The Jan. 18 Elkhorn Independent includes the following: • Read coverage from the Jan. 15 City of Elkhorn Common Council meeting in which council members opted to use new materials for the East Market Street project versus excess materials from the school district’s referendum projects. • Meet the first baby […]
Sports & Other News
Man gets 25 years for killing brother-in-law
Son of former sheriff known as kind, gentle caretaker By Vicky Wedig SLN staff Alan Johnson’s mother hung her head and sobbed as a judge sentenced her son to 25 years in prison on Jan. 12 for killing his brother-in-law in Whitewater in 2016. On the opposite side of the […]
DuVal notches 100th career win on the mat
By Troy Sparks Correspondent At 182 pounds, Whippet senior wrestler Jimmy DuVal earned his 100th career win in the first Rock Valley Conference Dual Tournament. The win came in his second of his five matches, all of which he won, at the tournament on Jan. 13. Duval wrestled at 182 […]
City’s District 2 seat open
By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn is seeking interested parties to fill the aldermanic seat for District 2 on the Common Council. Alderman Michael Kluck, who has held the seat for nearly the past three years, is moving from the district and has officially resigned from his seat […]
Boys bounce back
Trojans follow tough loss with decisive win over Brodhead By Dan Truttschel Correspondent When the East Troy High School boys basketball team hosted Brodhead last Thursday, it was a chance for the Trojans to show it could bounce back from disappointment. It didn’t take long to see they were right […]
Restoring the prairie
Area families committed to preserving their fen By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Two families who live on the Pickerel Lake Fen in the East Troy area are working hard to restore the land to its pre-settlement condition and recently donated large property easements to a land conservation organization to ensure […]
Village approves stipend for new commission
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Darien Village Board on Monday approved a resolution amending the 2018 budget to allow paying a stipend to the appointed commissioners of the newly created Joint Commission of Fire and EMS Commissioners. The board approved the appointment of Randy Wutke, Alice Davis, Charlie Scott, […]
Welcome to the world
Area hospital announces first baby of the year By Heather Ruenz SLN staff Though Libby Walbrandt and her fiancé, Klint Grover, liked the name Aurora several years ago, they were able to make it official early in the morning Jan. 1 when their daughter was born at Aurora Lakeland Medical […]
Professor to discuss managing deer population
Don Waller, a professor in the Botany Department at the Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, will present “Deer Management: Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?” at 7 p.m. Jan. 23 at the Lions Field House, 310 Elkhorn Rd., Williams Bay. After almost disappearing from many parts […]
Help restore former Chapman Hills Girl Scout Camp
Join the Nature Conservancy from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 20, for its first volunteer work day to begin restoration at the former Chapman Hills Girl Scout Camp, the newest segment of the conservancy’s Crooked Creek Preserve northwest of East Troy. The conservancy recently acquired the 107-acre former […]
