Freshman beats qualifying time, finishes 37th amongst 152 others By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Big Foot boys and girls cross country coach Tim Collins had fairly reasonable expectation for freshman Zanzie Demco prior to last weekend’s WIAA Division 2 State Meet. And by the end, Demco not only met the goal, […]
Author: Tracy Ouellette
Lady Elks take fourth at conference
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls swimming team finished in the top half Nov. 1 at the Southern Lakes Conference swim meet at Lake Geneva Badger High School. The Elks finished fourth with 270.5 points. Badger won the meet with 534 points. Burlington Combined finished second […]
Mair magnificent at state
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Elkhorn Area High School’s Tay Mair ran one second off her best time of the season Saturday in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 State Cross Country Championships at The Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. Mair finished 106th in a field of 185 runners. […]
Whitewater man dies in crash on Highway 20 in East Troy
A 36-year-old Whitewater man is dead after a head-on collision on Highway 20 in East Troy early this morning. According to a press release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office, Titus J. Greenwood was eastbound on Highway 20 when his 2011 Honda Insight crossed the centerline and entered the westbound […]
Heartbreaker for girls volleyball team
East Troy falls to Catholic Memorial in sectional semifinal By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Last week’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 sectional volleyball semifinal at Catholic Memorial had all the makings of an instant classic. And in many ways, the matchup of the state’s top-two ranked teams definitely lived up […]
‘We’re off to see the Wizard!’
Drama Club presents ‘The Wizard of Oz’ this weekend By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy High School Drama Club is presenting “The Wizard of Oz” this weekend. “It’s the 75th anniversary of the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie and that’s why we chose to do it,” co-director Deb Williamson […]
Voters say no to referendum, again
Result sends officials back to the drawing board By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Community School District facility needs referendum was voted down Tuesday by 406 votes. Vote totals, according to unofficial results Tuesday, are: No 3,120 Yes 2,714 Turn out was large for the midterm elections and with […]
School Board approves 2014-15 budget
Tax levy to increase 2.5 percent from last year By Kellen Olshefski Editor The Elkhorn Area School District Board of Education voted in favor of adopting its annual budget for the 2014-2015 year at its Monday night meeting. A tax levy of $19,114,649 means taxpayers in the Elkhorn Area School […]
HENRY C. WILLIAMS
Henry Clarence “Hank” Williams, 85, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. Hank graduated High School in East Troy, and was a 1950 graduate of the University of Wisconsin. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy and entered Officers Candidate School. While living in Chicago, Hank’s career brought his […]
Volleyball team advances to sectionals
Trojans take down Whitnall, Elkhorn in regionals By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It’s safe to say that visiting Whitnall may have stunned the East Troy High School volleyball team in the first set of a Division 2 regional final Saturday night. But the defending state champions weren’t about to let that […]
