By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Making it to state and competing against the best of the best is hard. Ask any Delavan-Darien High School student-athlete. But to make state as a freshman is that much more difficult. Last Saturday, Comet Maggie Person accomplished that feat. Person, a member of the Comets’ […]
Sports & Other News
This week in the East Troy News
The East Troy High School girls volleyball team won the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 State Tournament last weekend. Pick up a copy of the newspaper for full coverage of the semifinal and championship games, reflections from the coach and more. The East Troy Village Board approved the 2019 […]
Rebellious redhead risks all for true love
Teen: ‘Flippin’ your fins you don’t get too far’ By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff With a careless disregard for safety, an under-the-sea teen has defied her father and traveled to the surface in search of some fun in the sun and a chance at true love in the fall musical […]
Conservancy takes its message to Whitewater, LaGrange areas
Whitewater residents Kevin and Nancy Brunner and the Geneva Lake Conservancy hosted a community conversation for residents of the Whitewater and LaGrange areas Oct. 4 at the Cravath Lakefront Community Center. The discussion focused on the current and future conservation needs of the two communities. “If we are to protect […]
Stay warm this winter
The Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with Keefe Kares, will host a used coat giveaway Nov. 9. Anyone in need of a warm coat and winter gear is welcome to participate, as Keefe Kares associates have collected and cleaned children and adult sized coats. The […]
Historical Society to have Veterans Day program
The Walworth County Historical Society will have its sixth annual Veterans Day program at 1 p.m. Nov. 11 at Heritage Hall, 103 E. Rockwell St., Elkhorn. The keynote speaker will be Michael Clark, a U.S. Army veteran who registered for the draft at the age of 18 and served as […]
County voters support incumbents
More than 45,000 ballots were cast in Walworth County Tuesday for state, congressional, legislature and county seats with local residents by and large supporting incumbents on both sides of the aisle. Below are updated, unofficial results as of this morning. Two county offices were on the ballot, both uncontested as […]
Ghouls Night Out
The Whitewater Area Chamber of Commerce sponsored the eighth annual Ghoul’s Night Out in Whitewater’s west side business district Oct. 25. Ghouls and goblins of all ages dressed up for trick or treating fun that included contests and entertainment. Among those enjoying the many activities were visitors to BicycleWise […]
EAHS to honor vets with breakfast, program
Elkhorn Area High School students and staff will honor local veterans in a special program at the school on Nov. 9. There will be reserved parking in front of the school and veterans can begin arriving at 7:45 a.m. where student volunteers will greet them in the front lobby. Breakfast […]
Delavan-Darien district to research birth-to-three program
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien School District is researching a program that could lead to re-opening Darien Elementary School and keep district students from leaving through open enrollment. District Administrator Jill Sorbie told the school board about her idea Monday night. She said that when analyzing open enrollment […]
