James “Jim” S. Santy, 69, of Darien, passed away after a courageous six-year battle with cancer on Jan. 1, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Butler, Pa., on Aug. 13, 1945, to Stewart and Irma (Koch) Santy. Jim graduated from Premontre High School in […]
Month: January 2015
EDWARD G. ETTEN
Edward George Etten, age 74, passed away on Sunday Dec. 21, 2014, at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tenn. Ed was born on April 21, 1940, in Waukegan, Ill., to Edwin J. and Anna M. (Hertel) Etten. He married Shirley A. Healey on March 12, 1960, and they made […]
NANCY BROSSARD
Nancy Brossard, 74, of East Troy, died Jan. 2, 2015. She was born in Beaver Dam to Douglas and Dorothy Kirchberg and that is also where she married her husband Sidney of 52 years. She will be greatly missed by her family. Survivors include her husband; twin daughters, Joyce (Robin) […]
Council seat to be filled by appointment
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The seat relinquished this week by veteran Common Council member James Winship will not be cold for long. Winship, who announced in early December he was stepping down from his District 3 aldermanic post Dec. 31, is leaving for Cartagena, Columbia later this month to attend […]
City donates land to Habitat for Humanity
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A dormant, city-owned parcel of land could soon go toward a house for a family in need. The Whitewater Common Council voted Dec. 16 to donate the property, 125 N. Wakely St., to nonprofit organization Habitat for Humanity with the understanding a home will eventually be […]
JUNE K. YAKES
June K. Yakes, 94, of Delavan, died Dec. 31, 2014, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn. The former June Katherine Delap was born in Lake Geneva, on June 21, 1920, to the late Chester and Clara (Gersdorf) Delap. She was a graduate of Williams Bay High School. On Oct. […]
County Relay For Life to host kickoff rally
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Walworth County will host a kickoff rally and planning event for the 2015 relay next week in Delavan. Event volunteers and participants will gather on Jan. 13 at 6 p.m. at the Community Room, 820 East Geneva St., Delavan, to lay the […]
Female Athlete of the Year
Schahczinski meant everything to Lady Elks By Chris Bennett Correspondent Erin Schahczinski is going to take the number 1,000 to her grave. “It still bothers me,” Schahczinski said. “At the end of my last game, I just started crying, because I knew if I had one more game it would […]
Looking back at the first half of 2014 in sports
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent With every New Year, there is a chance to reflect on the past 12 months and also to look ahead. What 2015 holds remains to be seen, but we can take a quick look back at how 2014 unfolded for the student-athletes and teams at East […]
School Board works at establishing ‘team norms’
Next working referendum meeting is Wednesday By Tracy Ouellette Editor One of the discussions during the East Troy Community School District’s Board of Education special meeting on Dec. 16 focused on establishing “team norms” for School Board member behavior. Board President Ted Zess brought the idea to the board at […]
