Village Board approve new DPW position, barely By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Village Board approved the hiring of a collections service operator at Monday night’s meeting in a 4-3 vote with board President Randy Timms and trustees Dusty Stanford, Forty Renucci and Fred Douglass voting yes and trustees […]
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Boys capture tourney title
Andrew Slack (left) battles for the ball Monday night against Waterford. The Elks held on for a 1-0 victory. (Aaron Gottschalk photo) Soccer team plays Badger tonight By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys soccer team is responding well to its Sept. 15 loss at home to […]
Running their best on big stage
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Numerous personal bests ruled the day for the Elkhorn Area High School boys and girls cross country teams Sept. 26 at the 78th annual Midwest Invite at Blackhawk Golf Course in Janesville. “It is always exciting running at this meet because of the level of competition […]
Playoff hopes dashed for Elks
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School football team’s dream of a third consecutive berth in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3 playoffs is over. The Elks lost their Homecoming game Sept. 25 27-7 at home to Southern Lakes Conference foe Union Grove. The loss puts the […]
Off with a bang
Committee reviewing fireworks options, looking at another company By Kellen Olshefski Editor In looking to prepare for next year’s July 4 celebrations, the City of Elkhorn Finance and Judicial Committee began reviewing it’s options for fireworks displays Monday evening, meeting with a sales representative from J&M Displays, Inc. Monday’s […]
Chiefs claim victory over Vikings
Team to battle for playoff berth tonight By Dan Truttschel Correspondent In past seasons, a game on the schedule against Parkview meant fairly smooth sailing for the Big Foot football team. That certainly wasn’t the case last week, as the Vikings gave the Chiefs all they could handle. But in […]
Netters bring home conference titles
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The Big Foot-Williams Bay girls tennis team got the tournament run started last week with a fifth-place finish at the RVC Tournament at Whitewater. Whitewater won the team title with 20 points, followed by East Troy with 12, Jefferson and McFarland with 10, Big Foot with […]
Rowbotham farms honored
By Fred Noer Contributor One hundred years of continuous ownership by the Rowbotham family of farm properties in Walworth Township was recognized at the Sept. 24 meeting of the Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot Prairie. The meeting, attended by 75 people, was at the Rowbotham Farms property just […]
Walking the world
Mother raises money for clinical trial to extended quantity and quality of life By Kellen Olshefski Editor A year after her daughter’s death, Lisa Spedale, a resident of Elmhurst, Ill., and seasonal resident of Indian Hills in Fontana, is continuing the fight against Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma and keeping her […]
St. Peter’s to have Fall Festival Oct. 3-4
St. Peter the Apostle Parish, 1975 Beulah Ave., East Troy, will have its annual Fall Festival Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3 and 4. The festival opens Saturday at 6 p.m. with music by the Smooth Blues. The beer tent will open at that time and the corn bag tournament is […]
