By Angela Kelm Contributor In sports, especially softball, timing is everything. Whether it’s the perfect technique and exact release point a pitcher strives for to throw a pitch at optimal speed and spin or a hitter connecting with the ball on a swing at the prime moment to produce maximum […]
Sports & Other News
Whippets notch season, lifetime bests in track
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent The Whippets faced off against a very solid Jefferson squad in a dual track meet last week. The girls squad was unable to overcome their guests but the boys earned a close victory. “Overall it was a good night for (us with) many people having […]
Netters rule quad; fall to Luther by a point
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent The boys tennis team took first place in a quad tournament May 2 after being able to turn three first place finishers, two seconds, a third and a fourth into a championship group. “This was a close tournament, we needed every athlete to get the […]
Kickers deliver third consecutive shutout
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent The Whitewater High School girls soccer team is focused and tearing up the standings as they notched wins six, seven and eight last week. On senior night, the Whippets put up an 8-spot on the visiting Eagles and set the tone in the conference with […]
CDA awards $50K to development company
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A Whitewater-based company will soon receive a renewable loan in exchange for adding to the city’s employment base under terms of an agreement that was approved recently by officials. The Whitewater Community Development Authority on April 22 voted to award a $50,000 community development block grant […]
On the chopping block
School District trims $800,000 from next year’s budget By Tracy Ouellette Editor With a projected shortfall of $484,000 in the 2015-16 East Troy School District budget and the loss of the $258,000 in state funding for the district in the governor’s proposed budget, the School Board approved a series of […]
St. John’s to erect new steeple
Steeple to be raised in memory of Kelly Amon By Kellen Olshefski Editor A generation after the original was destroyed by a tornado, St. John’s Lutheran Church in downtown Elkhorn is raising a new steeple on Thursday, May 14, the latest of many recent improvements made to a structure that […]
Historical society dinner focuses on Ingalls heritage
By Fred Noer Contributor The historical significance of the name Ingalls in American literature and in the Walworth area was emphasized April 23 during the Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot Prairie’s annual dinner at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan. Although much attention was placed on “Little House on […]
Building the new school
Low interest rates will save taxpayers money By Tracy Ouellette Editor There was some good news out of the April 27 meeting of the East Troy School Board. With interest rates as low as they are and that trend expected to continue in the foreseeable future, the taxpayers in the […]
New plan hopes to help retain electric employees
Plan to include pay increases for current electric employees and a payback clause to retain new employees By Kellen Olshefski Editor Elkhorn’s Human Resources Committee took a look at a plan Monday night Elkhorn’s electric utility hopes will help to retain employees in the future. Electric and Water Utility Director […]
