By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Although Spring Splash — the maligned, college student-geared event — will not take place in Whitewater this year, city officials continue to review protocol for similar activities that could occur the last weekend in April. Since 2013, a for-profit company known as Wisconsin Red has organized […]
Month: March 2017
Recognized for academics
Whitewater High School wresters who achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.1 or greater were recognized by coach John Schimming at the wrestling team’s annual banquet. Students recognized included, left to right, (front) Austin Kaja, Will Leibbrand, Tommy Cushman, Jaden Salmieri, Ernesto Magana, (back) Thomas McManaway, Morgan […]
Deputies administer narcotic overdose drug
Deputies revived a man suffering from an opiate overdose in the Town of LaGrange on March 3. Three doses of naloxone, commonly known by its brand name, Narcan, were administered to a 26-year-old man at a Bluff Road residence, according to a press release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department […]
Alpine Valley Music Theatre won’t open this year
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff On Thursday, Live Nation announced it will not be opening Alpine Valley Music Theatre for the 2017 season. “It’s an unusual year in that a lot of artists we’ve traditionally hosted are playing in other buildings or not playing at all this season,” said Jon […]
City to share cost of library landscaping
By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Finance and Judicial Committee voted in favor of recommending the city split the cost of a landscaping project at Matheson Memorial Library with the library and the library Friends at its Feb. 27 meeting. The committee’s decision to split the cost came […]
Big Foot teacher awarded grant
Pat Hollihan, a teacher at Big Foot High School, has received a 2017 Accounting Career Awareness Grant from the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants Educational Foundation, Inc. Teachers who attended the fall 2016 WICPA High School Educators Symposium received the opportunity to write proposals about why they should receive […]
Girls at Agape House vote for best pizza
Four Walworth County pizza restaurants donated four pizzas each to provide dinner for the girls and staff at Agape House in Walworth on Saturday, and the girls got to choose which place served the best pizza in Walworth County. In a blind taste test, the girls chose Nayeli’s in Walworth, […]
Students will ‘moose’ Mr. K
Principal retires after more than 42 years at Lakeland School By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer Mr. K has left the building. After 42 ½ years at Lakeland School in Elkhorn, Greg Kostechka, of Delavan, retired Friday. Students celebrated Mr. K’s re“tie”rement with an assembly in the gym riddled with puns […]
Former library assistant hired as director
Experienced Williams Bay librarian takes over leadership position By Ryan Spoehr Staff Writer A longtime, local library employee has been hired as director for Powers Memorial Library in Palmyra. Laura Gest started as the library’s new director was Feb. 17. She took over after Angie Zimmermann left to take […]
ROBIN RAE TWIST
Robin Rae Twist, 63, of Fort Atkinson, died March 12, 2017, after an illness. She was born on Jan. 12, 1954, to Jean Kiesow in East Troy. She attended East Troy High School and graduated in 1972. She will always be remembered for her kindness towards others and willingness to […]
