By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With months to go before the Whitewater Aquatics Center undergoes a change in management structure, a new staffer with fitness-related expertise is being brought into the fold. Debbie Oas, whose background includes a role with the Geneva Lakes YMCA, has been named WAC’s new aquatic and […]
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WHS athletes guest speakers at Rotary meeting
By Tom Ganser Correspondent On April 5, members of the Whitewater Rotary Club were charmed by three Whitewater High School athletes whose accomplishments during the recent winter sports season was one for their personal record book as well as Whitewater High School. “This past winter sports season was actually a […]
Downtown Whitewater director recaps first month
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With a new staffer at the helm of the organization, several innovative and tried-and-true activities are on tap within the Downtown Whitewater Inc. organization as the year progresses. Courtney Nelson assumed the role of Downtown Whitewater’s executive director in early March, succeeding Tamara Brodnicki. At a […]
Council urges County Board to look long-term at fire, EMS
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent As city officials look to strength their relationship with the volunteer-driven Whitewater Fire Department Inc. into the future, attention is simultaneously being directed toward a countywide cooperative effort. The Common Council on April 7 adopted a resolution that urged members of the Walworth County Board to […]
Planting for the future
Sarah Lee and Rachel Berry (back), of US Cellular, speak to fourth and fifth grade students from Mr. and Mrs. Meinel’s classes at Washington Elementary School April 18 prior to handing out white spruce seedlings to the students and encouraging them to plant the trees in honor […]
Elkhorn woman charged with stealing $17,000 from softball team
An Elkhorn woman was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on a charge of spending nearly $17,000 of her softball team’s money. Dana M. Williams, 45, was charged March 9 in Walworth County Circuit Court with theft in a business setting of more than $10,000. According to the criminal complaint, […]
District breaks ground for new school
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Community School District broke ground on it new elementary school Friday afternoon. The new school, which will house students in kindergarten through second grade is being built next the Prairie View Elementary on the corner of Highway ES and Townline Road. The […]
Man charged after altercation with girlfriend
An East Troy man is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on three felony and four misdemeanor charges resulting from a domestic altercation with his live-in girlfriend. Zachary T. Coggon, 21, was charged April 1 in Walworth County Circuit Court with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, false imprisonment, battery to public officers, […]
Walworth man charged with repeated sexual assault of a child
By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff A 35-year-old Walworth man has been charged with sexually assaulting a now 10-year-old girl on multiple occasions in 2014. Jose A. Vergara-Posada was charged April 14 with one count of first degree repeated sexual assault of a child younger than 13 and one count of […]
Community bids farewell to one of its own
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Family, friends and East Troy community members gathered at St. Paul’s Evangelical Church Monday to say goodbye to local World War II veteran Ernest Recknagel. “Ernie,” as he was called, died April 12 at the age of 94. The husband, father and grandfather was a […]
