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Whitewater

La Grange UMC to celebrate 100 years

By Tom Ganser Correspondent On April 24, La Grange United Methodist Church will celebrate 100 years of spiritual leadership in its current building that was dedicated in 1916 during a re-consecration service at 10 a.m., one hour later than the regular time for Sunday worship. During the service, the Lord’s […]

Whitewater area

Fired up

Tyler Niemuth focuses on his target while pitching for the Whippets at home against McFarland April 14. Whitewater played McFarland twice last week and won both games, with scores of 9-6 and 6-1. The Whippets are now 5-3 overall on the season. (Bob Mischka photo)

Whitewater

UW-Whitewater awarded for Leadership Academy

The National Association of Academic Advisors recently selected the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater as recipient of the 2016 Model Practice Award for Student-Athlete Development for Athletics. The Warhawk Leadership Academy, a comprehensive student-athlete leadership development program launched last September, will be honored by N4A during a luncheon at the National Association […]

Whitewater

City Market given green light to expand

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent On the heels of a successful pilot launch last year, Downtown Whitewater’s City Market is returning for a second go-around this year. The civic organization launched the City Market during the second half of last year’s warm weather season, and decision-makers said they were pleased by […]

Elkhorn

A magical experience

Elkhorn Area High School Band marches in Disney World parade, gets to experience a little ‘Disney Magic’ By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff It wasn’t too long ago that members of the Elkhorn Area High School band hopped on a bus and departed on a trip that would quickly turn into […]

East Troy area

Girls post two wins in a row

East Troy’s Softball team improves record to 2-2 By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Fans of low-scoring softball games may not have enjoyed East Troy’s two contests the first week of April. But if you like offense, there was plenty of that – to go with a pair of victories to put […]