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 […]
Sports & Other News
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. […]
‘Putting Your Best Fork Forward’
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 […]
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)
