Township police to enforce speed limits on highways The Town of East Troy Police Department is conducting a self-initiated High Visibility Speed Enforcement initiative through Feb. 18. Officers will be paying particular attention to highways ES, J and 20 throughout the township. The goal of traffic enforcement is to change […]
Sports & Other News
Trojans take down Big Foot, Evansville
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy High School boys basketball team continues to score points in bunches. And that’s making life very difficult for the opposition. East Troy added two more lopsided victories to its ledger last week, an 89-35 decision over visiting Big Foot on Jan. 31, followed […]
Cougars roar back against Lady Chiefs
Boys unable to pull upset over Evansville By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The first meeting with Clinton last week had an epic finish for the Big Foot girls basketball team. And through 18 minutes of the rematch on Tuesday night, it looked like the Chiefs were well on their way once […]
Comets fall to Elks again
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Just 10 days prior, Delavan-Darien High School’s boys basketball team played Elkhorn at home and lost, 61-42. The team was at 9-4 overall going into that game, and after the team’s next game it played – which resulted in a loss – the Comets then owned […]
Winterfest 2017
The Idaho team composed of of Jeff Weston, Richard Brown and Bill Dow set up in Flat Iron Park in Lake Geneva on Friday during the 2017 U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championships. The team’s sculpture, sponsored by the City of Lake Geneva, incorporated animals and sea life in its design. […]
Another milestone
Elkhorn wrestling captures first outright SLC title since 2011 By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Three-time Southern Lakes Conference wrestling champion Benji Peak could’ve bragged about his individual accomplishments. After all, the junior 126-pounder is 35-2, ranked third in the state of Wisconsin, and is coming off a third-place finish at […]
Whippet wrestlers finishes 2nd in conference tourney
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent In its conference tournament, the Whippets wrestling team finished second, its highest placing in the past decade, head coach John Schimming said. “This was a great accomplishment for the team as there were many young men involved in this accomplishment,” Schimming said after the Feb. 4 […]
Freeze Fest this weekend
Whitewater’s annual event involving chili, proceeds to the Special Olympics and a dip in very cold water is this weekend. That event, Freeze Fest, is this Saturday, Feb. 11. It will be at Cravath Lakefront Park, 341 S. Fremont Street. There will be a warming tent for the cook-off with […]
Lake Geneva native pulls in Diva Quest crown
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer It wasn’t the first time Genevieve Heyward had tried for the Riverport Chorus DivaQuest crown, but it will be the last. Heyward, a senior at Lake Geneva Badger High School, used her final year of eligibility – and a jazzy approach to Taylor Swift’s “Blank […]
The Abbey Resort receives weddings award
Recognized as top wedding venue in Milwaukee, Madison market The Abbey Resort was recently named a recipient of the prestigious WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards 2017, granted to the top 5 percent of wedding professionals who are located in the Milwaukee and Madison area. WeddingWire, the leading global online wedding marketplace, […]
