Edward Lynn Setterberg, 43, of Greenwich, Conn., died April 17, 2016. He was born Feb. 4, 1973. He was an alumni of Deerfield Academy and the University of Miami–Ohio. He was a devoted father who could be found cheering his daughters on at swim meets or jumping on his bike […]
Month: April 2016
Elkhorn woman charged with stealing $17,000 from softball team
An Elkhorn woman was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on a charge of spending nearly $17,000 of her softball team’s money. Dana M. Williams, 45, was charged March 9 in Walworth County Circuit Court with theft in a business setting of more than $10,000. According to the criminal complaint, […]
RUTH VIVIAN OLSON
Ruth Vivian Olson died April 20, 2016, of natural causes. She was born April 2, 1925, in Jefferson County. She graduated from high school at the age of 16 and began working to support World War II efforts. After the war, she met and married Robert Olson on Aug. 7, […]
District breaks ground for new school
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Community School District broke ground on it new elementary school Friday afternoon. The new school, which will house students in kindergarten through second grade is being built next the Prairie View Elementary on the corner of Highway ES and Townline Road. The […]
SHIRLEY M. WAGNER
Shirley M. Wagner, 91, of East Troy and Elkhorn, died April 23, 2016, in Elkhorn surrounded by her family. She was born Feb. 26, 1925, in Burlington, to the late Thomas and Verna (Eddy) Busch. She attended St. Charles graduate school and Burlington High School. She was a cook and […]
Man charged after altercation with girlfriend
An East Troy man is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on three felony and four misdemeanor charges resulting from a domestic altercation with his live-in girlfriend. Zachary T. Coggon, 21, was charged April 1 in Walworth County Circuit Court with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, false imprisonment, battery to public officers, […]
Walworth man charged with repeated sexual assault of a child
By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff A 35-year-old Walworth man has been charged with sexually assaulting a now 10-year-old girl on multiple occasions in 2014. Jose A. Vergara-Posada was charged April 14 with one count of first degree repeated sexual assault of a child younger than 13 and one count of […]
Community bids farewell to one of its own
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Family, friends and East Troy community members gathered at St. Paul’s Evangelical Church Monday to say goodbye to local World War II veteran Ernest Recknagel. “Ernie,” as he was called, died April 12 at the age of 94. The husband, father and grandfather was a […]
Community Foundation offering new grants
The Whitewater Community Foundation recently announced a new Community Action Grant program. The Foundation has created an avenue that individuals and organizations may use to further their dreams. The goal is to fund community projects that create a more vibrant and culturally diverse atmosphere in education, community development, artistic, and […]
Council gives nod to apply for DNR grant
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent As efforts to grow and improve Whitewater’s stormwater infrastructure continue, city officials are again turning to a state agency for possible funding assistance. The Common Council on April 7 gave the green light to apply for a so-called urban nonpoint source grant from the Wisconsin Department […]
