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Monday, April 21, 2025
Sheriff’s Department releases names of victims The Walworth County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the two people killed in the Jan. 23 car crash on Highway 120 just south of Highway 11 in the Town of Spring Prairie. They are Elizabeth Wolfson, 51, of Shorewood, and Volodymyr Khlopetskyy, […]
University to handle mapping services By Kellen Olshefski Editor The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted unanimously Jan. 18 in favor of working with the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater this year in mapping the city’s storm water facilities. City Administrator Sam Tapson said at the Jan. 11 City of […]
DPI releases ACT, Badger test scores By Tracy Ouellette Editor For the first time, every high school junior in the state was required to take the ACT test in the 2014-15 school year. According to a press release from the state Department of Public Instruction, last spring, 65,065 public high […]
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent While announcements of new construction and development projects have generally been causes for celebration across Whitewater, there are a few issues that have brought forward concerns along the way. Landscaping — or lack there of — is one of those concerns. Another concern: decades-old trees that […]
School Board creates policy on drones, approves bussing contract By Kellen Olshefski Editor The Elkhorn Area School District is making no bones about it and taking on drone usage at Elkhorn extra-curricular events. Focusing on public safety and the facilitation of event planning and administration, the new policy on unmanned […]
PSC recommends a two-year hike in rate By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Village Board members accepted the Public Service Commission’s recommendation to increase water utility rates by 13 percent for the next two years by a reluctant 5-2 vote at Monday night’s meeting. In a memo to the […]
Three members of the JV team earn gold in tournament By Heather Ruenz Editor Members of the Whitewater High School wrestling team had a bit of a reprieve last week but coaches took advantage of the break from competition to encourage teambuilding activities. With a day off of school due […]
Eight LINCS fifth grade choir students participate in the WI Choral Director’s Association All-State Children’s Choir last weekend in Appleton. The students, Maria Verduzco, Alexandra Martin, Andrew Swartz, Joshua Kirley, Emma Clarksen, Marco Wence, Angela Phillippi and Emma Weigel, are pictured with guest director Greg Douma, a […]
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer Preliminary hearings are scheduled for Jan. 22 and Feb. 8 for a Darien woman and an East Troy man who allegedly stole tools from a Town of Troy building and sold them in Chicago to buy heroin. Channing E. Sanders, 27, was charged Nov. 19 […]
Trojans put away St. Joe’s with 54-24 victory By Dan Truttschel Correspondent With the meat of the schedule quickly approaching, now is the time for the East Troy High School wrestling team to take things up a notch. That certainly seemed to be the case last week in a non-conference […]
