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 […]
Sports & Other News
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)
Lady Whippets looking for win against Brodhead
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent The Whitewater High School softball team played four games this past week, including a double-header against East Troy. All four games were at home and the Whippets entered the week 1-3 heading into the game against McFarland on April 14 at home. The two teams […]
Girls soccer team remains at .500 on season
Golf team improving; girls strong at track meet By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent The Whitewater High School girls soccer team hit the road for its first of two matches this past week on April 14 against Big Foot. The Whippets entered the week at 1-1-1 overall and after the match […]
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 […]
Touched By A Paw fundraiser is tonight
Touched By A Paw Cat Rescue will be holding its annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser tonight, April 20, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Cravath Lake Pavilion, 341 S. Fremont St., in Whitewater. The event will be catered by Mama Mia’s and will feature their garlic bread and a vegetarian […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Full council to discuss purchase of new administrative vehicle
Vehicle was scheduled to be replaced in 2017 and money had already been set aside; committee votes in favor of sending topic to full council for discussion By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff The City of Elkhorn Finance and Judicial Committee voted in favor of sending discussion on the possibility […]