Joe Dietlin (front) heads north on Highway 67 during Four Lakes Athletic Club’s Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning in Elkhorn. The annual “run the race before you stuff your face” event includes a collection of non-perishable food items for the food pantry and features a 5K run/walk as well as […]
Month: December 2017
Girls still looking for a win
Basketball team making progress, coach says By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The learning curve for the young East Troy High School girls basketball team is shrinking by the day. And while the Trojans remain winless through four games – it’s clear they are making steady progress. East Troy dropped two hard-fought […]
Have waffles with Santa
Annual fundraiser for Lakeland School Dec. 9 By Heather Ruenz SLN staff One sure sign for some that the holidays are fast approaching is the annual Waffles with Santa event at Lakeland School, set for Saturday, Dec. 9. This is the 17th year for the breakfast, sponsored by the Friends […]
Trojans beat McFarland in overtime
East Troy outscores Spartans by 10 points By Dan Truttschel Correspondent For most of last week’s Rock Valley Conference opener with visiting McFarland, it looked like the East Troy boys had things well under control. But the Trojans never could quite put the Spartans away – at least during regulation. […]
Wrestlers come back to take seventh at duals
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Two tough losses to open action at Saturday’s Tom Manley/Emery Howard Duals put the East Troy High School wrestling team in a bit of a tough spot. But from there, the Trojans rallied – and three straight victories later, had a solid seventh-place finish locked up. […]
Town of Geneva man dies in head-on collision
A Town of Geneva man died Tuesday when the mini-van he was driving on Highway 12 in Genoa City collided head-on with a semi. Allen Bates, 37, of Geneva Township, died in the crash at about 7:25 a.m. Tuesday in the area of South Road at the Wisconsin and Illinois […]
Elkhorn man dies in crash
An Elkhorn man died Thursday when he lost control of the car he was driving on Dam Road and was ejected when it rolled multiple times. The single-car crash occurred at about 1:50 a.m. Thursday on Dam Road in the Town of Sugar Creek. The driver, Jeff Myers, 24, of […]
Village Board adds leaf pickup dates for 2018
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Village Board approved adding four more fall leaf/brush collection days with John’s Disposal, starting in 2018. Village Board Trustee Ann Zess was against spending the additional $5,000 to increase the yard waste pickup days from two a year to six a year […]
Whippets fall to Beloit Turner
By Troy Sparks SLN Correspondent Winning the first two games of the season on the road boosted the confidence a little bit for the Whitewater boys basketball team entering their home opener against Beloit Turner in a Rock Valley Conference matchup on Tuesday. The Trojans took control of the […]
City to create code of conduct manual
For members of boards, committees By Dave Fidlin SLN Correspondent A code of conduct manual for members of Whitewater’s various boards and committees will be created as an outgrowth of a recent series of discussions of what constitutes good governance in the city. Council member Chris Grady […]
