Facility applies for permit to operate year-round in Delavan By Vicky Wedig Sln Staff A men’s homeless shelter that travels among host churches in Walworth County and operates six months out of the year is looking to establish a permanent year-round location in Delavan. The Spirit of Hope Homeless Shelter […]
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Making a clean sweep
Whitewater’s Cravath Lake among 8 sites for second annual cleanup effort By Todd Mishler Copy Editor They found footwear, tires and more typical, everyday trash. And don’t forget the parks and recreation sign, which they removed from Spring Brook near Palmer Drive in Janesville. Creative Marketing Unlimited, the University of […]
Project helps beautify downtown Elkhorn
By Heather Ruenz Sln Staff What began as a simple idea – to improve the beautification of downtown Elkhorn – quickly grew into a reality and now, 72 pots can be seen throughout the city boasting flowers and plants. It’s all about making the right connections, according to Stephanie Hansen, […]
Trio represents Big Foot at Badger Girls State
By Penny Gruetzmacher Staff Writer Meghan Dykstra, Molly McEneany and Jaqueline Sanchez represented Big Foot High School at Badger Girls State this summer, at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh campus. A fourth student, Sophia Foster, was also selected, but she went to Japan to study under the Kikkoman Youth for Understanding […]
Man gets drug charge in 2016 shooting by cop
By Vicky Wedig SLN Staff An initial appearance is scheduled for Aug. 23 for a Milwaukee man charged with conspiring to sell drugs in an incident in East Troy in 2016 that resulted in police shooting and killing one of the men with him. Roberto J. Juarez Nieves Jr., 28, […]
Have the kids’ car seats checked out
Lake Geneva Fire Department to host safety event Tuesday Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians will be in Lake Geneva next week as part of the Wisconsin Governor’s Conference on Traffic and Highway Safety, for a Child Passenger Safety Car Seat Check-up Event. Volunteer, certified child passenger safety technicians will be […]
This week in the East Troy News…
The East Troy Community School District’s Board of Education directed administration to put together a list of areas of need in the district from improving programming to funding to help form a community survey designed to find out what the community wants from the schools and what they will support […]
Woman charged for role in East Troy bank heist
By Vicky Wedig SLN Staff A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 24 for a Waterford woman charged with helping her boyfriend rob a bank in East Troy to pay her drug dealers. Azure S. Murray, 29, was charged July 31 in Walworth County Circuit Court with robbery of a […]
Stepping out
Maxwell Street Days was held in downtown Whitewater on Aug. 4. Twenty-plus children, known as Dancing in the Street, performed for dozens of onlookers as part of the Whitewater Parks & Recreation summer program. (Tom Ganser photo)
Construction worker falls 30 feet
A construction worker fell 30 feet while building a church on Bloomfield Road on Aug. 9. At about 1:30 p.m., a worker installing concrete spans at the church east of Highway 120 in Lake Geneva fell. Rescue personnel cared for the patient at the scene and then transported him to […]
