By Chris Bennett Correspondent It was an up and down season for the Elkhorn Area High School football team, and though they finished 3-6, let’s assume there were more ups than downs. The Elks were close to securing a berth in the WIAA Division 2 football playoffs, but fell just […]
Month: November 2012
Ruemmele leads Elkhorn swimmers at state
By Laura Humphrey Sports Correspondent Nothing beats an exciting finish to the season like a trip to a WIAA state tournament. The Elkhorn girls swim team got just such a finish Friday, as the team had strong performances – including a medal – at the WIAA Division 2 state swim […]
City approves new fire engine purchase
By Maureen Vander Sanden SLN A new fire truck will make its way into the city’s fleet with the Common Council’s recent approval to purchase a nearly $700,000 pumper engine. The City Council at its Nov. 5 meeting unanimously approved a $690,282 bid from Roenbaur Central States Fire Apparatus to […]
JOYCE M. SCHWARTZ
Joyce M. Schwartz, age 86 of Monroe, Wis., died on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 at Monroe Clinic Hospital. She was born May 21, 1926 in East Troy, Wis., the daughter of Eldred and Esther (Tess) Kehoe and graduated from East Troy High School in 1944. Joyce did secretarial work […]
Whitewater’s Smith to receive Making Democracy Work award
The League of Women Voters-Whitewater Area has announced that Whitewater City Clerk Michele Smith, will receive the League’s third annual Making Democracy Work award. Smith has served as Whitewater City Clerk since September 2000. “Over the past 12 years she has managed countless elections for the community with integrity and […]
ROTC students conduct battle drills on campus
By Tom Ganser Correspondent Cadets in the Warhawk Battalion of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Reserve Officers’ Training Corps or ROTC received introductory training for standard Battle Drills Oct. 31 at the Whitewater National Guard Armory. “If you think of training as learning to crawl, then walk, then run, this is […]
Mitten fills vacancy on East Troy School Board
By Vanessa Lenz SLN Staff Longtime East Troy resident Murry Mitten has been appointed to fill the vacant East Troy Community School District Board position. The school board appointed Mitten Nov. 12 following public interviews with three candidates who applied for the position. Mitten will serve until April of 2014, […]
MARILYN M. KIENBAUM
Marilyn Mae Kienbaum, age 86 of Whitewater, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family members, on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 at her home. Marilyn was born in Janesville on Nov. 1, 1926, the daughter of Ada and Donald McQuillin. She also had two stepfathers, Dewey Kading and Gus Utterberg. Marilyn […]
ALLETTA H. RITCHIE
Alletta H. Ritchie, 92, of Boscobel, passed away on Monday Nov. 19, 2012 at the Boscobel Care and Rehab in Boscobel. She was born on March 15, 1920 in Soldiers Grove to the late Adolph and Nettie (Reed) Hooverson. She married James Ritchie June 7, 1943 in Soldiers Grove. He […]
Two die in plane crash in Spring Prairie
A 50-year-old Antioch, Ill., man and his 14-year-old daughter died Sunday in an airplane crash in a farm field just west of the Burlington Municipal Airport. Todd A. Parfitt and his daughter Nicole died in the crash that was reported at 1:26 p.m., according to the Walworth County Sheriff’s […]
