Donna M. Bickford, 82, died on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2017, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison surrounded by her loving family. She was born on April 10, 1935, in Walworth County to Hiram and Lodema “Deem” (Matthews) Baker. Donna’s early years were spent on a farm in rural Burlington, then […]
Month: October 2017
Ice Age Trail hikers dedicate Watson memorial rock
On what would have been Whitewater native, and avid hiker Norwin Watson’s birthday, more than 50 hikers, friends and family members gathered for an informal ceremony dedicating a boulder in his memory. The ceremony took place off of Esterly Road near Whitewater Lake State Campground. Watson, a popular Ice […]
Whippets go up against top-ranked East Troy
By Troy Sparks Correspondent When the Whippets volleyball team travelled to East Troy last week, they were up against the fourth-ranked team in the latest Division 2 volleyball poll. Service errors early in the first game by Whitewater helped East Troy to a 4-2 lead. Kills by East […]
Village Board slaps Bielinski Homes for failure to fix roads
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff With an unanimous vote Monday night, the members of the East Troy Village Board let Bielinski Homes know they wasn’t happy with the delay in getting the roads fixed in the Lake Bluff subdivision. The board voted to suspend issuing building and occupancy permits to […]
Treder, Sonn, Olson move on past subsectionals
By Troy Sparks Correspondent At the East Troy Division 2 sub-sectional on Monday, the Whitewater tennis team qualified one individual and one team for the sectional Wednesday at UW-Whitewater. Junior Sydney Treder was victorious at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-4 to advance. The No. 2 doubles team of super […]
On stage at Ivan’s
Off the Square Players present ‘Alibis’ Friday’s weather report calls for rain and “Alibis” director Mary Hubbard Nugent said a “dark and storm night” would be the perfect setting for the opening night of the Off The Square Players’ murder mystery spoof. “The play if full of all the standard […]
Barrett finishes 2nd at Jefferson meet
Boys team finishes 2nd By Troy Sparks Correspondent On the strength of a 63-point performance, the Whippets finished second in the 11-team Jefferson invitational. The team was topped only by invite host Jefferson, which had 48. On Sept. 26, senior Jacob Korf paced Whitewater with a sixth-place finish in 18 […]
Football team falls to Evansville
Trojans vs. Trojans in Friday’s homecoming game By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The first half of Friday night’s Rock Valley Conference contest at Evansville-Albany was just about as even as it could get. Unfortunately for the East Troy football team, the second half didn’t quite turn out the same. Fans of […]
Opening a new chapter
East Troy bookstore draws customers from far and wide By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff For avid readers – those who have been surrounded by books since their first word – there’s something special about a bookstore. It’s more than just a place to pick up the latest novel or biography […]
Washington Elementary named ‘Blue Ribbon’ school
By Ryan Spoehr SLN STAFF In an announcement by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Washington Elementary School was named a National Blue Ribbon School for 2017. “I’m pretty excited. To just be nominated is a big accomplishment,” Principal Tom Groshinske said. “I’m super excited for our students and […]
