By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent Williams Bay’s Titus Fredrick recorded the Big Foot-Williams Bay wrestling team’s only victory on the mat in a pair of dual meet losses last week at Palmyra-Eagle. Fredrick pinned Palmyra’s Brian Navarro in 1:08 in the Chiefs’ 36-24 loss. Big Foot also picked up forfeit […]
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Wrestlers remain perfect in tournament action
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School wrestling team won the Norski Invite Jan. 14 at DeForest High School and remained undefeated in tournaments this season. The Elks beat Badger 51-16 Jan. 12 in a Southern Lakes Conference dual meet at Lake Geneva. The Elks wrestle at […]
Swimmers improve to 5-0
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Elkhorn improved to 5-0 in Southern Lakes Conference dual meets after winning every event and routing Whitewater 122-47 Jan. 10 at Whitewater. The Elks compete Saturday in the Red Devil Invite at Bradford High School in Kenosha. “They keep improving week after week,” Elks coach […]
Gymnastics shows improvement in defeat
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School gymnastics team lost by just 10 points – 124.125 to 114.225 – to Jefferson Jan. 9 at home in a Southern Lakes Conference meet. The Elks lost 131.7-115.2 Jan. 5 in a SLC Meet at Burlington. They will compete Saturday […]
A life of service
Community says goodbye to long-time County Board member By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Long-time Walworth County Board member and local business owner Joe Schaefer died Jan. 11, at the age of 73. “The community will be missing a gentle giant,” his son J.J. Schaefer said Tuesday. Joe was a lifetime […]
Rival Delavan downs Lady Elks
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls basketball team almost exorcised a demon Jan. 10 in a Southern Lakes Conference game at home against Delavan-Darien. The Elks led at halftime and missed multiple shots as time expired in a 54-42 loss to the Comets. Elkhorn played […]
Elks put it all together
Easterday surpasses 1,000-point milestone in rout of Milton By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys basketball team played what coach Josh Skatrud called the squad’s best game of the season Jan. 13 in a 66-34 Southern Lakes Conference victory at home against Badger. Skatrud said Elkhorn’s […]
Fire engulfs two cars, spreads to third in Walmart parking lot
Dog rescued from burning van A vehicle caught fire in the Walmart parking lot in Lake Geneva before 1 p.m. Wednesday and spread to two other vehicles. When firefighters arrived on the scene, two vehicles were engulfed in flames, and the fire had spread to a third vehicle, according to […]
Agape House receives grant
Agape House for Girls recently received a Green Bay Packers Foundation Grant. The Green Bay Packers Foundation grant program is part of Green Bay Packers Give Back, the Packers’ all-encompassing community outreach initiative. Agape House, Walworth, is a school and home for at-risk students. Ben and Pam […]
Farmers urged to sign up for conservation program
Officials at the agricultural non-profit Michael Fields Agricultural Institute are urging farmers interested in receiving compensation for existing and additional conservation efforts to apply to United States Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Stewardship Program by Feb. 3 for consideration in 2017. “With over 70 acres enrolled nationwide, CSP is the largest […]
