WHS social studies teacher Greg Stewart honored by League By Tom Ganser Correspondent Greg Stewart was presented the League of Women Voters – Whitewater Area’s sixth annual Making Democracy Work Award at the League’s Holiday Dinner at 841 Brewhouse Dec. 4. Stewart, a social studies teacher at Whitewater High School […]
Month: December 2016
Whippets improve to 3-1 after two wins
By Daniel Schoettler Correspondent The Whippets Boys Basketball team continued their successful start to their 2016 season with two more wins this past week. The team got into another close battle in a 47-44 win against Edgerton, and beat Parkview 73-35 on the road to improve to 3-1 on the […]
Snow weekend
Above: Delavan police officers Chris Kristalidis (left) and Michael Sulzer (right) stop by the Rudy Lange sledding hill in Delavan during the snow to take with the kids. At right: Kids take to the Rudy Lange sledding hill in Delavan during the season’s first major snowfall over […]
Lady Whippets No. 3 in state rankings
Smith-Traore honored for hitting 1,000 points By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent Whitewater High School’s girls basketball team may have started off the season with a loss, but since then, the team has won five straight games. According to the latest wissports.com coaches poll, the Whippets rank No. 3 in the […]
Man with low IQ gets 20 years for assaulting autistic girl
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A man with a low IQ was sentenced Nov. 29 to 20 years in prison and 10 years extended supervision for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl with autism. A jury convicted John S. Finley, 38, of Whitewater, of repeated sexual assault of a child, and […]
Hoofing out the season
The 4th Annual Reindeer Run took place Dec. 3 in Elkhorn. Racers – and a special reindeer – get ready to start. (Jean Thomson photo)
Welcome Santa!
Santa and Mrs. Claus light up the night with their sleigh in Downtown Whitewater’s annual Holiday Parade of Lights Dec. 2. Friday’s events in downtown included a winter market, s’mores, story time, cookie decorating and a chili dinner at Living Word Fellowship. (Bob Mischka photo)
Grant proposals requested for leftover Farm Technology Days funds
Funds left over after the 2016 Walworth County Farm Technology Days show will be given back to the community in the form of grants. The Walworth County Farm Technology Days show took place at Snudden Farms in mid-July. More than 30,000 people attended the agricultural trade show, visiting with the […]
Man pleads not guilty to killing brother-in-law
Johnson bound over for trial in death of sister’s husband A man charged with shooting and killing his brother-in-law in Whitewater pleaded not guilty last week to a first-degree intentional homicide charge. Alan M. Johnson, 31, entered a not-guilty plea Nov. 29 in Walworth County Circuit Court, waived a preliminary […]
Special guest!
Elkhorn held its annual Christmas parade Dec. 3 just hours before the first real snow of the season fell. Among many others, the Grinch made a special appearance in the parade. (Aaron Gottschalk photo)
