By Vanessa Lenz SLN Staff City of Whitewater voters hit the polls on Election Day to weigh in on a controversial Supreme Court decision. The message sent by locals on April 2 strongly supported the Move to Amend movement that says corporations – nonprofits and for-profit enterprises – should not […]
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DOROTHY K. BARKER
Dorothy Katherine Barker was born on Jan. 18, 1921 to Adolf and Julia (Stang) Tober. She has found peace Monday, April 1, 2013 at the age of 92. She was the sixth daughter in a family of girls. The family lived in Spring Prairie Township in Walworth County. Dorothy attended […]
Election results: District 1 write-in race outcome determined
Rehberg triumphant in write-in race for District 1 aldermanic seat With a total of 179 write-in votes cast in the write-in race for the District 1 aldermanic seat, newcomer Hoss Rehberg was triumphant with 102 votes. The race was between incumbent Jerry Anderson – who earlier had filed non-candidacy papers […]
ROSS D. HARMON
Ross D. Harmon, age 73, of East Troy, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, Elkhorn. Ross, who was famous for breaking into song and dance without warning, boogied into this world on September 13, 1939, in Rockford, IL to parents Arthur Harmon and Lillie Robinson […]
PATRICIA A. BENNETT
Patricia “Pat” A. Bennett, age 61, passed away at home Saturday March 30, 2013, at 11:11 a.m. of pancreatic cancer. At her side was her loving husband Greg of 32 years, son Ian and daughter-in-law Renee. Pat was a graduate of UW-Milwaukee earning a masters degree in sociology. She was […]
ROSE L. TARRANT
Rose Louisa Tarrant, 101, of Elkhorn, and formerly of Beloit, died Sunday, March 31, 2013, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn. She was born Jan. 10, 1912, in Beloit, the daughter of William F. and Rose A. (O’Neill) Welch. Rose was a 1930 graduate of Beloit High School. She […]
Passion personified
Special needs teacher’s innovation, enthusiasm and dedication is contagious By John Koski SLN Staff When people find a job they love, they can’t imagine doing anything else – and when that happens, the passion they have for their work seems to grow deeper with each passing day. Whitewater’s Jane Beveridge […]
KENNETH MICKELSON
Kenneth Mickelson, age 95, of Whitewater, died on Saturday, March 30, 2013, at the Rainbow Hospice Care Center in Johnson Creek. He was born in Janesville on March 14, 1918, the son of Nels and Leora (Kettle) Mickelson. He married Mary “Lillian” Keeter on Dec. 8, 1938, and she preceded […]
East Troy voters reject referendum again
The second time was not the charm for the East Troy Community School District referendum, according to unofficial results released by the Walworth County Clerk’s office Tuesday night. Seventy-three percent of residents voted no to the referendum, which would have given district the authority to spend $19 million for facility […]
LETTER: East Troy’s facilities are ‘woefully inadequate’ for the arts
I write in support of the proposed referendum, which would support the construction of a new performing arts facility along with a substantial number of necessary additions and improvements to the facilities currently in use in the East Troy School District. As one of many examples of recent students who […]
