Month: January 2018

Elkhorn

Woman shares harrowing story

Event raises awareness about human trafficking By Heather Ruenz SLN staff The story Theresa Flores tells can be difficult to hear and may be hard for some to believe. But that lends itself to one of the points she’s trying to get across: Human trafficking can happen anywhere and doesn’t […]

Walworth Big Foot

Grapplers pick up wins in Monroe

By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent Low numbers continue to be an issue for the Big Foot-Williams Bay wrestling squad. Competing at the 12-team Monroe Invitational Jan. 20, the Chiefs filled just six weight classes and finished with 13 points to place 12th overall. Darlingon/Blackhawk won the team title with 208.5 […]

East Troy

This week in the East Troy News…

The East Troy Community School District has released it’s revamped curriculum, read how the teachers and administration worked on the new standards in this week’s newspaper. Also in the News/Times, the Village of East Troy and Bielinski Homes have agreed on a timeline and process to repair the roads in […]

Elkhorn

City looking into sewer lateral program

By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Municipal Services and Utilities Committee began reviewing a proposed Sewer Lateral Inspection and Rehabilitation Program at its meeting Monday night. City Administrator Sam Tapson said a study was completed previously in response to infiltration and inflow problems the city experiences, noting that […]

Walworth Big Foot

Chiefs fall to Brodhead

By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent The Big Foot boys basketball team dropped a 72-60 RVC decision Jan. 18 at Brodhead. Statistics and details from that game were unavailable this week. Big Foot fell to 2-10 overall and 0-10 in the RVC with the loss. East Troy continues to lead the […]

Elkhorn area

Lady Elks fall in OT thriller

By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Elkhorn’s Payton Christensen forced overtime with a late basket, but the Elks lost 53-45 at home to Burlington Jan. 19 in a Southern Lakes Conference girls high school basketball game. Elks coach Jeff Brown said Christensen tied the score at 45-45 with a layup with […]