People step up to help teen battling cancer By Ryan Spoehr SLN staff A local teen undergoing cancer treatment got not one, but two heartwarming surprises when she showed her goat at the Walworth County Fair last month. When Emma Frodl, who lives just outside of Sharon near the Rock […]
Month: September 2017
Elkhorn netters take sixth in SLC
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Leesa Seesing finished fourth at No. 3 singles and helped the Elkhorn Area High School girls tennis team to a sixth-place finish in the Southern Lakes Conference Tournament. Competitors contested the tournament Sept. 21 and 23. Delavan-Darien and Lake Geneva Badger high schools split hosting […]
School District annual meeting sparsely attended
Slight tax levy increase projected By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Community School District had its annual meeting Monday night in the Little Prairie Primary School cafeteria, and the district’s residents didn’t seem to care. With the exception of Eric Kramer, who received the district’s Volunteer of the […]
Tennis team takes second at conference tournament
Girls head into Division 2 sectional action next week By Dan Truttschel Correspondent When the season began in August, longtime East Troy girls tennis coach Dave Lindow was faced with a number of new faces in the varsity lineup. And with that inexperience and youth came some unanswered questions. Fast […]
Derby driver punches cop, rams skid steer
An Illinois man made his initial appearance in court last week for causing a disturbance after being ejected from the demolition derby at the Walworth County Fair. Robert S. Moore, 32, of Lombard, Ill., allegedly rammed a skid loader with his car, punched a sheriff’s deputy and fought with security […]
Chiefs rally in fourth, win in overtime
Quarterback Jackson Enz suffers season-ending injury By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent The end of Friday night’s Rock Valley Conference contest at McFarland left just one-third of the season remaining for the Big Foot football team. And because of that, what the Chiefs accomplished certainly was significant. Big Foot kept its […]
Lady Elks volleyball team dispatches Delavan
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Perhaps the Elkhorn Area High School girls volleyball team’s rough day Sept. 23 at the Badger Invitational was made easier by knowing they beat a hated rival Sept. 19 in a Southern Lakes Conference dual meet. Elkhorn finished eighth Sept. 23 at the Badger Invitational […]
Wear blue Monday to bring awareness to bullying
The East Troy Community School District is inviting the community to join in and wear a blue shirt on Monday, Oct. 2, as part of the World Day of Bullying Prevention. Shae McNamara, a dual-sport professional athlete, will speak on bullying awareness, prevention and personal empowerment during a program at […]
Eagles fly by Trojans
Football team can’t come back from early deficit By Dan Truttschel Correspondent At two different points Friday night, the East Troy football team fell behind by 20 points to visiting Jefferson. But as has been the case all year, the Trojans never quit Unfortunately, one last comeback late in the […]
CAROL A. KATZMAN
Carol A. (Betts) Katzman: 79, of Elkhorn, and Sanibel Island, Fla., died unexpectedly Sept. 24, 2017, at her home. She was born May 17, 1938, in Watertown, to the late H. Stanley and Catherine (Dennis) Betts. She graduated from Burlington High School with the class of 1956. Carol was […]
