Big Foot football wins homecoming game 48-14 By Dan Truttschel Correspondent For a while Friday night, the visiting McFarland football team threatened to make a game of things in its Rock Valley Conference matchup with Big Foot. But in the end, the Chiefs just had too much firepower – and […]
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Earning champion status
Tennis team brings home conference title By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It didn’t take long to see where the top girls tennis teams in the Rock Valley Conference resided this fall. Even though East Troy, Whitewater and Big Foot had separated themselves from the rest of the pack, which team would […]
Nelson leads Broncos past Elks
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School football team tried stopping Union Grove quarterback Matt Nelson Friday in a Southern Lakes Conference football game at Union Grove, and Nelson was having none of it. Coach Tom Lee said the Elks tried different fronts and combinations, but Nelson solved […]
See the kids in action in the SmartLabs
School District first in state to have new learning environments By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy School District is the very first in the state to have working SmartLabs. The new learning facilities are up and running at the middle school and Prairie View Elementary School and […]
City discusses relationship with library, plans to draft agreement
By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff The City of Elkhorn is planning to draft an operational agreement that would clear up the city’s relationship with Matheson Memorial Library. The topic was brought to the City of Elkhorn Finance and Judicial Committee Monday night after questions were raised during recent meetings as […]
Comets prevail over Demons
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Delavan-Darien High School football head coach Bret St. Arnauld knew what he was getting into when his team traveled to face Burlington on Sept. 23. He talked about the Demons, and that it would be his team’s biggest game of the year. “We need to stop […]
Town board denies variance request
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan Town Board denied a variance request by John and Mary Connelly to adjust a lot line and separate a parcel they own that is identified by two tax identification numbers to facilitate the sale of one of the newly created parcels. Supervisor Kim […]
Warhawks win battle of the No. 2’s
By Daniel Schoettler Sports Correspondent UW-Whitewater was ranked no. 2 in the D3Football.com poll, while their opponent Morningside College was ranked no. 2 in the NAIA coming into Saturday. If you expected a somewhat close game in a battle of no.2’s, you definitely got what you expected Saturday afternoon as […]
Whippets tennis team plays above expectations
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent The Rock Valley Conference Tournament took place on Sept. 22 for the Whitewater girls tennis team and according to head coach Tim Nelson, the girls played above expectations and he has never been more proud of his team. The Whippets finished the conference tournament in […]
Whippets sustain two good drives in recent loss
By Daniel Schoettler Sports Correspondent The Whitewater Whippets high school football saw glimpses of what they could be against Evansville/Albany on Friday night 63-14 loss on the road. The team had two drives during the game where they were able to get their offense going. The Whippets got on the […]