By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger tennis team won four events last week including two sweeps of every match played. The Badgers defeated Wilmot 7-0 on Apr. 23. Picking up wins were Mason Sniatynski (6-0, 6-0), Jake Bethel (6-3, 6-1), Colin Ring (6-4, 6-2), Giani Maniscolco (6-0, 6-2), Graham […]
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Top five finish for Elks at third SLC Major
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Nolan Shirk tied for eighth with a 79 and the Elkhorn Area High School boys golf team came in fifth April 23 in the third Southern Lakes Conference Major of the season, which took place at Delbrook Golf Course in Delavan. The Elks finished seventh April […]
Broncos get the best of the Comets
DDHS plans to change lineup to try and spark offense By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien baseball team lost home and away games with Union Grove last week. The Comets also lost a tough non-conference game at Big Foot. The Comets hosted Union Grove on April 23 and lost […]
Delavan Common Council considers sidewalk policy
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan Common Council tabled a decision on whether to levy special assessments against property owners along two blocks of Geneva Street at its April 16 meeting and asked the Public Works Committee to assess the city’s current sidewalk policy. Geneva Street will be reconstructed […]
Team effort leads to success
EAHS cheer squad recruits football players By Cathy Kozlowicz Correspondent When members of the Elkhorn Area High School cheer team recruited some football players, senior defensive end Clayton Fuller was a little bit intrigued. He said he thought tumbling would be cool to try but honestly, he and the other […]
Police investigating early morning drive-by shooting in East Troy
The Village of East Troy Police Department is investigating a drive-by shooting that took place in the Brookstone subdivision. “No one was injured,” Police Chief Jeremy Swendrowski said. According to a press release from Swendrowski, police were called to the subdivision just after 1:20 a.m. this morning for a report […]
Bridge maintenance over Highway 12 to include over-night closures next week
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is notifying motorists of upcoming overnight closures along westbound Highway 12 near Lake Geneva in Walworth County. Next week, maintenance crews will finalize repainting a bridge girder on the structure carrying Sheridan Springs Road over Highway 12 westbound. Both lanes of Highway 12 westbound will […]
Elkhorn Council to choose City Hall design firm soon
By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Common Council is expected to decide on a firm to provide City Hall Design Services at a meeting in the near future after holding off last week to gather more information. Councilmembers had previously listened to proposals from four architectural firms at […]
Leading the way on literacy
Effort in Whitewater reaches goal, hopes to continue growing The Whitewater LEADS organization has sponsored the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in the local community. At the beginning of March, 45 percent of children under 5 years of age in the Whitewater area had registered for the DPIL reading program. “When […]
Rotary Club to host golf outing, dinner
The Walworth-Fontana Rotary Club will have its 14th annual golf outing and dinner beginning at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 23 at Abby Springs Golf Course, 1 Country Club Dr., Fontana. Proceeds from the annual golf outing and dinner benefit local student scholarships for Williams Bay, Faith Christian and Big […]
