Month: April 2015

Elkhorn area

Lady Elks bond in Illinois

By Chris Bennett Correspondent Coach Jacob Schueller is proud of how the Elkhorn Area High School softball team carried itself off the field in an April 1 and 2 road trip to play Mahomet-Seymour High School in Mahomet High School. Mahomet is three hours south of Elkhorn and 45 minutes […]

Elkhorn

City discussing motorboats on Elkhorn Lake

By Kellen Olshefski Editor Elkhorn’s Legislative and Regulatory Committee took a look at the possibility of permitting powerboats on Elkhorn Lake. Currently, City Administrator Sam Tapson said an ordinance passed previously limits the use of boats on Elkhorn Lake in Babe Mann Park to manual boats and electric trolling motors. […]

East Troy

Local band steps up to help

Saturday Detention to hold benefit concert Saturday for family who lost home in fire By Tracy Ouellette Editor The band Saturday Detention will give a concert to help raise money for the family that lost their home in the March 23 Fork in the Road fire. The performance will be […]

Whitewater area

From rags to riches

Swim team yields state champs after program was nearly ended By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Six years ago, the Whitewater High boys swimming team was in despair. The program was not only in the midst of a five-year dual meet victory draught, it was in danger of becoming a club […]

Whitewater area

Two from area are scholar-athletes

Dawson Miller, of Whitewater, and Amanda Brom, of Jefferson, are among the 49 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students recognized as Chancellor’s Scholar-Athletes on Thursday at the University Center. To be recognized as scholar-athletes, student-athletes must have maintained a 3.25 cumulative grade point average or above through the end of the 2014 […]

Whitewater

Stauffer, Grady earn city seats

Davis, McCrea are elected to School Board By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With three incumbents leaving and one veteran switching aldermanic districts, the overall face of the Whitewater Common Council will look different at the end of the month. According to unofficial results from the spring general election April 7, former […]

Delavan

Highway 12 info meeting set for Tuesday

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Southeast Region will have a public involvement meeting to discuss proposed improvements to Highway 12 in Walworth County. The meeting will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday in the training room at the Walworth County Public Works Department, W4097 County Road NN, Elkhorn. The […]