Walworth County WIC offers reminders for National Nutrition Month March is National Nutrition Month and this year’s theme is “Putting Your Best Fork Forward,” a healthy reminder that every bite counts, according to a press release from the Walworth County WIC program, a special supplemental nutrition program for woman, children […]
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Singer proposes changes to city’s committee structure
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Changes to Whitewater’s committee structure could be afoot, based on plans recently floated by the city’s top elected official. Council President Patrick Singer on March 7 discussed with his elected colleagues several proposals he said would be aimed at enhancing citizen participation and improving the process […]
Nursing home conducted 120 investigations last year
Staff spent time looking into residents’ concerns By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer None of the 120 investigations conducted at Lakeland Health Care Center last year resulted in state surveys. Nursing home Administrator Bernadette Janiszewski gave the facility’s 2016 compliance report to the Lakeland Health Care Center board of Trustees last […]
Local man joins First National Bank and Trust
First National Bank and Trust recently announced that Paul Page has joined the company as a Mortgage Loan Originator serving the bank’s Walworth County market. Page comes to the bank with nearly 25 years of lending experience, most recently as a branch manager and loan officer for a local bank […]
Committee recommends traffic impact study
By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Finance and Judicial Committee voted in favor of recommending the city move forward with phase two of a traffic impact analysis at its meeting Monday night. City Administrator Sam Tapson said as phase one did, the study would focus on a section […]
Blending on a bicycle
Violet Kapfer tries the cycle-powered blender at W3llfest on March 11 as Colleen Seefeld of Fort Healthcare looks on. Riding the bicycle powered the blender to make smoothies or shakes. For more coverage of W3llfest, pick up the March 16 Whitewater Register. (Tom Ganser photo)
Memory Café to meet March 23
The next Memory Café will be held 10 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, March 23 the Peoples Bank, in the Community Room, 837 N. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn. The topic will be “Spring Flowers.” The Café is an opportunity for individuals with mild cognitive impairment and early-stage Alzheimer’s, and their care partners […]
Rock Valley names several Whippets to all-conference teams
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent In the world of high school athletics, winter sports have come to a close for the Rock Valley Conference, meaning that All-Conference teams were created for boys basketball, girls basketball and wrestling. In boys basketball, five players made the first and second teams while 11 made […]
Getting chili
At the 10th Annual Chili Dinner fundraiser March 11 at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Walworth, Robert Rauland and Tobie Steivang check out a carved cane made by Don Shunk, of Sharon. The event, in addition to a buffet meal, featured live music and a variety of […]
On the wings of kindness
Support following teen’s accident has been ‘amazing’ By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer The reason the Schweitzer family decided to share their story about a traumatic brain injury suffered by their son is twofold: one, to raise awareness about TBIs; the other, to publicly thank the countless number of people who […]
