By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Elkhorn scored eight pins in its first nine matches and finished first Feb. 11 in WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal wrestling tournament at Westosha Central High School in Paddock Lake. Coach Ken Reynolds said it is the Elks’ first regional title since 1980. Elkhorn […]
Month: February 2017
Swimmers bound for state
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent A loud and proud gang of fans helped the Elkhorn Area High School boys swim team advance to state in several events Feb. 11 at a WIAA Division 2 sectional tournament at Whitefish Bay High School. The WIAA Division 2 State Swimming & Diving Championships […]
A night with Teddy
The Big Foot Fine Arts Foundation will present “An Evening with Teddy Roosevelt” at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22 in the Big Foot High School auditorium. Impersonator Adam Lindquist, a living history speaker and educator, is nationally known for his work in portraying President Theodore Roosevelt. His uncanny resemblance and […]
Home catches fire in Town of Geneva
A house on Oak Road in the Town of Geneva caught fire Monday, and its residents escaped without harm. The Lake Geneva Fire Department responded to N3393 Oak Road at about 10:30 p.m. Monday and found a single-family home with fire showing on an exterior wall, according to the department. […]
Adams amazed by NASA mission
Elkhorn native, area teacher went aboard a flying telescope By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Ashley Adams returned with more than just an invigorating experience as one of the newest members of the National Aeronautic Space Administration’s Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors Program last month. As program participant, she went aboard a […]
‘Afraid of the Dark’
Michael Hilliger, Nicole Sedmak and Weston Lema perform in practices for the upcoming Whitewater High School Players play “Afraid of the Dark” set to take the stage at WHS Feb. 23 – 26. (Tom Ganser photo)
MARVIN SCHUMACHER
Marvin W. Schumacher, 80, of Delavan, died Feb. 11, 2017, at Beloit Health and Rehab Center in Beloit. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Monroe Funeral Home in Delavan with a visitation an hour prior to the service. Monroe Funeral Home in Delavan is assisting the family.
Night out with dad
Girls take to the dance floor (above) at the 8th Annual Daddy Daughter Dance Feb. 3 in the ballroom at The Abbey Resort. Jeff Miller (right), of Walworth, spends time with his daughters, Olive, 5, and Claire, 11, at the event. (Penny Gruetzmacher photo)
A kind, gentle approach
Dementia friendly training encourages patience, helpfulness By Heather Ruenz Editor “Most of us walk in a room on occasion and forget what we went in there for, but we can usually remember it eventually. A person with dementia can’t remember,” Bonnie Beam-Stratz said. She was speaking to the nearly 20 […]
CLEO JOHNSEN DAVIS
Cleo “Pat” Davis, a longtime resident of Delavan, passed away Feb. 1, 2017. She was born Feb. 11, 1924, in Chicago. She was the daughter of Cleo Karusos and Morris Johnsen, but was raised by her mom and stepfather, Hiram Brown. The oldest of three children, she […]
