By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent The boys tennis team took first place in a quad tournament May 2 after being able to turn three first place finishers, two seconds, a third and a fourth into a championship group. “This was a close tournament, we needed every athlete to get the […]
Month: May 2015
Kickers deliver third consecutive shutout
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent The Whitewater High School girls soccer team is focused and tearing up the standings as they notched wins six, seven and eight last week. On senior night, the Whippets put up an 8-spot on the visiting Eagles and set the tone in the conference with […]
CDA awards $50K to development company
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A Whitewater-based company will soon receive a renewable loan in exchange for adding to the city’s employment base under terms of an agreement that was approved recently by officials. The Whitewater Community Development Authority on April 22 voted to award a $50,000 community development block grant […]
NEAL ROBERTSON
Neal Robertson, of Troy, died May 6, 2015, surrounded by his family. He was born Oct. 14, 1951 in California, to Hugo and Peggy Robertson. He was a graduate of East Troy High School. He married Diane (nee Blondell) on Pleasant Lake, Elkhorn, on Sept 9, 1984. He served his […]
VIRGINIA SHERMAN
Virginia “Ginny” Sherman passed away on May 9, 2015, at Season’s of Life Hospice House, after standing up to ovarian cancer for four years. Ginny was born on January 19, 1943, to Irma and Willard Van Saun in Janesville. She attended Janesville public schools and graduated from the University of […]
LOELLA H. NILES
Loella Helen Frederick Niles, 91, died May 7, 2015, at Three Pillars Nursing Home in Dousman. Born in West Allis on Sept. 7, 1923, she was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Donald Niles Sr. She is survived by her children, Douglas (Christine) of Delavan, Donald Jr. […]
WAYNE BROCKWELL
Wayne “Buck” Brockwell, 62, of Darien, died at his home May 6, 2015. He was born in Brinkley, Ariz., on Aug. 11, 1952, to John and Lillian (Davis) Brockwell. He was the owner and operator of Buck’s Asphalt and Sealcoating for more than 30 years. He married Sandra Hammerstad on […]
On the chopping block
School District trims $800,000 from next year’s budget By Tracy Ouellette Editor With a projected shortfall of $484,000 in the 2015-16 East Troy School District budget and the loss of the $258,000 in state funding for the district in the governor’s proposed budget, the School Board approved a series of […]
St. John’s to erect new steeple
Steeple to be raised in memory of Kelly Amon By Kellen Olshefski Editor A generation after the original was destroyed by a tornado, St. John’s Lutheran Church in downtown Elkhorn is raising a new steeple on Thursday, May 14, the latest of many recent improvements made to a structure that […]
Historical society dinner focuses on Ingalls heritage
By Fred Noer Contributor The historical significance of the name Ingalls in American literature and in the Walworth area was emphasized April 23 during the Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot Prairie’s annual dinner at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan. Although much attention was placed on “Little House on […]
