Community steps up to help residents of Genoa City apartment building By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Investigators believe an errant cigarette butt caused a five-alarm blaze and displaced 12 people in the Village of Genoa City on Jan. 5. The fire, according to Genoa City Fire Chief Jeff Schalow, resulted […]
Sports & Other News
Path forward remains tough for PEASD
State panel says no to dissolving financially strapped district By Todd Mishler Copy Editor What now? That’s one of the questions that residents in the Palmyra-Eagle Area School District have been asking ad nauseam since April 2019, when voters resoundingly shot down a four-year, nonrecurring spending referendum. And local officials […]
Counting the homeless
Point in Time Count to be conducted Jan. 22 and 23 A Point in Time Count is an unduplicated count of people experiencing homelessness during a designated one-night period that takes place across the nation. Wisconsin conducts this count twice per year; once in January and once in July. The […]
Chiefs get first two wins of the season
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The Big Foot boys basketball team threw the monkey off its back last week with its first victory of the season over visiting Clinton. Three days later, the Chiefs started a streak. Big Foot outlasted visiting Williams Bay in overtime Monday night for a 72-68 non-conference […]
Forgot your flu shot? It’s not too late!
Free flu shots available in Elkhorn In an effort to help protect the community from influenza, Walworth County Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health will host a walk-in clinic offering free flu vaccines from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, at the Health and Human Services building, […]
Taylor takes 4th
Elkhorn’s Aaron Taylor, shown in a meet earlier this season, finished fourth in the 170-pound weight class at the Port Washington Wrestling tournament last weekend. The Elks finished eighth out of 17 teams. See more EAHS sports in the Independent. (Bob Mischka photo)
The heart of a champion
Area woman and rescue dog show amazing agility By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff When people go to a dog shelter to adopt a dog, most of them will have a plan in their mind. They will know who will be on poop pick-up duty, when they will need to hire […]
Special remembrance
Whitewater officials plan zoning tweaks for ‘pocket neighborhoods’
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A zoning designation could be created as 2020 unfolds to help foster a new trend in single-family housing, a Whitewater official confirmed recently. Chris Munz-Pritchard, neighborhood services director and city planner, said she is in the early stages of looking into creating an overlay district in […]
Agape homes a place for teens to heal
Recent open house offered tours, bazaar and holiday treats By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer The Agape homes and schools for boys and girls in Walworth held a holiday open house recently as a way to offer tours of both homes, as well as allowing guests to shop a gift bazaar, […]
