Month: November 2016

News

Republicans see multiple victories in area

Republicans see multiple victories in area By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Riding the national wave, local republicans did well at the polls Tuesday. In the 32nd and 33rd State Assembly Districts incumbents Tyler August and Cody Horlacher both held on to their seats by a large margin. August was challenged […]

Whitewater

City, downtown organization inking new agreement

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent City of Whitewater officials are in the midst of drafting a 2017 agreement with Downtown Whitewater Inc., the nonprofit community organization that promotes businesses and other amenities in the heart of the community. Although Downtown Whitewater operates independently, the organization has long had a close working […]

Whitewater

Residents escape multi-alarm apartment fire

Residents trapped in a four-alarm structure fire at a residential apartment complex in Whitewater tonight are safe and no injuries have been reported, according to Whitewater Fire Department officials. The fire at University Garden Apartments, a multi-unit apartment complex on Tratt Street, was reported just after 6:30 p.m. as a “multiple […]

Whitewater

Singing (and dancing) it out

      Members of the Whitewater High School advanced and mixed choirs along with the Whitewater Middle School 8th grade choir join forces on stage at the Oct. 12 choral concert at the high school after all three groups had performed invidivually. (Tom Ganser photo)

Whitewater

Employee wages part of budget planning

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Employee compensation was one of several topics to earn the spotlight during a recent review of the City of Whitewater’s 2017 municipal budget. Elected officials and administrators have been doing a line item-by-line item review of the city’s operating plan for the year ahead. When he […]

Obituaries

HEIDI M. PLUESS

Heidi M. Pluess, 56, of East Troy, died Oct. 30, 2016, at Angels Grace Hospice in Oconomwoc. She was born on Oct. 14, 1960, in Elkhorn, to the late Robert and Carol Price. She graduated from East Troy High School in 1979. For the past 20 years, she worked as […]

Obituaries

NORMAJEAN HIRTE

Normajean Hirte, 91, of Delavan, died Nov. 1, 2016, at Lakeland Health Care Center in Elkhorn. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Spring Grove Cemetery in Delavan. Monroe Funeral Home in Delavan is assisting the family.

Elkhorn

‘Harvey’ to come to life

High school to present production of Mary Chase’s Pullitzer Prize winning comedy Nov. 11 and 12 By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff Things are set to get whacky in a little more than a week when cast and crew members of Elkhorn Area High School’s production of “Harvey,” bring Elwood P. […]