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By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Adding clauses in landlord-initiated leases, adopting an ordinance around large-group gatherings and encouraging responsible celebratory events are among some of the recommendations being handed down by a committee as efforts to strength relations between the City of Whitewater and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater continue. With backing by […]
Nancy Williams MacGregor, beloved community member of Ft. Pierce, Fla., and Delavan, passed away June 15, 2016, at Silver Maples of Chelsea in Chelsea, Mich. Born June 19, 1924, to Dale E. Williams and Fern E. Williams (nee Bartlett) in Pontiac, Mich., Nancy graduated from Oak Park […]
School Board forms committee to help name new school By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Community School District Board of Education didn’t make a decision on a name for the new elementary school at the June 13 meeting, instead voting to form a committee to look at the […]
Whitewater Police Officer Joe Matteson and K9 officer Boomer (above) participate in the department’s K9 Run/Walk, a fundraiser for the department. Liz Elliott (below from the left), Bev Bonge-Ganser and Stacy Johnson along with four-legged friends Poppy and Fern smile big while walking at Cravath Lakefront Park. There were 30 people […]
Wilmot, Westosha snag half of softball first-team honors By Sports Staff When the Southern Lakes Conference released its list of all-conference honorees June 12, three area athletes earned player of the year honors, including a sweep in track and field. For softball, senior catcher Kayla Konwent of Westosha Central earned […]
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent East Troy High School senior girls soccer player Brianna Probst closed out her high school career with a first-team, All-Rock Valley Conference selection last week. Probst was the lone Trojans’ player to earn a first-team nod. Voted honorable mention were Savana Black and Kayla Casper. Big […]
Local youth qualifies to compete at world’s largest junior high rodeo East Troy Middle School eighth-grader Austin Pogreba has earned a position on the Wisconsin Junior High National Rodeo Team. Pogreba will be with fellow teammates in Lebanon, Tenn., June 19 to 25 to compete at the National […]
Entertainment to be provided by the Rabid Aardvarks By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff The Elkhorn Area Fire Department is having its 46th annual Elkhorn Firefighters Street Dance from 6 p.m. to midnight tonight outside of the fire station on South Broad Street in Elkhorn. The event will kick off with […]
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent As contractors and city staffers begin digging into the extensive revamp of Whitewater’s 34-year-old wastewater treatment facility, new, unexpected twists and turns are cropping up, increasing the cost of the project. Assistant City Manager Chris McDonell came before the Common Council with a second so-called change […]
Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy in Williams Bay will play host to Aurora Cancer Clinic’s third annual Lombardi Walk to Tackle Cancer event in Williams Bay Saturday. Registration and T-shirt pick up will begin at 8 a.m., at which time survivor, Live Well, and kids tents will open. A brief program will […]