.

The Norwalk Village Board had a preliminary talk April 9 on the emerging problem of homeless people and unsafe living conditions in the village. This content is for County Line Monthly and County Line Yearly members only.

By MYRNA FAUSKA Here I am, in the middle of April this Monday morning, and I’ve had a wonderful week, which I will tell you about after I share the news of the neighborhood with you. The weather has finally decided to behave and act spring-like, so read on. At the west end of the…

Eloise Evans of Wilton has achieved centenarian status, noting that her 100 years has made for a “good life.”. This content is for County Line Monthly and County Line Yearly members only.

The Kendall Lions Club hosted its annual Fundfest auction Saturday night, when rural Kendall resident Sally Dana received the club’s Citizen of the Year award. Proceeds from the auction will go toward Lions projects. This content is for County Line Monthly and County Line Yearly members only.

By RACHEL CONNER | Ontario Public Library director Mark your calendar for “Protecting Our Night Skies” at 4 p.m. Monday, April 22, at the Ontario Public Library. Join electrical engineer and master electrician Scott Lind to learn about the Kickapoo Valley Dark Sky Initiative as well as how to implement the use of dark-sky-friendly outdoor…

Driving north on Highway 12 out of downtown Tomah there is a vast, mostly empty field on the left side of the road. Today one can hardly imagine that this land was once home to the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad’s (“Milwaukee Road” for short) complex of railroad shops. For over a century, the Milwaukee Road operated a series of manufacturing and repair shops employing skilled machinists, blacksmiths, electricians, welders, and tinsmiths. Their job was to repair and fabricate the rails, switches, and crossing assemblies (known as “frogs”) used on railroads throughout the country. Though the work could be described as dirty, hot, noisy, and dangerous; working for the Tomah rail shops was considered a desirable job, often employing multiple generations of Tomah area men. This highly important operation, which at one time employed over 300 people, served as the backbone of the city’s industrial activity until it was phased out in the early 1990s. A 1930 article in the Tomah Journal boasts, “The Milwaukee Road shops are a great factor in the industrial life of this community, providing labor for hundreds of men…the removal of any part of this splendid industrial institution would be keenly felt and leave a vacancy of considerable magnitude.” The Milwaukee Road experienced financial difficulty throughout the 1970s and 1980s, resulting in furloughs at the shops and the eventual closing and demolition of much of the complex of buildings.

Tomah Health and Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin are urging locals to donate blood. They are hosting a blood drive on May 1 and 2 at Recreation Park, Tomah, from noon to 5 p.m. The goal is to stock up on blood supplies before the Memorial Day weekend, when demand usually rises.

SPARTA, Wis. (WKBT) -- A Monroe County official is entering the race for Wisconsin's 95th Assembly District.

Monroe County health experts warning of uptick in bedbug cases.

Monroe County health experts warning of uptick in …. Monroe County health experts warning of uptick in bedbug cases.

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- At the start of every week, our team talks with local experts to unpack a wide range of nationwide health, safety, and wellness topics in the unique context of the Coulee Region.