By Tom Ganser Correspondent More than 50 actors and actresses will hit the Whitewater High School Auditorium stage for the production of “Alice in Wonderland Jr.” A second showing of “Alice in Wonderland will be tonight, April 7, at 7 p.m. Under the direction of band teacher Liz Elliot, the […]
Sports & Other News
Whippets defeat top-ranked Beloit Turner
Softball team receives 13 walks in opener By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Opening up the 2017 season for the Whippet baseball team was an away game at Beloit Turner. The matchup was anticipated as being tough, according to head coach Jim Pease, as Beloit Turner finished 2016 as the No. 3-ranked […]
Fish fry fun
At the March 24 Friday Lenten Fish Fry at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Fontana Alexis Bender (left) takes a break to join the Katie, Laura and Troy Hummel from Walworth. Tonight’s (April 7) fish fry, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the parish, 137 Dewey Ave., […]
‘Big Fish’ to hit the stage at Elkhorn Area HS
By Heather Ruenz Editor The musical “Big Fish,” set to be presented at Elkhorn Area High School this weekend, focuses on Edward Bloom’s extraordinary adventures, tales told to his son Will, according to director Lisa Dettmann-Webb, who is also an English and Speech teacher at the school. “In adulthood, Will […]
Girls track team edges Jefferson by a point
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent At a track meet at home recently against Jefferson, the Whippets boys track team scored just 24 fewer points than Jefferson, but the girls team won by a single point, 68-67. “A number of girls had solid performances,” Whippet head coach John Houwers said after the […]
Seager wins Village Board president seat
Incumbents lost trustee seats Village of East Troy Trustee Scott Seager has unseated Village Board President Randy Timms in today’s Spring Election. According to unofficial results, Seager won the president’s seat with 444 votes to Timms’ 181. In the village trustee race, both incumbents – Fred Douglass (244 votes) and […]
Seager challenges Timms in April 4 election
East Troy Village Board president seat on the ballot By Tracy Ouellette Editor In what has become a hotly contested race, East Troy Village Board President Randy Timms is being challenged by Trustee Scott Seager for his seat on the board. With the candidates on either side of what has […]
Five vie for three open Village Board seats
By Tracy Ouellette Editor The residents in the Village of East Troy will have the opportunity to vote on more than half the board’s makeup in the April 4 Spring Election when the three open trustee seats and the Village Board president’s seat are up for election. Up for re-election […]
On stage at the high school
A Connecticut Yankee is misplaced in time and space By Tracy Ouellette Editor The cast and crew of next weekend’s production of “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” are busy rehearsing and building sets for East Troy High School’s spring play. The play is based off Mark Twain’s […]
Whitewater PD to keep K-9 unit
Search for new dog underway By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After a brief hiatus, the head of the Whitewater Police Department has emphatically stated a reinstatement of the city’s K-9 unit is imminent. Police Chief Lisa Otterbacher said a search is underway for the successor of Boomer, the lab who was […]
