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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...

“A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years’ mere study of books.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Francis Raymond Hynek, 91, of La Farge (and formerly of Hillsboro), ...

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

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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sunday, June 1: A deputy responded to a residence on Sag City Road in the town of Franklin for report of an unknown truck parked fully on the lawn. A male party was found passed out in the driver’s ...