Fontana School District seeking answers to declining enrollment By Todd Mishler Copy editor Open enrollment has eased the pain, but decreasing numbers of resident students has continued to pick at the scab that apparently won’t heal anytime soon for Fontana Joint 8 School District. Declining enrollments have forced officials […]
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Lecture series focuses on Native American culture
By Tom Ganser Correspondent The spring Fairhaven Lecture Series at Fairhaven Senior Services in Whitewater explores historic and contemporary stories, issues and customs from the country’s indigenous peoples. The series is entitled “Native America: People and Places, Past and Present.” Collin Price, a 2006 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater […]
This week in the East Troy News…
The East Troy School Board hears from a concerned parent and district staff about safety concerns at the high school. Read about what happened at Monday night’s board meeting in this week’s edition of the East Troy News/Times. In other news, five individual wrestlers at East Troy High School punched […]
Girls wrap regular season with loss to Brodhead
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Through a half Friday night, the East Troy girls basketball team was in a great position for a Rock Valley Conference victory over visiting Brodhead-Juda. Unfortunately for the Trojans, a collision seven minutes into the second half cost them their best player – and gave the […]
Five wrestlers advance to state tournament
Team ends season at sectionals By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The road to the WIAA Division 2 State Tournament remains wide open for five East Troy wrestlers. And they’ll make that journey to the Kohl Center in Madison this week. Tommy Larson (106), Joe Moede (120), Chase Coleman (160), Jake Dessart […]
Fairest of the Fair promotes joining 4-H
Fairest a UW-Whitewater Student By Ryan Spoehr SLN staff Support, family and a path to a career are all things that Avonlea Odling says were given to her in her 11 years in 4-H. Odling, now the Walworth County Fairest of the Fair, has visited local schools telling students […]
Whitewater boys basketball team controls Big Foot
By Troy Sparks SLN CORRESPONDENT With controlling the tempo of the game and using sound ball movement, the Whippets boys basketball team was able to pick up a conference win against Big Foot Monday. The win also included improved rebounding. “I thought we played intense on the defensive end,” Whitewater […]
Elks swimmers land best state finish in school history
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent There is no doubt the Elkhorn Area High School boys swim team ended its season on a high note. The Elks finished fifth Feb. 16 in the WIAA Division 2 State Meet at the University of Wisconsin Natatorium in Madison. The top-five finish marks the […]
Whitewater dodges bullet with flooding
Palmyra has road closure By Ryan Spoehr SLN STAFF Heavy rain throughout Monday and into Tuesday in Jefferson and Walworth counties left many areas underwater, but the City of Whitewater seemingly didn’t get hit too badly with flooding. “We are in pretty good shape,” said Brad Marquardt, the city’s public […]
Time to get the kids registered for kindergarten
East Troy School District to have registration at Little Prairie The East Troy Community School District is offering pre-registration for 4-year-old and new 5-year-old kindergarten students for the 2018-19 school year. Children who turn 4 or 5, on or before Sept. 1, are eligible to attend pre-registration from 3:15 to […]
