By Troy Sparks Correspondent When the Whippets volleyball team travelled to East Troy last week, they were up against the fourth-ranked team in the latest Division 2 volleyball poll. Service errors early in the first game by Whitewater helped East Troy to a 4-2 lead. Kills by East […]
Sports & Other News
Village Board slaps Bielinski Homes for failure to fix roads
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff With an unanimous vote Monday night, the members of the East Troy Village Board let Bielinski Homes know they wasn’t happy with the delay in getting the roads fixed in the Lake Bluff subdivision. The board voted to suspend issuing building and occupancy permits to […]
Treder, Sonn, Olson move on past subsectionals
By Troy Sparks Correspondent At the East Troy Division 2 sub-sectional on Monday, the Whitewater tennis team qualified one individual and one team for the sectional Wednesday at UW-Whitewater. Junior Sydney Treder was victorious at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-4 to advance. The No. 2 doubles team of super […]
On stage at Ivan’s
Off the Square Players present ‘Alibis’ Friday’s weather report calls for rain and “Alibis” director Mary Hubbard Nugent said a “dark and storm night” would be the perfect setting for the opening night of the Off The Square Players’ murder mystery spoof. “The play if full of all the standard […]
Football team falls to Evansville
Trojans vs. Trojans in Friday’s homecoming game By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The first half of Friday night’s Rock Valley Conference contest at Evansville-Albany was just about as even as it could get. Unfortunately for the East Troy football team, the second half didn’t quite turn out the same. Fans of […]
Opening a new chapter
East Troy bookstore draws customers from far and wide By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff For avid readers – those who have been surrounded by books since their first word – there’s something special about a bookstore. It’s more than just a place to pick up the latest novel or biography […]
Farm to table event supports free clinic
A farm to table event Sept. 24 at Boxed & Burlap, Delavan, raises funds for the Open Arms Free Clinic, Elkhorn, the only free clinic in Walworth County. Above: guests eat dinner which was created using products from local growers. Right: Elkhorn Area High School HOSA members Elizabeth Gottschalk (on […]
Big Foot Wolves leading conference
By Heather Ruenz SLN staff The Big Foot Wolves 7th/8th grade team continued to show its domination in a game against Hampshire Sept. 23. Head coach Dave Freymiller said the final score of 46-34 doesn’t tell the whole story about the game. “We don’t keep official records but I’ve been […]
‘Fabulous fall celebration’
The Keefe Kares Fabulous Fall Celebration, held Sept. 22 in the activity center at the Walworth County Fairgrounds featured a pig roast dinner, raffle prizes, live music, and live and silent auctions. Above:Barbara Philipps (from the left), Sue Wendt and Ann Esarco help guests. Left: Karen Ostermeier stays busy selling […]
Boats galore
Vintage watercraft are on display the Abbey Marina in Fontana at the Geneva Lakes Antique and Classic Boat Show, an annual event featuring antique and classic runabouts, continentals, cruisers, lapstrake and outboard. There was also a boat parade, live music, food, vendors and award competitions. (Dave Dresdow photo)
