By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Lake Geneva Badger softball team, which lost its first two games of the season, has won six in a row to move into a tie for third place in the Southern Lakes Conference. The Badgers defeated Burlington 9-3 at home on April 16 in […]
Sports & Other News
Elks track team getting better ‘one race at a time’
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys track team won the Jim Church Invitational April 18 at Brodhead High School and Union Grove Quad April 16 at Union Grove High School. The girls finished third at Brodhead and won the Union Grove quad. “Our team just continues […]
Comets soccer team continues to show improvement
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Despite solid efforts, the Delavan-Darien High School girls soccer team remains winless thus far in the spring season but the coach said the team continues to show growth including holding two area teams to ties in recent matches. On April 16 the Comets played Badger at […]
Status of former middle school property discussed
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Twenty years have passed since Whitewater’s former Franklin Middle School building was bulldozed. The status of the vacant parcel was discussed at length at a recent meeting. Members of the Plan and Architectural Review Commission on April 8 heard a status report about the dormant 3-acre […]
Disorderly derby driver enters plea deal
A demolition derby driver who was arrested after causing a disturbance at the 2017 Walworth County Fair pleaded guilty to one of four charges against him. Robert S. Moore, 34, of Lombard, Ill., is scheduled to be sentenced May 24 on a charge of substantial battery, intending bodily harm. He […]
Settlement considered in sexual assault case
A status conference is scheduled for May 3 for a Town of Walworth man charged with having sex multiple times with a now-15-year-old girl when she was 12 and 13 years old. Lawrence C. Hisel Jr., 31, was charged Sept. 12 with repeated sexual assault of a child as a […]
Working together
Tri-Troy Alliance benefits greater East Troy By Cathy Kozlowicz Contributor While it can be somewhat rare for municipalities to get along so well to have regular meetings, share resources and mentor each other, the Tri-Troy Alliance is doing just that. Through the partnership with key leaders and community members for […]
“The Gift of Our Wounds’
Sikh Temple shooting brings two men from different worlds together By Tom Ganser Correspondent On April 7, Arno Michaelis and Pardeep Singh Kaleka opened the First United Methodist Church’s Draw the Circle Wide lecture series with a program titled “The Gift of Our Wounds,” which drew an audience of more […]
Side by Side to host poverty simulation
Nearly 13,000 Walworth County residents, or 12.8%, live in poverty every day according to the 2008-2012 American Community Survey, which can be found at apl.wisc.edu/resources. Many more have incomes above the poverty line, but their incomes are still low enough to qualify for programs like Food Stamps and Medicaid. The […]
Sharon Village President presented with portrait
A local artist who served on the board painted it A portrait of Sharon Village President Mark Ruosch was presented at the first Village of Sharon board meeting following this year’s local spring election. Local artist David Dietrich painted the portrait. During the April 9 election, Ruosch was re-elected as […]
