Lambrechts in, Zei and Smith three votes apart By Tracy Ouellette Editor Steve Lambrechts has been elected as a member of the East Troy Community School District Board of Education, but who will occupy the other open seat on the board remains to be seen. In Tuesday’s Spring Election incumbent […]
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Irvin L. Young Memorial Library happenings
Keep up to date with what’s happening at the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library, 431 W. Center St., in Whitewater, (262) 473-0530 New in Adult Nonfiction: • “The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age” by Myra MacPherson Victoria Woodhull and Tennessee “Tennie” Claflin-the most fascinating […]
Election results in no local upsets
School referendum fails By Vicky Wedig Editor Tuesday’s election resulted in no upsets in Delavan or Darien. All incumbents retained their seats on the Delavan Common Council, according to these unofficial vote totals Tuesday: Mayor Mel Nieuwenhuis (inc.) 835 Ryan Schroeder 686 District 2 alderman […]
Election results in no upsets, one six-vote win
By Vicky Wedig Editor Tuesday’s election resulted in no upsets but the election of newcomer to an open seat on the Lake Geneva Common Council by six votes. In two contested school board races, incumbents retained their seats. Vote totals, according to unofficial results Tuesday, are: Badger UHS Board […]
Ruosch to assume Sharon Village President seat; voters give BFHS referendum a resounding yes
Unofficial election results for the 2014 April 1 election are now posted on the Walworth County website. For more extensive coverage of the spring election, see this week’s editions of the Walworth/Fontana/Williams Bay Times and Sharon Reporter. Election results for the Village of Sharon races are as follows: President […]
Olson to lead Elkhorn as mayor in 2014-2015 term
Unofficial election results for the 2014 April 1 election are now posted on the Walworth County website, and it appears Brian Olson will be leading the city through the next two years as Elkhorn’s mayor. For more extensive coverage of the spring election, see this week’s edition of the […]
Man, 50, arrested in sex sting
Sheriff says man attempted to meet 15-year-old boy for sex A 50-year-old Walworth County man was in the Racine County Jail Tuesday after being arrested as he allegedly attempted to meet who he thought was a 15-year-old boy for sex. Ronald R. Niehus was arrested recently in an undercover sting […]
Lincoln’s consistent, patient approach to be admired
By Tom Ganser Correspondent Edward Gimbel, an assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, treated an audience of about 60 at Fairhaven’s Fellowship Hall to a thought-provoking lecture, “Lincoln’s Pragmatism: Plotting a Course Between Abolition and States’ Rights.” Gimbel’s talk was the seventh lecture in the Spring […]
Tomorrow is Election Day
The Spring General Election is Tuesday, April 1. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The big election in the area is the East Troy Community School District Board of Education with three candidates – Mike Zei (inc.), Chris Smith and Steve Lambrechts on the ballot for the […]
Lots of clowning around
New clown classes set for April 12 in Whitewater By Tom Ganser Correspondent About a dozen residents of The Glen in Whitewater got into the Mardi Gras mood March 2 thanks to a visit by four “Rookie Clowns” participating in the Whitewater First United Methodist Church’s “Clown Ministry” under the […]
