By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The Big Foot volleyball train just keeps rolling right along. Big Foot continued its perfect season Saturday with a clean sweep of the competition at the Edgerton Tournament. The Chiefs didn’t drop a set en route to a perfect 7-0 record. The Chiefs, ranked fourth in […]
Month: September 2012
Elkhorn parks programs in limbo after Council eliminates director from city payroll
“It’s the anger of the state. Everybody in the state is so angry and that translates down to school boards, cities, villages and towns.” – Mayor Howie Reynolds By Maureen Vander Sanden SLN staff “I don’t know what to say. There’s no plan, there’s no nothing.” Those were the […]
BRAD L. ZIMMERMAN
Brad Louis Zimmerman, 43, of Elkhorn died Sept. 14, 2012 at the Mercy Walworth Hospital & Medical Center in Lake Geneva following an automobile accident. He was born in Fort Atkinson on Oct. 28, 1968 to Douglas and Connie (Krieser) Zimmerman. He had worked at Lake Geneva Spindustries in Lake […]
DAVID E. NETTEKOVEN
David E. Nettekoven, 83, formerly of Elkhorn, died Sept. 18, 2012 at Aurora VNA Zilber Family Hospice in Wauwatosa. He was born Dec. 31, 1928 in Fond Du Lac to the late Lawrence and Cecilia (Michels) Nettekoven. On June 5, 1948 in Oshkosh, he married DeVern “Dee” J. Groff. Dee […]
WAYNE S. ROCKWELL
Wayne S. Rockwell, 92, of Whitewater, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 at Fairhaven in Whitewater. Wayne was born in Richland County, Wis. on March 19, 1920, the son of Clark Wellington and Helen (Simmons) Rockwell. He served his country in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War […]
Skydivers smash state record for wingsuit formation
A group of 13 skydivers made history last weekend at Skydive Milwaukee’s annual Cheese Boogie, setting the state record for the biggest wingsuit formation jump. The record-breaking jumpers joined skydivers from all over the country in freefall and parachute formation jumps ranging in size from groups of two to 30 […]
Badger Dominates D-DHS and more sports news
By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT In what is becoming a recurring theme, the Lake Geneva Badger football team dominated another opponent last Friday, this time with a 44-0 road shut out win over Delavan-Darien. The Badgers (3-1, 3-0 Southern Lakes Conference) hung 515 total yards of offense on the […]
Tri Rock Lake Geneva triathlon sells out
By Bob Peryea Correspondent The Land Rover Tri Rock Lake Geneva Triathlon was delayed by fog, but eventually kicked off. The event was sold out with more than 1400 participants and was attended by hundreds of spectators. With water temperatures around 70 degrees and air temperatures around 50 degrees […]
Elkhorn man dies after crash on Highway 50
By Alexandrea Dahlstrom Staff Writer A 43-year-old Elkhorn man died Friday after the car he was driving on Highway 50 in Delavan collided with another vehicle in front of Lake Lawn Resort. Brad L. Zimmerman was taken to Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Zimmerman’s […]
County passed over for grant to promote exercise
UW-Extension will seek other funds to get residents moving By Vicky Wedig SLN staff Walworth County might have to wait another year to apply for federal funds to get its residents moving. The county’s University of Wisconsin Extension applied for $160,000 in Transform Wisconsin funding this year – the first […]
