Director says a love of reading, enjoying people, important By Heather Ruenz SLN staff Heather Kinkade, director of Brigham Memorial Library in Sharon, said embracing how public libraries have changed is vital to their success. “The goals of public libraries has changed, from books to adding audio/visual items. Now, it’s […]
Month: November 2017
She put her best foot forward
Demco closes out high school career with 18th place at state By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent Big Foot senior Alexandria (Zanzie) Demco ended her high school cross country career in the same place she closed out her freshman season – on the state’s biggest stage. And in between then and […]
Big Foot senior back at state swim meet
Gillingham said goal is to have fun, record best time to end high school career By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent Competing at the state level is something that Big Foot senior Grace Gillingham has become accustomed to in her four years with the Chiefs. And this weekend, she gets […]
New Beginnings name of domestic abuse shelter
By Heather Ruenz SLN staff There were more than 110 entries submitted in a contest to name the future Walworth County domestic violence shelter, according to Heidi Lloyd, executive director at the Association for the Prevention of Family Violence. After narrowing it down to four finalists, Lloyd said the board […]
Wisconsin Oven opens Champion Plant in East Troy
Local, regional and state leaders attend ribbon cutting, open house By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff East Troy’s Wisconsin Oven Corp., and its parent company Thermal Product Solutions, opened its new plant Nov. 3 and honored longtime employee Bruce Champion by naming the building after him. The open house and ribbon-cutting […]
High school student designs PD logo
By Ryan Spoehr SLN staff A new logo has been created for the Eagle Police Department with some input from a possibly unsuspecting place. The logo was created via a contest at Palmyra-Eagle High School. The contest winner, freshman Jenna Johnson, was recognized in a special ceremony in the […]
Building up STEAM
Rachel Kuehn makes friends with a corn snake brought to the STEAM Expo by Bill Stewart, from the Madison Area Herpetology Society as sister Erin looks. The Expo was at East Troy High School Nov. 4 and highlighted science, technology, engineering, art, agriculture and math as a fun learning resource. […]
Girls basketball team welcomes new coach
Lomen promises ‘on-the-job’ training for young team By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Basketball has been in the bloodlines for first-year East Troy girls coach Maurya Lomen her entire life. From her roots in Milwaukee, where she was part of three state title teams at Milwaukee Pius, to a Hall of Fame […]
LESTER D. WEILER
Lester D. Weiler, 72, of East Troy, died Nov. 6, 2017, in Waukesha, surrounded by his loving family. He was born to Clarence and Inez (Massoth) Weiler on May 17, 1945. He attended Custer High School in Milwaukee and honorably served his country as a member of the U.S. Air […]
Man found guilty of reckless homicide in brother-in-law’s death
Defendant says sister’s husband molested, bullied him By Heather Ruenz and Vicky Wedig SLN staff After deliberating for 10 hours over two days, a jury Tuesday found a Lima Center man guilty of first-degree reckless homicide in the shooting death of his brother-in-law in Whitewater last year. Alan Johnson, 32, […]
