Basketball team opens season with pair of wins By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It’s certainly just a small sample size, but things are starting off on a high note this season for the East Troy girls basketball team. And as the old saying goes, it’s always better to win than to […]
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Young girls basketball team loses to Watertown
Boys hope for injury-free start to season By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School girls basketball team opened the 2016-17 season with a 64-53 loss to Watertown on Nov. 17. The Goslings are coming off a 17-7 season last year. Badger was 12-11 overall and 9-5 in the […]
Boys basketball has new head coach
Team loses top three scorers to graduation; top rebounders return By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Delavan-Darien High School has a new man leading its boys basketball team for the 2016-17 season. Chris Hembrook, a Delavan-raised man who has a self-described passion for basketball, took over as head coach. He played high […]
Ceiling, chimney catch fire in Madison Street home
A fireplace chimney and ceiling in a single-family home at 1133 Madison St. caught fire at about 11:10 p.m. Saturday, according to the Lake Geneva Fire Department. The resident of the home left the house and called 911 after noticing light smoke and the wall above the fireplace turning brown, […]
City tax levy goes up, mill rate stays same
New construction, changes from non-exempt status absorb increased collections By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan Common Council approved its 2017 budget on Nov. 15 with a tax levy of $5.6 million and a mill rate of $10.55 per $1,000 of equalized property value. The tax levy was higher than […]
City receives permit for installation of poles
Considered a public utility, city has few options, according to officials By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent City Administrator Sam Tapson informed council members last week the city had received a permit request from Wisconsin Technology Networking and that the company would be installing large, telecommunications poles in two locations within the […]
Racky named Volleyball All-American
Sydney Racky, a native of Walworth, and member of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater volleyball team, was one of four Warhawks selected as 2016 All-Americans by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Junior right side hitter Racky (Big Foot High School grad) and junior middle hitter Courtney Wagner (DeKalb, Ill.) were named […]
Chiefs drop basketball opener
Girls off to good start By Dan Truttschel Correspondent An early 10-point deficit Tuesday night put the Big Foot boys basketball team in a hole right from the start. And it was one the Chiefs never could recover from. Senior Beau Cary led the way with 20 points, but it […]
East Troy man charged in Whitewater robbery
A status conference is scheduled for Jan. 5 for an East Troy man who pleaded not guilty Oct. 31 to holding up a Subway restaurant in Whitewater at knifepoint. Gregory La Mar Brackinridge, 52, was charged Oct. 10 in Walworth County Circuit Court with armed robbery. According to the criminal […]
Warhawks reach second round with win over Lakeland
By Daniel Schoettler Correspondent Quarterback Chris Nelson and running back Josh Ringelberg helped push the UW-Whitewater football team to the second round of the NCAA Division 3 Playoffs on Saturday at Perkins Stadium. Both had three touchdowns, Nelson through the air and Ringelberg on the ground, to help the Warhawks […]
