Local man spends a week on aircraft carrier By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Daniel Donegan, of East Troy, recently had the opportunity to spend a week aboard the USS Makin Island, a U.S. Navy LHD-8 aircraft carrier. Donegan’s son is U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Oscar Donegan, who was stationed on […]
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EAHS student named AXA Achiever
Phillip Meersman, a senior at Elkhorn Area High School, was recently named an AXA Achiever, for “demonstrating exemplary leadership skills and a commitment to making a positive contribution to the world,” a press release from AXA states. AXA, a financial protection and retirement industry leader, awarded scholarships to more than […]
Special induction
Students from Big Foot Union High School are inducted as new members of the National Honor Society May 21 in a ceremony at George Williams College. They were selected by the chapter’s faculty council for meeting high standards of scholarship, service, leadership and character. BFHS students inducted were: Linda Alcozer, […]
Sons charged with fleeing police, mom charged with harboring them
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Two East Troy men are charged with two felony counts and two misdemeanor counts stemming from a May 5 incident that started as a traffic stop. Their mother is charged with harboring them after they fled police. Zachary T. Coggon, 22, was charged May 26 […]
Man appears on homicide charge
By Vicky Wedig SLN staff A Janesville man was scheduled to appear in court May 30 on charges that he supplied the heroin that caused the overdose death of a man in Elkhorn. Jason A. Wedell, 34, pleaded not guilty Feb. 21 in Walworth County Circuit Court to first-degree reckless […]
Never forget
From the top: members of Moser Ortmann Legion Post 130, Sharon, march along the parade of flags at Oakwood Cemetery for last week’s Memorial Day service; the Calvary Community Church choir performs at a ceremony in Edgewater Park in Williams Bay; Tatianna Brawdy, the daughter of Post 102 Legionnaires Nathan […]
In memory
From the top: members of VFW Post 6375, Elkhorn, lead the Memorial Day parade through downtown; Elkhorn Area High School choir members sing during the program at Veterans Park on the lawn of the Walworth County Government Center; VFW Post 6375 member Michael Morgan gives a speech.
Jury finds man guilty in shooting, robbery
Sentencing set for Sept. 6 for one of four men charged in case By Vicky Wedig SLN Staff A Walworth County jury found a Milwaukee man guilty last week on all four felony counts against him in connection with a Town of Troy shooting and robbery in 2014. Jeremy L. […]
Village utilities subject of financial planning workshop
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Village Board adjourned to a Committee of the Whole meeting at the May 22 board meeting to listen to a financial presentation from Ehlers Inc. representative Jon Cameron. It was the third of four planned workshops with Ehlers dealing with long-term financial […]
Three area students die in fiery crash
Two Burlington High School students and a recent graduate of the school were killed Sunday when the car they were in collided with a tree and burst into flames in the Town of Lyons, according to officials with the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department. Driver Jason Davis, 17, and passengers Hunter […]
