Off the Square Players open radio play, library fundraiser tonight By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The Off the Square Players kick off their fall season with a presentation of the H.G. Wells thriller, “War of the Worlds, the Radio Broadcast,” tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Ivan’s Backstage on the East […]
Month: October 2019
JOHN F. SWENSON
John Freeman Swenson, 59, formerly of Mukwonago, died Sept. 23, 2019, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia. A 1978 graduate of Mukwonago High School, he majored in communications at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and studied photography at Orange Coast College in California. He is survived by his mother, […]
Whippets volleyball struggling without Emme Bullis
By Troy Sparks Correspondent Without junior Emme Bullis, Whitewater’s best all-around player, the Whippets are doing all they can to make it to the home stretch of the regular season. Bullis has been missing from the starting lineup since rolling her ankle in a match at Big Foot on Sept. […]
Chiefs on a roll with third straight win
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Don’t look now, but the Big Foot football team is on the doorstep of a berth in the WIAA playoffs. The Chiefs overcame an early 7-0 deficit last Friday night to pull out a 34-21 Rock Valley Conference victory over visiting McFarland. Big Foot, which won […]
Comets coach proud of his team’s ‘fight’
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien football team gave undefeated Burlington all they could handle for a half on Sept. 27, but fell 28-10 in a game that Coach Hank Johnson said was closer than the score indicated. “We never felt out of the game at any point,” Johnson […]
JERRY SCHOEN
Jerry Schoen, 83, passed away peacefully Aug. 25, 2019, surrounded by family. He was born May 9, 1936, in Caroline, the fourth of six children to the late Leonhart and Amanda Schoen. He attended Caroline Grade School and graduated from Marion High School in 1954. Jerry studied at the Wisconsin […]
Walworth woman charged with prescription fraud
A Walworth woman is accused of stealing prescription credentials from a medical office and fraudulently obtaining painkillers on multiple occasions from a Burlington pharmacy. Amy N. Funderburk, 37, was charged last week in Racine County Circuit Court with four counts of misappropriation of identification information for financial gain, two counts […]
UW-Whitewater staffer fills School Board vacancy
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A graduate of Whitewater High School and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has been chosen to keep a recently vacated seat on the Whitewater Unified School District’s School Board warm through next spring. The six sitting members of WUSD’s School Board selected lifelong Whitewater resident Miguel Aranda […]
Elkhorn traffic signal repair gets green light
By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent During a Committee of the Whole meeting last week, City of Elkhorn aldermen voted in favor of replacing the camera processor and cameras for the traffic signals at the intersection of North Wisconsin and West Market streets, which recently began to function improperly. Public Works Operations […]
Supporting the walk
Walworth County showed its support Sept. 21 when nearly 850 participants turned out to support the 13th annual Walk To End Alzheimer’s at Library Park in Lake Geneva. From the left; To kick things off, Honorary Walk Chair Jackson Akright addresses the crowd as chairs Emily Karls, Josh Spiegelhoff […]
