At the Wisconsin Association of Free and Charitable Clinics’ Safety Net gala, two legislators and health systems were honored as supporters and champions of safety-net clinics. Aurora Health System and Upland Hills Health were selected as partners of the year for free and charitable clinics, and state Reps. Amy Loudenbeck […]

Money to be used to enhance robotics program The Sharon Community School District was selected to receive a $10,000 grant for LEGO Mindstorms Robotics through America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund recently. “Growing the next generation is very important to farmers, and they realize that you […]

Three Big Foot High School students recently made Big Foot High School proud, placing at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., last weekend, according to a post to the high school’s Facebook page. Big Foot High School’s Amelia Hayden placed first in the nation in Food Products and Processing […]

The fleet leaves the start marks on choppy water carried by 25 mph winds for the first leg of the first of 10 races at last weekend’s M 24 U.S. National Championship Regatta on Geneva Lake. The Regatta ran from Oct. 7 through Oct. 9. (Jim Frost photo)

By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The first item on the Big Foot volleyball team’s to-do list at the start of the year was to make a run at another Rock Valley Conference title. Mission accomplished. The Chiefs clinched at least a share of their eighth RVC crown with a 25-14, 25-16, […]

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 30 for a Walworth man charged with touching a 10-year-old girl’s mouth with his penis. David J. Baker, 47, was charged Aug. 16 in Walworth County Circuit Court with first-degree sexual assault of a child and exposing his genitals. According to the criminal […]

Quinn Burrough, 4, from Williams Bay, takes some time to kick back and enjoy an ear of sweet corn at the annual Williams Bay Lions Club Corn and Brat Festival last weekend. The event was held Friday through Sunday in Williams Bay’s Edgewater Park and featured corn, brats, beer, a […]

Members of Lake Geneva club to compete in Inland Lake Yachting Association championship Top U.S. yacht racers will compete Aug. 17 to 21 in the second of three consecutive Inland Lake Yachting Association annual championships on Geneva Lake. More than 250 Class A, E, C and MC Scow design yachts […]

Jim Pauly (left) and Bob Madden cut lobsters in preparation for the Big Foot Lion’s Club’s 33rd annual Lobster Boil and Steak Fry July 31 in Fontana’s Reid Park. About 1,800-pounds of lobster were prepared for those who purchased tickets. The annual lobster boil was started in 1983 and the […]

Big Foot Lion’s Club lobster boil set for July 30 The Big Foot Lion’s Club will host its 33rd Annual Lobster Boil and Steak Fry from noon to 11:30 p.m. on July 30 in Fontana’s Reid Park on the lakefront. Lion Andy Pearce described the event as the area’s most […]