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News from throughout Walworth County

Elkhorn

Stranded in North Korea

Elkhorn veteran spent three years as a prisoner of war after deployment to North Korea in 1950 By Kellen Olshefski Editor When Grant McMillin of Elkhorn volunteered for deployment to North Korea, he never expected to be spending more time there than he had originally anticipated. McMillin. X, moved to […]

Whitewater

Whitewater’s K9 officer awarded vest

      The Whitewater Police Department’s K9 Boomer will be receiving a ballistic vest thanks to the “Occasions” campaign for Groupon Grassroots that raised more than $335,000 to outfit K9s with bullet and stab protective vests. Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. was the nationwide nonprofit organization and charity partner […]

Whitewater

City removes bus funding from budget

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The future of a transit service aimed at linking passengers to Whitewater, Milton and Janesville is in limbo, following a recent vote by Whitewater officials. During an ongoing discussion of the city’s 2015 budget, the Whitewater Common Council voted not to allocate funds toward the Janesville-Milton-Whitewater […]

News Walworth-Fontana area

A ‘Seussical’ Musical

    Nathan McIntyre, who plays Horton from “Horton Hears a Who,” rehearses a scene where Horton learns of Who families living on his clover, with Shelby Lundin (front, from left), Ann McGrail, Lauren Lindner, Angel Castro (back, from left) and Anastasia Demco representing birds and waves. The scene is […]

East Troy News

Natural Resources Foundation awards area conservation projects

The Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin recently awarded a total of $21,559 through its C.D. Besadny Conservation Grant Program to 30 organizations across the state to implement conservation projects. Three area organizations received awards. They include: Nature’s Classroom Institute, Jericho Creek Boardwalk Construction, Mukwonago; Camp Timber-lee, Oak Savanna Alliance Educational […]

East Troy News

Get it together!

Residents tell School Board to stop fighting and fix the problem By Tracy Ouellette Editor Tempers flared Monday night at the East Troy Community School District Board of Education meeting when nearly 70 people showed up to have their say about the failed facility needs referendum. Emotions ran high as […]