By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer SkillsUSA is an organization that gets students job ready for careers in the trades, technical education and a variety of businesses and a recent district level event at Elkhorn Area High School offered a friendly competition for area students. “Students come in professional dress attire […]
Author: Heather Perkins
Habitat for Humanity seeks construction leadership
Habitat for Humanity in Walworth County is seeking construction leadership volunteers to join their Construction Committee. Habitat is specifically looking for a Construction Manager who will have the following responsibilities: Oversee the entire building process, including material procurement and coordination of sub-contractors; Create a construction schedule with the site supervisor […]
Taking the stage
At Turtle Creek Elementary School’s Holiday Concert Dec. 19 at Delavan-Darien High School, first grade students send out some holiday cheer. See more photos from the concert in the Jan. 16 Delavan Enterprise. (Courtesy Brian Vissers/DDSD photo)
Five-alarm blaze displaces a dozen
Community steps up to help residents of Genoa City apartment building By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Investigators believe an errant cigarette butt caused a five-alarm blaze and displaced 12 people in the Village of Genoa City on Jan. 5. The fire, according to Genoa City Fire Chief Jeff Schalow, resulted […]
Path forward remains tough for PEASD
State panel says no to dissolving financially strapped district By Todd Mishler Copy Editor What now? That’s one of the questions that residents in the Palmyra-Eagle Area School District have been asking ad nauseam since April 2019, when voters resoundingly shot down a four-year, nonrecurring spending referendum. And local officials […]
Chiefs get first two wins of the season
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The Big Foot boys basketball team threw the monkey off its back last week with its first victory of the season over visiting Clinton. Three days later, the Chiefs started a streak. Big Foot outlasted visiting Williams Bay in overtime Monday night for a 72-68 non-conference […]
Taylor takes 4th
Elkhorn’s Aaron Taylor, shown in a meet earlier this season, finished fourth in the 170-pound weight class at the Port Washington Wrestling tournament last weekend. The Elks finished eighth out of 17 teams. See more EAHS sports in the Independent. (Bob Mischka photo)
Special remembrance
Whitewater officials plan zoning tweaks for ‘pocket neighborhoods’
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A zoning designation could be created as 2020 unfolds to help foster a new trend in single-family housing, a Whitewater official confirmed recently. Chris Munz-Pritchard, neighborhood services director and city planner, said she is in the early stages of looking into creating an overlay district in […]
Agape homes a place for teens to heal
Recent open house offered tours, bazaar and holiday treats By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer The Agape homes and schools for boys and girls in Walworth held a holiday open house recently as a way to offer tours of both homes, as well as allowing guests to shop a gift bazaar, […]
