Improvement is building ‘a team force’ coach says By Dan Truttschel Correspondent There was plenty to like from the Big Foot boys basketball team’s road effort last week at Clinton. And moving forward, now the Chiefs look to build on that momentum. Big Foot raced out to a commanding 52-25 […]
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Badger girls basketball makes a comeback
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Lake Geneva Badger girls basketball team rebounded from a tough loss at Waterford on Jan. 18 with two easy wins last week to improve to 12-5 (7-2 Southern Lakes Conference) on the season. The Badgers traveled to Woodstock on Jan. 21 for a non-conference […]
Leaving their mark
The Elkhorn Area High School gymnastics team recently made it in the school’s history books by breaking the school record with a score of 139.375 against Jefferson, beating the previous scoring record for EAHS of 137.9. Team members include, from the left (front) Brianna Taylor, Becca Wheeler, Tapanga Summerville, […]
Comet wrestlers take winning record into tourney
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Delavan-Darien High School’s wrestling team competed in its first meet in 12 days last week – a dual on the road against Waterford. Head coach Diego Avila said that the stretch without official competition might have contributed to the struggles the Comets experienced on the mat […]
Grant would help pay for Big Foot Creek study
The Geneva Lake Environmental Agency has applied for a Small-Scale Lake Planning Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource to cost share in the Big Foot Creek watershed study. The study will involve sampling Big Foot Creek at several location to better understand and ultimately abate some of the […]
Healey’s ice fishing jamboree set for Feb. 9
Fundraiser to benefit local families facing crisis Mother Nature has cooperated and the Healey Bait Shop jamboree has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9, on Lake Beulah in East Troy. The fundraiser will run from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. with sign in starting at 4:30 a.m. at Lindey’s on […]
Delbrook receives $1.7 million bequest
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Delbrook Golf Course received a $1.7 million be-quest on behalf of Earl, Charlotte and Pat A. Nelson last week. Patricia Lane Smith, a cousin of Pat Nelson, presented the donation to the Delavan Common Council on Jan. 15. Smith said Nelson passed away on June […]
60 years of growth, innovation
Generac kicks off year of anniversary activities In 1959, with just five employees in a barn in Wales, Robert D. Kern began manufacturing generators based upon his own unique designs. Sixty years later, the company he founded — Generac Power Systems — is a leading, diversified global supplier of backup […]
Libraries team up for current events program
UW-Whitewater professor to discuss Electoral College Four area libraries will present Dr. Eric Loepp, of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, in a current events conversation at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7, in the Fireside Room at The Ridge Hotel, W4240 Highway 50, Lake Geneva. In two of the last five […]
Propelling students toward their path
Alternative High School a last chance for some, the beginning for others By Cathy Kozlowicz Correspondent Before Kelly Gleason enrolled at Walworth County Education Alternative High School, she was failing nearly all of her sophomore classes and did not fit in with the traditional high school setting. Now, she has […]
