By Troy Sparks SLN CORRESPONDENT The Whitewater girls soccer team needed to play defense a little bit longer to earn its second victory of the season in a nonconference home match against Delavan-Darien, but came up a little short. With the Whippets leading 1-0 late in the April 10 contest, […]
Sports & Other News
Gateway Tech to host ‘Celebrate Earth Day’ event
Gateway Technical College will spotlight the environment at its annual “Celebrate Earth Day” event Saturday with fun, hands-on activities for all ages to learn how to be stewards of the environment. The event will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 21 at Gateway’s Elkhorn Campus, 400 County Rd. […]
Opinion: Spring sports, sleet and snow don’t mix
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent This never-ending winter weather is taking its toll on all of us. Looking out my window last weekend was another exercise in deepening my six-month depression. After all, I checked the calendar and Monday was Tax Day, which unless the yearly painful deadline had changed, happens […]
Chiefs soccer team boasts strong roster
By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent The Big Foot-Williams Bay girls soccer team has its sights set on some lofty goals this spring. And it appears the Chiefs have every reason to believe they can reach those. Big Foot returns 10 letterwinners, including six who earned All-Rock Valley Conference honors a […]
New youth soccer program comes to Walworth County
SC Waukesha is pleased to announce that it has created a new satellite program to serve Walworth County and the surrounding areas. The new program, SCW Walworth, has commenced operations and will begin play in the 2018/2019 season. “We are very excited to provide a high-quality, inclusive soccer program for […]
In this week’s Independent…
• Elkhorn Area School District was recently honored as a Project Lead The Way Distinguished District, one of just over 30 districts nationwide to be named as such. Students and staff at several EASD schools along with a parent of three children were interviewed about the difference PLTW has made […]
Student art exhibition today through April 22
An open-house reception will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. April 20 for a high school student art exhibition that will run from April 19 to 22 at Gallery 223, 223 Broad St., Lake Geneva. The Geneva Lake Arts Foundation hosts the exhibit, which features artwork by students from […]
In this week’s Whitewater Register …
In this week’s Whitewater Register, coverage includes the following and more … – Whippet and UW-Whitewater commit overcomes adversity – Man who crashed car, attempted to assault woman gets probation – A warrant has been issued for a 2010 burglary at Kienbaum Iron and Metal
Elkhorn teen competes in local cubing competition
By Heather Ruenz SLN staff David Broga, a sophomore at Elkhorn Area High School, recently competed in a cubing competition held at the Monte Carlo Room. The cubes are like Rubik’s Cubes, but the competitors use other brands of cubes that turn faster and are called speed cubes, David’s mom […]
Area duo in Kids from Wisconsin troupe
Group shining the light on 50th anniversary tour By Heather Ruenz SLN staff Two Elkhorn Area High School students – Zoe Gatz and Nathan Huberty – will tour with Kids from Wisconsin this summer. Students, including singers/dancers and instrumentalists, apply online and prepare a song for an audition in February. […]
