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By Troy Sparks SLN CORRESPONDENT The Whitewater boys basketball season will continue following a win at home against Kenosha St. Joseph’s on Tuesday night. Whitewater, the no. 8 seed in the Division 3 Regional first round, took on the ninth-seeded Lancers and did just enough to survive. The Whippets ran […]
Walworth County Deputy Medical Examiner Tom Miller was recently recognized by the County Board for his 41 years of service to the county’s Coroner’s Office and Medical Examiner’s Office. Miller started in career with Walworth County in 1976. He had served as chief deputy coroner under the late John Griebel […]
By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent It took the Big Foot boys basketball team about a half Feb. 19 night to figure out how to deal with host Whitewater’s physicality and size advantage. Unfortunately for the Chiefs, by the time they started to get a little more comfortable, it was just […]
Back In Black, an AC/DC tribute band, rocks the Activity Center at the Walworth County Fairgrounds Feb. 9, the second concert in the Rock the Barns series. Next on the slate is Strutter, a KISS tribute band, set to take the stage Saturday, March 3. Tickets are $10 in advance […]
Claudette “Claudie” J. Uher, 78, of Delavan, died Feb. 25, 2018, at Mercy Hospital in Janesville. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Luther Memorial Church in Delavan. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the church. Monroe Funeral Home in Delavan is assisting the family.
Donna Mae Rogers, 70, of Big Flats, went home to her Lord on Feb. 15, 2018, at her daughter’s home in East Troy, following a lengthy battle with leukemia. Donna was born July 4, 1947, in Eau Claire, to Marvin William and Iva Mae (Gifford) Bahr. She married John H. […]
Dr. Janet “Jan” M. Woodard, 75, died peacefully at Cumberland House on Feb. 15, 2018 in Crossville, Tennessee. She was born on Sept. 2, 1942, in Burlington, to John C. and Margaret M. Wiechert. She graduated from East Troy High School in 1960. After graduation she entered the University of […]
At the Geneva Lake Arts Foundation’s Winter Art Fair, held Feb. 11 at Pier 290 in Williams Bay, artist Nicole Holder works on a drawing of a dog. For more information about the Foundation visit genevalakeartsfoundation.org. (Heather Ruenz photo)
Annual Easter train runs March 24, 25 and 31 Get ready for family fun on the East Troy Electric Railroad’s Bunny Train. Kids of all ages can have their face painted and fun coloring at the East Troy depot before departure. Then enjoy Easter-themed activities aboard a 10-mile round trip […]
Tentative plan is to move toward referendum in 2020 By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent City of Elkhorn aldermen began to move the ball forward on funding a higher staffing level for Elkhorn Fire and EMS services during a Committee of the Whole meeting last week by reaching an agreement that the […]