The Association for Prevention of Family Violence will announce the name of the domestic violence shelter at a Victory Over Violence fundraising dinner at Simple Café on Wednesday. The fundraiser will be Oct. 25 at Simple Café in Lake Geneva with seatings available at 5, 6 and 7 p.m. Dinner […]
Sports & Other News
Chiefs end season with lessons in adversity
Coach Enz: ‘Perspective is key to all we come up against’ By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent While it was fleeting at best, the Big Foot football team opened last Friday night’s regular-season finale against visiting Evansville-Albany with a faint hope of a playoff berth. It didn’t take long for the […]
Help out for the holidays
East Troy’s annual gift collection underway By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Holiday Help of East Troy is celebrating its fourth year this season and are collecting donations. “There’s a variety of ways people can help,” coordinator Marolyn Komperud said. “This year we’re doing something new and are accepting monetary donations […]
Football team battles elements at Clinton
By Troy Sparks Correspondent It wasn’t the greatest day for Whitewater to play a football game with rain lasting all night in their game against Clinton, a game in which the Whippets had a tough time adjusting to a muddy and slick field. The undefeated Cougars were playing […]
Audubon Society to learn about Horicon Marsh
The Lakeland Audubon Society will meet Tuesday, Oct. 24 for a meeting about the history and ecology of Horicon Marsh. Formed by the glaciers of the last Ice Age, Horicon Marsh was a hunting ground for Native Americans for more than 10,000 years. However, in the past 150 years, this […]
City of Elkhorn sets date for budget hearing
Projected mill rate expected to increase slightly By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent At last week’s City of Elkhorn Common Council meeting councilmembers opted in favor of setting a public hearing on the 2018 budget for 6 p.m., Monday, Nov. 13 at City Hall. During his report Oct. 16, City Administrator Sam […]
Big Foot students National Merit semifinalists
Big Foot High School seniors Isabel Kinerk and Alexander Laing are among 16,000 semifinalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. The National Merit Scholarship Corp. recently announced the names the semifinalists in the 63rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to […]
Fixing the road
DOT planning repairs to Highway 20 in village By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Wisconsin Department of Transportation Program Engineer Tom Longton told the East Troy Village Board the DOT is making the repair work on the section of Highway 20 in the village a priority at Monday night’s meeting. Longton […]
Touched by a Paw displaced by fire
By Ryan Spoehr SLN STAFF After a fire next to the Touched by a Paw cat shelter earlier this month, operations have been moved to smaller quarters. The cats, aside from a few that are still being treated at a local veterinary hospital, are being housed in a much […]
Medplast, Frank’s help hurricane victims
Local company, grocery store collect items for Puerto Rico By Heather Ruenz SLN staff Medplast of Elkhorn, a custom rubber molding manufacturer in the medical device industry, has teamed up with Frank’s Piggly Wiggly to help the victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. “Medplast has a sister company in […]
