By Vicky Wedig SLN Staff A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 24 for a Waterford woman charged with helping her boyfriend rob a bank in East Troy to pay her drug dealers. Azure S. Murray, 29, was charged July 31 in Walworth County Circuit Court with robbery of a […]
Sports & Other News
Trojans open season tonight on the road
Football team returns strong senior team By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The 2018 opener is just days away, but the East Troy High School football team already is garnering some attention for what could happen this season. Now it’s up to the Trojans to put that potential into real results on […]
Lofy Landscaping wins consolation championship in Lake Geneva YMCA softball
Stepping out
Maxwell Street Days was held in downtown Whitewater on Aug. 4. Twenty-plus children, known as Dancing in the Street, performed for dozens of onlookers as part of the Whitewater Parks & Recreation summer program. (Tom Ganser photo)
Construction worker falls 30 feet
A construction worker fell 30 feet while building a church on Bloomfield Road on Aug. 9. At about 1:30 p.m., a worker installing concrete spans at the church east of Highway 120 in Lake Geneva fell. Rescue personnel cared for the patient at the scene and then transported him to […]
Nowhere to go but up
Can youth buck trend, lead Elks to 1st conference win in 3 years? By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School football team has won four games since winning a share of the Southern Lakes Conference title in 2014. A talented group of committed seniors, increased team speed […]
Familiar face to lead new era in Comet football
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School football team begins a new era behind the leadership of a familiar face tonight in a non-conference home match-up with Lodi. D-DHS graduate and physical education and health teacher Hank Johnson has taken over the program. “With the changes in the […]
Poker run to help dive team
Kip & Deb’s Tavern, 184 Park Ave., Sharon, will host Reaper Run on Saturday, Aug. 18 to benefit Darien Crossed Irons Firefighters Association. Proceeds from the event will be used to purchase scuba equipment for the Darien fire and emergency medical services dive and rescue team. The team assists other […]
Big Rig Gig
Family Fun Night at Whitewater’s Cravath Lakefront Park on July 26 featured Big Rig Gig, which included vehicles from the City of Whitewater (front end- loaders, a dump truck and lawn mower), John’s Disposal (garbage trucks), Lowell Trucking (semi-truck cab), Nelson Bus Service (full-size bus), Whitewater Fire Department (ladder […]
On the streets
At the Sharon Farmers Market on Aug. 3, vendors (clockwise from lower left) Joann Burt, looking like a professor behind the container, Rita Ischer (visiting from Las Vegas), Linda DiPiero and Rita Richmond, enjoy each other’s company. The market is held the first and third Fridays from 4 to […]