By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Two members of the Big Foot High School boys basketball team recently landed on All-Rock Valley Conference squads for 2014-15. Sophomore Beau Cary was a second-team selection, while senior Nico Tovar was named honorable mention. Big Foot was 5-19 overall and 3-13 in the RVC. The […]
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All-conference accolades
Four Big Foot players receive All-Rock Valley honors By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Four members of the Big Foot High School girls basketball squad recently landed on All-Rock Valley Conference South Division teams for 2014-15. Heading the list is junior Morgan Courier, who was named to the first team. She was […]
‘High Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy’
Big Foot High School drama opens tonight Big Foot High School will be presenting its production of “The High Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy,” by Bryan Starchman, on Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21 in the Big Foot High School auditorium. The play focuses on four high school freshmen, […]
Williams Bay High to present ‘Memories’ March 21 and 22
Production is both written and directed by students Williams Bay High School will be presenting its production of its student written and directed play, “Memories,” on March 21 and 22 at the school. The play focuses on four old classmates who reunite for their 10-year high school reunion and find […]
Red-hot chili peppers
Bruce (left) and Noah Voss serve up chili and hot dogs during the silent auction and chili dinner held at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Walworth on March 7. (Penny Gruetzmacher photo)
Spring Prairie man dies in early morning crash
A 25-year-old Spring Prairie man died this morning when the truck he was driving crashed into a tree on South Road in the Town of Lyons. Earl J. Finke, the sole occupant of the 2005 Ford F250, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department. […]
Firefighters left breathless to fight lung cancer
Area departments to participate in Fight for Air Climb in Milwaukee on Saturday By Vicky Wedig Editor Firefighter Frank Taylor figures climbing 94 flights of stairs carrying 70 pounds of equipment is like child birth – after the memory of the pain fades, one is willing to do it again. […]
Local woman represents U.S. at Int’l Falconry Festival
Dianne Moller, founder of Hoo’s Woods Raptor Center near Whitewater, was a U.S. representative at the International Falconry Festival in Abu Dhabi thanks to sponsorship by Dr. Nick Fox of England and the United Arab Emirates Falconry Association. “I was able to meet and reconnect with many other raptor experts […]
Competency exam ordered for man charged with stabbing woman
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A psychological examination was ordered Feb. 3 for a Madison man who allegedly stabbed a woman at her Whitewater apartment in November. The prosecution and defense stipulated to a competency exam in January for Jason L. Grant, 28, who was charged Nov. 25 in Walworth […]
Website hampered by hosting problems
This website and several others operated by Southern Lakes Newspapers have been inaccessible from time to time over the past three days due to technical problems experienced by the company’s third-party hosting provider. We apologize for the site delays and have been assured by our hosting provider that the problem […]
