Complete news coverage of Walworth County from Southern Lakes Newspapers
Friday, November 15, 2024
Sugar Creek teen rebuilds boat ramp as Eagle Scout project By Anne Trautner Assistant Editor When Troy Steinfest went out to see Long Lake’s boat landing earlier this year, he helped pull out a truck that had gotten stuck on the steep slope while trying to put a boat in […]
By Kellen Olshefski Editor The City of Elkhorn Common Council approved a task order with Stantec Sept. 15 in looking to get a better understanding of what street projects projected for 2015 might cost the city. Elkhorn’s Municipal Services and Utilities Committee reviewed potential street projects for 2015 Sept. 8, […]
Turnovers and penalties cost Elks the game By Chris Bennett Correspondent One coach’s anguish is another’s joy, and that much is apparent from Elkhorn’s Tom Lee and Wilmot’s Erick Kaiser. “I would love to play them next week,” Elks coach Tom Lee said after Wilmot defeated the Elks, 21-7, Sept. […]
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys soccer team beat a physical, experienced Wilmot squad 2-1 Sept. 18 in a Southern Lakes Conference match at home. “That was the most physical game we’ve played all year,” Elks coach BZ Kayser said. “We’re going to see them in […]
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Elkhorn defeated Grafton in three sets Sept. 20 and finished fifth in the Slinger Invitational at Slinger High School. Elkhorn won the first set 25-22 and lost the second set 25-15. The Elks won the third set 15-11. “Even in the match we won, we did […]
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Fourteen members of the Elkhorn Area High School boys and girls cross country teams finished with personal best times Sept. 18 at the Badger Invitational at Lake Geneva Badger High School. Nine of the Elks’ 13 entries in the boys’ race and five of nine runners […]
By Chris Bennett Correspondent It turned into a day of impressive individual performances from the Elkhorn Area High School girls swimming team Sept. 20 at the Hononegah Invitational. Hononegah Community High School, located in Rockton, Ill., played host to the meet. Rockton is near Rockford. Elks coach Jamie Richardson said […]
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent The Big Foot football team’s impressive Rock Valley Conference win streak is alive and well. And there never was a doubt. Big Foot barely broke a sweat Friday night in its 35-0 win over visiting Palmyra-Eagle. The win improved the Chiefs to 4-1 overall, 2-0 […]
Three-match sweep improves team to 6-2 in conference By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent Things are going just fine these days for the Big Foot-Williams Bay boys soccer. And that success, including wins in all three matches this past week, has the Chiefs in position to bring home the Rock Valley […]
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The Big Foot volleyball team posted a 1-5 overall record at Saturday’s Edgerton Invitational. Big Foot now is 6-15-1 overall and 3-1 in the Rock Valley Conference. The Chiefs trail RVC leader Brodhead, which entered play this week at 3-0. At Edgerton, the Chiefs dropped two-set […]
