By Ryan Spoehr Staff writer When John Schimming received a letter from the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation earlier this month, he was a bundle of nerves “I saw where it was from. I was kind of nervous. Fortunately, my wife was driving at the time after we picked up the […]
Sports & Other News
Rest stop
Sand hill cranes take a break from their migration flight north near a cornfield and Whitewater Creek south of Whitewater recently. (Bob Mischka photo)
Whippets track and field looking ahead to remainder of 2017 season
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Coming into this season, it will be John Houwers’ eighth as the head man in charge of the Whitewater High School boys and girls track and field teams. Being the head coach for that many years can familiarize one with the program, and Houwers knows exactly […]
Ciriacks, Vukovich make All-RVC first team
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Four members of the East Troy boys basketball team recently earned All-Rock Valley Conference North Division honors. Leading the way were a pair of first-team selections, senior Jonathan Ciriacks and freshman A.J. Vukovich. The Trojans also landed two players –Jared Brehm and Nick Bourdo – on […]
Child porn traced to East Troy home
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer An initial appearance was adjourned until March 24 for a Town of East Troy man charged with having child pornography and marijuana. Bret A. Strong, 53, was charged March 17 in Walworth County Circuit Court with possession of child pornography and delivering marijuana. According to […]
WBHS Drama Club to perform this weekend
‘And Then There Were None’ student-run and directed By Penny Gruetzmacher Correspondent The Williams Bay High School Drama Club, which is student-run and student-directed, will bring the play “And Then There Were None” to the stage tonight and Saturday. The play, by Agatha Christie, is co-directed by Sophie Gumble, club […]
Council votes to retain real estate broker
City leaders pleased with level of service ICI offers By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted unanimously in favor of renewing its contract with ICI Commercial to provide real estate broker services for the city’s business park at its meeting Monday night. In a special meeting […]
Recognized for academics
Whitewater High School wresters who achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.1 or greater were recognized by coach John Schimming at the wrestling team’s annual banquet. Students recognized included, left to right, (front) Austin Kaja, Will Leibbrand, Tommy Cushman, Jaden Salmieri, Ernesto Magana, (back) Thomas McManaway, Morgan […]
Whippets softball team looks to add wins to record
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Records can be deceiving in sports, especially when trying to evaluate how an entire season went for a particular team. In the case of Whitewater High School’s softball team last season, that was indeed the case according to head coach Ron Sdano. The team went 13-10 […]
Bowling over the competition
Elkhorn Area High School students swept the competition in all four math categories and finished second overall as a team in the Southern Lakes Conference Academic Bowl, which features a series of written and oral tests in math, English, science, social studies, and potpourri, an oral-only competition. […]
