Candice Franks, agricultural educator at Badger High School in Lake Geneva, is one of six individuals nationwide who received the Agriscience Teacher of the Year Award, given at the National Association of Agricultural Educators annual convention in New Orleans on Nov. 19. The National Agriscience Teacher of the Year award […]
Month: December 2015
Girls lose two after opening season with big win
Boys win two after losing to Fort Atkinson By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School girls basketball team lost two games after winning its first game of the season while the boys team did the opposite. Girls basketball After a 62-60 win in Delavan-Darien High School girls basketball season-opener […]
Author wants to find out what he doesn’t know
Area residents asked for information about Wright-designed home and its first owner By Vicky Wedig Editor An area author is leaving no stone unturned to learn as much about the original resident of Penwern, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed estate on Delavan Lake, before putting to bed a book about the […]
Elks drop two nail-biters
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys basketball team lost consecutive games by six points last week. The Elks lost 87-83 Dec. 4 at Wilmot in their Southern Lakes Conference season opener and lost 62-60 Dec. 1 at home in a non-conference game against McFarland. Elkhorn opened […]
First tournament offers reality check
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Elkhorn Area High School wrestling coach Ken Reynolds cannot recall the last time the Elks finished with a losing record at a dual meet tournament. The Elks won two meets and lost three Saturday in the Pieper Duals at Stoughton High School. Elkhorn beat Westosha Central […]
Fourteen displaced in Nov. 20 fire
Two-story apartment complex damaged after fire started in basement By Kellen Olshefski Editor Seven families, totaling 14 people, are picking up the pieces after a Nov. 20 fire at their apartment complex on Hartwell Street left them searching for temporary homes. Elkhorn Fire Chief Rod Smith said the Nov. 20 […]
Changing hands
Group aims to take Sophos, turn it into community-driven resource for area children By Kellen Olshefski Editor Southern Lakes Evangelical Free Church’s community outreach youth center Sophos will soon be going through some changes that like-minded community members hope will make it an even greater resource for the children of […]
Candidates for city positions able to circulate nomination papers
Parties interested in running for an elected position on the City of Elkhorn Common Council and Elkhorn Area School District Board of Education were able to begin circulating nomination papers on Dec. 1. Aldermanic districts up for election in the April 2016 election include District 3, held by Bruce Lechner, […]
Chiefs tame Eagles
Coach credits 68-47 win to girls’ ability to put pressure on opponents By Dan Truttschel Correspondent When the Big Foot girls basketball team is clicking, the Chiefs push the pace on both ends of the floor and make their opposition uncomfortable. And that certainly was the case last week for […]
Boys fall to Brodhead
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent For 18 minutes Tuesday night, the Big Foot boys basketball team was right with visiting Brodhead. But the last 18 belonged the Cardinals – and that was the difference. Brodhead led by just four points at the intermission before it outscored the Chiefs by 11 in […]
