By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent Bring on the second season. That’s the new goal for the Big Foot girls basketball team, which is set to begin WIAA Division 3 regional play tonight. The Chiefs, who drew the regional’s top seed, take a 17-5 overall record into a 7 p.m. semifinal […]
Sports & Other News
In this week’s Times/Reporter…
The Feb. 23 Times/Reporter includes the following: • Photos from local flooding as a result of warm temperatures early in the week • The Fontana Joint 8 School District seeks answers to declining enrollment • Coverage from the Geneva Lake Arts Foundation’s Winter Art Show at Pier 290 in Williams […]
Area roads flooded early this week
The warm temperatures early this week caused flooding in several areas in Walworth as the large amounts of snow on the ground melted including on Howard Street (above) as a village truck makes its way through a high water area. (Penny Gruetzmacher photo)
In this week’s Independent…
Features in the Feb. 22 Elkhorn Independent include: • The city gets the ball rolling on moving to a full-time fire department, a process expected to take a couple of years with a tentative plan to move to referendum in 2020; • Elkhorn Area High School is hosting a series […]
Whippets split 2 leading into playoffs
Playoffs start Friday night By Troy Sparks CORRESPONDENT Now that the regular season is over, the Whitewater girls’ basketball team can focus on the postseason. Before the regular season came to a close though, the Whippets split their last two Rock Valley Conference regular season games last week and ended […]
Wrestlers DuVal, Gamble to compete at state
By Troy Sparks SLN CORRESPONDENT Jimmy DuVal will make a trip to the state wrestling tournament for the second straight year and senior Tyler Gamble will join him. The tournament will take place at the Kohl Center in Madison Feb. 22 through 24. DuVal punched his ticket in the 189-pound […]
School Board postpones decision on Chester Byrnes
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Community Schools Board of Education delayed its decision the fate of Chester Byrnes building until Monday. The board has been in discussion on three separate offers to purchase the building for months and had planned on making a decision at Monday night’s […]
UPDATED: Resident found dead in home ravaged by fire
Cause and origin of fire remains under investigation, authorities report Authorities confirmed a person living in the home that was ravaged by fire in the Town of Spring Prairie Friday morning was found dead inside. The name of the victim has not been released. “The fire was extinguished quickly and […]
Celebrating courage and determination
VIP Services honors clients, community partners By Heather Ruenz Staff writer The bitter cold didn’t stop nearly 200 people from gathering at Evergreen Golf Club on Feb. 1. There was a celebration to be had, that of VIP Services’ 33rd annual recognition dinner. The event is an opportunity for the […]
Whitewater Rotarians updated on honors program, Fairhaven
Also hear speech from Rotarian about experience at Chevrolet By Tom Ganser SLN correspondent In a trio of recent meetings, members of the Whitewater Rotary Club rode aboard a virtual time machine from the early 1950s to the near future. On Jan. 23, former Whitewater Rotary Club member Paul Hulick […]
