Contributed by the Ontario Auxiliary The following were the winners in the Ontario American Legion Auxiliary’s July 4 raffle: • Quilt — Theresa Nicholas • $200 cash — Kathy Wolf • Battery chainsaw — ...

The following were winners in the Ontario July 4 pedal pull by Kindschi Pedal Pulls. • 4-year-olds (14 in class) — First place, Jocelyn Schmitz of Kendall; second place, Arian Bergaman of Sparta; and ...

Wildcat Mountain State Park will host “Tales by Terry” at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at the park amphitheater. Terry Visger told stories to students in her classroom for years, and she now weaves ...

A business on Highway 131 in the Viola called to report that some electronic cigarettes or vapes were stolen from an open case. A deputy was able to identify suspects from the store surveillance ...

Roger Gerber retired at a June 18 ceremony at the Pentagon Hall of Heroes after 47 years of government service. He was ...

Francis Raymond Hynek, 91, of La Farge (and formerly of Hillsboro), a gifted storyteller and one of life’s true characters, played his final hand on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District’s wide-ranging construction project continues to make headway, general contractor Market & Johnson representative Craig Nameyst told the board of education ...