Month: November 2014

Elkhorn area

Lady Elks take fourth at conference

By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls swimming team finished in the top half Nov. 1 at the Southern Lakes Conference swim meet at Lake Geneva Badger High School. The Elks finished fourth with 270.5 points. Badger won the meet with 534 points. Burlington Combined finished second […]

Elkhorn area

Mair magnificent at state

By Chris Bennett Correspondent Elkhorn Area High School’s Tay Mair ran one second off her best time of the season Saturday in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 State Cross Country Championships at The Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. Mair finished 106th in a field of 185 runners. […]

East Troy area

Heartbreaker for girls volleyball team

East Troy falls to Catholic Memorial in sectional semifinal By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Last week’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 sectional volleyball semifinal at Catholic Memorial had all the makings of an instant classic. And in many ways, the matchup of the state’s top-two ranked teams definitely lived up […]

East Troy

‘We’re off to see the Wizard!’

Drama Club presents ‘The Wizard of Oz’ this weekend By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy High School Drama Club is presenting “The Wizard of Oz” this weekend. “It’s the 75th anniversary of the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie and that’s why we chose to do it,” co-director Deb Williamson […]

Whitewater

Warhawks coach shares key points of success

By Tom Ganser Correspondent At the Whitewater Rotary Club meeting Tuesday, Rotarian Jerry Theune introduced his invited speaker, Pat Miller, by sharing several of the outcomes of Miller’s tenure as head coach of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Men’s Basketball Program since the 2001-02 season. Some of the facts under Miller’s […]

Obituaries

STANLEY K. JENSEN

Stanley K. Jensen, 60, of Elkhorn, died Nov. 1, 2014, at home surrounded by his family. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Haase-Lockwood & Associates Funeral Home and Crematory, 730 N. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn, with the Rev. Robert Pieffer officiating. Visitation will be at the funeral home […]

East Troy

Voters say no to referendum, again

Result sends officials back to the drawing board By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Community School District facility needs referendum was voted down Tuesday by 406 votes. Vote totals, according to unofficial results Tuesday, are: No             3,120 Yes           2,714 Turn out was large for the midterm elections and with […]

Whitewater

Casual Joe’s 2 moves forward

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After a series of delays, a local restaurateur has unveiled a firmed up timeline for his newest eatery. Whitewater officials are backing his plan. A year ago, Tyler Salisbery came before the Whitewater Common Council with plans of opening his second operation, Casual Joe’s 2, on […]