Annual toy drive collecting toys for local children has served more than 80 families during past four years By Kellen Olshefski Editor In the true spirit of the holiday season the Village of Sharon Police Department is again hosting its annual Christmas Toy Drive to benefit area families. The toy […]
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Water rates may increase 3 percent
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Whitewater residents could experience a 3-percent water rate increase early next year as part of a plan floated recently by city officials. Finance Director Doug Saubert came before the Common Council on Dec. 1 with details of the water utility’s so-called simplified rate case, or SRC, […]
Bids for high school improvements come in under budget
By Tracy Ouellette Editor The first phase of bidding on the East Troy School District’s referendum projects wrapped up in October, and pending a final review, the bids were about $800,000 less than the allocated $7.5 million for the additions and renovations at the high school, School Board President Ted […]
Badger ag teacher selected for educator award
Candice Franks, agricultural educator at Badger High School in Lake Geneva, is one of six individuals nationwide who received the Agriscience Teacher of the Year Award, given at the National Association of Agricultural Educators annual convention in New Orleans on Nov. 19. The National Agriscience Teacher of the Year award […]
Author wants to find out what he doesn’t know
Area residents asked for information about Wright-designed home and its first owner By Vicky Wedig Editor An area author is leaving no stone unturned to learn as much about the original resident of Penwern, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed estate on Delavan Lake, before putting to bed a book about the […]
Fourteen displaced in Nov. 20 fire
Two-story apartment complex damaged after fire started in basement By Kellen Olshefski Editor Seven families, totaling 14 people, are picking up the pieces after a Nov. 20 fire at their apartment complex on Hartwell Street left them searching for temporary homes. Elkhorn Fire Chief Rod Smith said the Nov. 20 […]
Changing hands
Group aims to take Sophos, turn it into community-driven resource for area children By Kellen Olshefski Editor Southern Lakes Evangelical Free Church’s community outreach youth center Sophos will soon be going through some changes that like-minded community members hope will make it an even greater resource for the children of […]
Candidates for city positions able to circulate nomination papers
Parties interested in running for an elected position on the City of Elkhorn Common Council and Elkhorn Area School District Board of Education were able to begin circulating nomination papers on Dec. 1. Aldermanic districts up for election in the April 2016 election include District 3, held by Bruce Lechner, […]
Spring election process underway
Candidates able to circulate nomination papers as of Dec. 1 By Kellen Olshefski Editor Parties interested in running for an elected position in the villages of Walworth, Sharon, Fontana and Williams Bay were able to begin circulating nomination papers on Tuesday. In the Village of Walworth, the seats of Village […]
Warm holiday welcome
Santa and Mrs. Claus enjoy unseasonably warm temperatures while riding in their sleigh for Whitewater’s annual Christmas parade Dec. 5
