Complete news coverage of Walworth County from Southern Lakes Newspapers
Friday, May 3, 2024
Stories featured in this week’s Whitewater Register include: – Legendary Warhawks football coach Lance Leipold will take his spot in Wisconsin Football Coaches Hall of Fame – The next Whitewater police chief looks ahead to starting new role – Former UW-Whitewater flute and clarinet professor receives lifetime achievement award – […]
A Walworth candidates forum will be held 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, March 22 in the meeting room at Walworth Memorial Library, 525 Kenosha St. Candidates running for the Walworth Village Board, Big Foot High School Board and the Walworth Jt.#1 School Board in the April 3 spring election have […]
Members of the Lauderdale-LaGrange Fire and Rescue Department are honored Feb. 25, in conjunction with Firefighter and EMT Appreciation Day, at LaGrange United Methodist Church, (front, left to right) John Duerst, Kim Dama, Mel Taylor, Frank Taylor, Chris Dunham, (back) Pete Koss, Steve Taylor, Steve Smith and Eric Taylor. The […]
Big Foot High School students remember school shooting victims By Heather Ruenz SLN staff Students at Big Foot High School and schools throughout the entire country took part in a 17-minute walkout Wednesday morning at 10 a.m., one month after 17 people were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory […]
In an effort to get city officials more accustomed to meeting requirements for a community development block grant, the Common Council has approved entering an agreement with an organization that specializes in reporting necessary for the grant. The city received $500,000 in funds via a CDGB grant for a construction […]
March 21 fundraiser an opportunity for community to support efforts By Heather Ruenz SLN staff More than 15 years ago, a group of people from the Elkhorn community came together to discuss the needs of residents and realized some critical necessities were not being met. “It was challenging for local […]
The Chapel on the Hill is presenting “The Living Passion,” an uplifting musical rendition of Christ’s last week of life, crucifixion and resurrection. The combination of music and story, which opened last night, will also be performed at the Chapel’s Christian Arts Centre tonight and tomorrow as well as March […]
Deborah Blackwell, the founder and director of Whitewater’s Studio 84, has won the Jefferson Award for public service for her work at the studio. Studio 84 is a non-profit art studio, gallery and gift shop that specializes in the creative and vocational development of people with disabilities. Studio 84, 121 […]
The March 16 issue of the Times/Reporter includes coverage of the following: • Big Foot High School students remember school shooting victims in a ceremony held in the commons at the high school Wednesday morning, spreading a message of being kind to each other; • Chapel on the Hill is […]
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy School Board received an update on the demolition timeline for the Chester Byrnes building at Monday night’s meeting. Board member Steve Lambrechts asked for an update during the discussion of “future items” for the board and Business Manager Kathy Zwirgzdas said they […]
