By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School girls basketball team suffered its first loss of the season in a non-conference match-up with Kenosha Tremper in Kenosha on Nov. 20. The game was much closer than the final score indicated. Tremper won the game 67-52, but the Badgers were […]
Sports & Other News
After banner year, Elks raise expectations
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Expectations are high for Elkhorn this season, a point on which coach Josh Skatrud is abundantly clear. Elkhorn is in its fifth season under Skatrud, and enjoyed one of the program’s better seasons in recent memory last year. The Elks advanced to the WIAA Division […]
Lady Comets expect to at least double last year’s win total
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent In 2017, the Delavan-Darien High School girls basketball team finished with a 2-19 overall record. The Comets lost in their first game of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament, and it was head coach Marty Speth’s first season. Now, in 2018, Speth expects his team to […]
UW-W students continue efforts to help local brain injury survivor
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater alum and longtime local resident Thomas Hapka has been receiving a lot of help from the newest generation of students from his alma mater. Hapka suffered a life-threatening brain injury when an artery in his neck was torn. Nearly three days passed and Hapka almost died before […]
Community Guide photo contest deadline extended
East Troy area residents are invited to enter the annual Community Guide Cover Photo Contest. The entry deadline for the contest has been extended to Dec. 3. The overall best of the photos will appear on the cover of the East Troy Times 2019 Community Guide and the top picks […]
Lakeland to host Love Lite ceremony
Aurora Lakeland Medical Center volunteers will host the 31st annual Love Lite program in early December but the deadline to purchase lights is next week. The program will be held at 4 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018 in the main entrance lobby of the hospital at W3985 Highway NN, Elkhorn. […]
Elkhorn tax rate to fall 2 percent
Council unanimously approves 2019 budget, tax levy By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted 5-0 in favor of adopting its 2019 budget and tax levy at its Nov. 19 meeting. The 2019 budget calls for a $5.51 million tax levy, with a tax rate of about […]
Agape House announces opening of boys program
By Heather Ruenz SLN Staff They say boys are resilient – able to become strong, healthy and successful after something bad happens. But when the bad continues to invade their hearts and minds, they may need help and find themselves at the Agape Home and School for Boys in Walworth, […]
Whippets look to new starting lineup
By Daniel Schoettler Sports Correspondent After losing its starting lineup to graduation, the Whitewater High School boys basketball team will depend on its size to begin the 2018 season. The Whippets finished sixth in the Rock Valley Conference a season ago with an 8-10 record in league play and an […]
Chiefs girls basketball team welcomes (almost) new coach
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent After a year away, Mike Dowden is right back where it all started. The former Big Foot standout who was the head varsity girls basketball coach for one season six years ago is back at the helm in 2018-19. And to say he’s glad to be […]
