Month: March 2015

Elkhorn

City to engage ICI for marketing services

Proposal would cost $600 per month, maintain city presence in marketplace By Kellen Olshefski Editor The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted in favor of engaging ICI Commercial Corporation to enter an agreement for marketing services for the city. According to a memo from City Administrator Sam Tapson, contact was […]

Whitewater

A path to the future

  Studio 84 aims to connect people with disabilities with community By Heather Ruenz Studio 84 in Whitewater has found a unique way to help people with disabilities express themselves, through art, after all, as Deb Blackwell, studio director said: “Everybody’s got a gift and should use that for the […]

Walworth-Fontana area

An inspired partnership

Inspiration Ministries teaming up with Bayside Athletics Bayside Athletics is now partnering with Inspiration Ministries to offer cheerleading and tumbling to special needs athletes. In January, Inspiration Ministries combined both resale stores into a single location leaving one of the stores available for future planning, according to press a release […]

East Troy

Felon allegedly found with multiple guns

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 25 for an East Troy felon allegedly found with multiple guns and drug paraphernalia. Christopher D. Maciosek, 29, was charged March 9 in Walworth County Circuit Court with possession of a firearm by a felon, felony bail jumping and possession of drug paraphernalia. […]

Whitewater

Space Camp an out of this world opportunity

By Chris Bennett Correspondent Space Camp. The name carries an ethereal quality that speaks to new adventures, bold horizons and life-changing experiences. A trio from the Whitewater Unified School District will learn this summer what all the fuss is about. Teacher Dianna Callope and students Alisha Parboteeah and Nicole Sedmak […]

Obituaries

ANNA E. BROOKS BENJAMIN

Anna Evelyn Brooks Benjamin, 92, died on March 19, 2015, at Fairhaven in Whitewater. Ann, as she was known to her friends, was born on Oct. 3, 1922, on the Randall family farm in Jackson County, Ohio, to the Rev. George W. Brooks, a missionary of the American Sunday School […]

East Troy area

Bring it on!

Boys head to state basketball tournament By Dan Truttschel Correspondent There is no shortage of firepower headed to this weekend’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3 State Boys Basketball Tournament in Madison. The top-three teams, according to the season’s final poll, including last year’s champion, Brown Deer, highlight the field. […]