May your sacrifice never be forgotten As part of the annual Memorial Day observances in East Troy, American Legion Loomis-Martin Post 188 reads off the names of the military men and women who lost their lives in service to the country during the past year. Because of the COVID-19 social […]
Month: May 2020
Waving at the Wildcats
Staff members at West Side Elementary School in Elkhorn welcomed a parade of students and their families last week. The teachers and many of the students making their way around the parking lot at the school held handmade signs to express how much they miss each other. Some of the […]
Drive through the safari park
Wisconsin and Chicagoland’s original safari adventure is now the region’s first and only drive-through safari park. Safari Lake Geneva, which had formerly only allowed guests to tour the park on a guided wagon ride, made the decision to allow customers to drive their own vehicles on newly installed gravel roads. […]
Gaining a new perspective
Whitewater residents participate in ‘Citizen Academy’ By Tom Ganser Correspondent First hand experiences with local police are often limited for most Whitewater residents. Those experiences include seeing officers on patrol – perhaps along a parade route or at Cravath Lakefront Park during Fourth of July activities – or talking with […]
Protecting those most at risk
Area nursing homes battle COVID-19 on the front lines By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff While much is still not known about COVID-19, one of the things medical experts agree on is that the elderly and those with serious pre-existing medical conditions such as heart disease, asthma and diabetes are at […]
Foundation takes ownership of Yerkes
The University of Chicago recently transferred ownership of Yerkes Observatory and related property to the Yerkes Future Foundation. Leaders from the university and foundation discussed terms of the agreement in at a Village of Williams Bay Plan Commission meeting in March. The agreement reflects the commitment of both groups to […]
Rumors fly as new town hall is considered
Petition circulated to hold electors-set annual meeting By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Town Board is looking at constructing a new 17,000 square-foot, $4 million to $4.5 million town hall, but Town Chairman Joe Klarkowski wants the public to know the project is still in the planning stages […]
KAREN MAURINA
Karen L. Maurina, 79, of Lake Geneva, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center. She was born Sept. 15, 1940, in Milwaukee, the daughter of the late Irving and Isabelle (Spalthoff) Hein. Karen was united in marriage to Wayne J. Maurina in 1964. Karen was […]
NICHOLAS JARRETT
Nicholas C. Jarrett, 33, of Darien, passed away on May 20, 2020, in Delavan. He was born in Burlington on Jan. 12, 1987, to Louis and Kathy (Hacka) Jarrett. Nick had worked at Bliss Manufacturing in Darien. He is survived by his parents, Louis and Kathy; three sisters, Fawne […]
GLORIA MOEHRKE
Gloria S. Moehrke, of Delavan, passed away on March 10, 2020, at Sister Saint Mary’s Hospital in Janesville following a short illness. Gloria Ann Stocker Moehrke was born May 29, 1928, to Evelyn and Jacob Stocker in Kenosha. She graduated from Mary D Bradford High School. She met her […]
