Team ties for 13th at NCAA championship The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wrestling team, led by 184-pound national champion Jordan Newman, tied for 13th at the 2017 NCAA Division III Championships at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse. The Warhawks finished with 31.5 points, only one-half point shy of Wisconsin Intercollegiate […]
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Gymnastics captains recognized
At the Whitewater High School gymnastics team’s year-end awards banquet, captains were recognized, including, left to right, most valuable player Sydney Treder, most improved player on varsity Autumn Lesar, most dedicated player Katherine Stanizewski and best positive attitude winner Carina Casillas. Not pictured is most improved junior […]
Gov. Walker to visit East Troy High School on Monday
Governor Scott Walker will visit East Troy High School on March 20. He is scheduled to be in the building from about 8:55 to 10 a.m. According to a press release from the School District, the governor’s visit will include a tour of the high school’s innovation spaces and an […]
Spring Splash a no-go, but city officials still taking precautionary measures
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Although Spring Splash — the maligned, college student-geared event — will not take place in Whitewater this year, city officials continue to review protocol for similar activities that could occur the last weekend in April. Since 2013, a for-profit company known as Wisconsin Red has organized […]
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 […]
Deputies administer narcotic overdose drug
Deputies revived a man suffering from an opiate overdose in the Town of LaGrange on March 3. Three doses of naloxone, commonly known by its brand name, Narcan, were administered to a 26-year-old man at a Bluff Road residence, according to a press release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department […]
Alpine Valley Music Theatre won’t open this year
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff On Thursday, Live Nation announced it will not be opening Alpine Valley Music Theatre for the 2017 season. “It’s an unusual year in that a lot of artists we’ve traditionally hosted are playing in other buildings or not playing at all this season,” said Jon […]
City to share cost of library landscaping
By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Finance and Judicial Committee voted in favor of recommending the city split the cost of a landscaping project at Matheson Memorial Library with the library and the library Friends at its Feb. 27 meeting. The committee’s decision to split the cost came […]
Big Foot teacher awarded grant
Pat Hollihan, a teacher at Big Foot High School, has received a 2017 Accounting Career Awareness Grant from the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants Educational Foundation, Inc. Teachers who attended the fall 2016 WICPA High School Educators Symposium received the opportunity to write proposals about why they should receive […]
Girls at Agape House vote for best pizza
Four Walworth County pizza restaurants donated four pizzas each to provide dinner for the girls and staff at Agape House in Walworth on Saturday, and the girls got to choose which place served the best pizza in Walworth County. In a blind taste test, the girls chose Nayeli’s in Walworth, […]
