Local youth take famine awareness to the streets By Heather Ruenz Editor It was obvious that a group of local youth were cold – they were shivering and jumping up and down in place – but after just a few minutes spent talking with them, another thing quickly came […]
Sports & Other News
Skatrud finishes 1st year above .500
By Chris Bennett Correspondent On the strength of 30 points from Aaron Wales, the Elkhorn Area High School boys basketball team scored a season high in points and beat Wilmot 82-80 Feb. 26 in a Southern Lakes Conference game at Wilmot. The victory gives the Elks a 12-10 overall record, […]
Richie Rich: Heidemann medals at state wrestling
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Coach Ken Reynolds is convinced Elkhorn Area High School’s Richie Heideman didn’t notice the 14,000 spectators in the Kohl Center when he beat DeForest’s Hunter Toppel 5-2 in the quarterfinals of the WIAA Division1 State Wrestling Tournament in Madison at the Kohl Center. The tournament started […]
Gymnasts wrap up season at sectionals
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School gymnastics team finished eighth of nine teams Feb. 28 at a WIAA Division 2 sectional meet at Mount Horeb High School and saw its season come to an end. The Elks finished with a team score of 117.725. Mount Horeb won […]
Changes coming for leaf and snow removal plans
Cul-de-sacs to be plowed like this year, leaves no longer allowed on city streets By Kellen Olshefski Editor City of Elkhorn Municipal Service and Utilities Chairman Gary Payson, Sr., told councilmembers Monday night the committee is working on updating snow and ice and leaf removal processes for the City of […]
Whippets advance to sectional final
Whitewater takes down Brodhead; set to play Dodgeville Saturday in Middleton By Adam Knoll Sports correspondent The Whitewater High School girls basketball team has advanced to the sectional final round in the WIAA tournament. They will face Dodgeville at 1 p.m. Saturday in Middleton. Below is a recap of last […]
Boys take win in regional opener
Chiefs to take on Evansville in regional semifinal By Dan Truttschel Correspondent If there ever was a good time for the Big Foot boys basketball team to put things together, it was Tuesday night. That’s just what the Chiefs did, and they extended their season in the process. Big Foot […]
Chiefs lose in heartbreaking regional final
Girls finish season 16-8 overall By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Last year at this time, the Brodhead girls basketball team was on its way to a state runner-up finish in Division 3. Whether the Cardinals are headed in that direction again will play itself out in the next two weeks, but […]
Wrestlers fall at state competition
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Two Big Foot athletes at different points in their wrestling careers ended their seasons last weekend. But for both sophomore Travis Berryman and senior Will Utesch, the final results at the WIAA Division 2 State Tournament at the Kohl Center, Madison, weren’t the main story. The […]
Big Foot to host district solo and ensemble festival
Big Foot High School will play host to the Wisconsin School Music Association sanctioned District Solo & Ensemble Music Festival hosted Saturday, March 14. During the festival, which is free and open to the public, students will perform vocal and instrumental solos, duets, trios and small ensembles before an adjudicator. […]
