Jenna Odhner, of New Hampshire, takes a rest while perched on her snow carving during the 20th anniversary U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competition in Lake Geneva on Friday. Odhner and her father, Jeff Odhner, are the only team with two members instead of three. The Lake Geneva event was the […]
Month: February 2015
Badger girls and boys prevail over Comets
Doubleheader yields nearly identical scores By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Lake Geneva Badger basketball teams swept a home double header against Delavan-Darien by nearly identical scores last Friday. The girls defeated the Comets 67-35 in the first game, and the boys beat the Comets 69-35 in the nightcap. The […]
Interim principal named at D-DHS
School head retires for health reasons In 2 1/2 years since retiring as principal of Beloit Turner High School, Mike Kolff and his wife have visited Africa, Costa Rica, China and Iceland. He’s now coming back to a place he called home for three years — Delavan-Darien High School. At […]
City looks to improve future traffic lights at Highway 67 and Interstate 43
By Kellen Olshefski Editor The City of Elkhorn Municipal Services and Utilities Committee is expecting to vote on whether to include Emergency Vehicle Pre-Emption devices in traffic lights the Department of Transportation is adding at the Highway 67 and Interstate 43 interchange this spring. City of Elkhorn Police Chief Joel […]
Council, school board to see new faces in April
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The Whitewater Common Council is about to get a facelift. Aldermanic districts 1, 3 and 5 are up for grabs this spring, as is one of the city’s two at-large seats on the council. But the shuffling does not stop with the city’s routine staggered two-year […]
Boys on the hunt for conference title
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A 13-point loss back in early December put the East Troy High School boys basketball team behind in its quest for a Rock Valley Conference North Division title. But since then, the Trojans have held serve – and now with a rematch at undefeated McFarland set […]
Girls fall to McFarland
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent In the final two quarters of a Rock Valley Conference contest last week at McFarland, the East Troy High Schools girls basketball team just about went toe-to-toe with the Spartans. It was the first two quarters that were the Trojans’ undoing, however. East Troy fell behind […]
Wrestlers bring home three individual titles
Vogel, Braam, Dedick lead team to fifth place finish By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A trio of East Troy High School wrestlers returned from Saturday’s Wisconsin Dells Invitational with individual titles in hand. And those three helped the Trojans to a solid top-five finish in the team standings as well. Cody […]
An inspiring finish
Robotics and Engineering Club advances to state tournament By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Robotics and Engineering Club brought home the Inspire Award from the FIRST FTC Wisconsin Qualifying tournament in Madison Sunday and advanced to the state tournament. Eighth-grader Joey Finch, sophomore Meghan Griffin, freshman Nik Prusinski and […]
School District accepting applications to fill vacant board position
By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Community School District Board of Education set a timeline Monday night to fill the board seat vacated by Chris Smith earlier this month. The board voted to begin accepting applications immediately and close out the application process on Friday, Feb. 6. The board […]
