Beverly J. Matteson, 97, of rural Ontario, Wis., passed away peacefully at Elroy Health Services on Thursday, March 19, 2026. She was born Dec. 19, 1928, to Otto and Ella (Wrobel) Bray in La Crosse.

Contributed by DHS Health officials sound alarm as number of children unprotected against preventable diseases increases The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has released its annual ...

Contributed by Vernon County Emergency Management Vernon County Emergency Management announced that the outdoor warning sirens will now be activated when the National Weather Service (NWS) issues a ...

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The regional economic development group 7 Rivers Alliance has announced a $275,000 Small-Business Development Grant aimed at the region’s rural Wisconsin communities. Chris Hardie, 7 Rivers Alliance ...

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Editor’s note: An article on Norwalk’s new fire station, for which construction will start this spring, was featured in winter issue of “The GEC Chronicle,” the publication for the engineering firm ...

Deputies were dispatched to a business on County Highway V in the town of Forest for a report of theft from a storage unit and disorderly conduct. The investigation is ongoing. Sunday, March 8: A ...

Due to increased residential housing on Main Street, the Kendall Village Board grappled at its meeting Monday on how to prevent residential parking from inhibiting snow removal and preventing business ...

The following Brookwood High School students were named athletes of the month for November. Coaches’ comments follow the students’ names. CROSS COUNTRY • Samantha Markee: “Samantha qualified for and ...

The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center received a report of a motorcycle crash on Highway 33, near Taylor Valley Road, in rural Ontario, at about 4:45 p.m. Saturday, according to ...