By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy High School girls basketball team has engaged in many epic battles with Whitewater through the years. And in that time, the Whippets certainly have put outstanding teams on the floor – but maybe none better than this season’s version. Whitewater, currently ranked […]
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Boys beat Palmyra-Eagle on the road
Loose to Chicago Marshall in Dream Classic By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy High School boys basketball team ventured to Chicago last weekend to compete in the Martin Luther King Dream Classic and came home with a 62-42 non-conference loss to Chicago Marshall. Statistics and more details from the […]
Wrestlers take down Whitewater
East Troy beats Whippets, 39-36 By Dan Truttschel Correspondent In all six losses to visiting Whitewater last week, the East Troy High School wrestling team was beaten by pinfall. But those 36 points were all the Trojans would allow –and they had just enough to pull off the Rock Valley […]
Chiefs defeat Badger in overtime victory
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent There are nights in a team’s development that stand out above the others. For the Big Foot girls basketball team, Monday may have been one of those nights. The Chiefs notched their 10th win of the season with a 57-55 overtime victory at Division 1 Badger. […]
Boys fall in hard-fought matchup
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent There were several times last Thursday night when the Big Foot boys basketball team did good things in its Rock Valley Conference contest against visiting Edgerton. Unfortunately for the Chiefs, there just weren’t enough of them. Big Foot led by one point at halftime but a […]
Utesch shines at Badger Invite
Big Foot-Williams Bay wrestlers place 10th overall By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Big Foot-Williams Bay senior wrestler Will Utesch is starting to get on a bit of a roll. Utesch ran his overall record to 21-3 Saturday to finish first at 220 pounds at the 11-team Badger Invitational. Big Foot was […]
Former Sharon board president leaving Darien
Dykstra accepted position in Poplar Grove, Ill. By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Former Village of Sharon Trustee and Board President Diana Dykstra is leaving the Village of Darien for a position in Poplar Grove, Ill. Dykstra, who was hired to replace Marc Dennison in 2010, will become the administrator in […]
District 2 race to be only contested local race in April election
The race for the City of Elkhorn Common Council District 2 aldermanic seat will be the only contested aldermanic race on the ballot for the April 2015 election. Incumbent Gary Payson, Sr., will be running against new-comer Michael Kluck. Incumbents Tom Myrin and Hoss Rehberg will additionally be running for re-election […]
Whitewater home destroyed by fire
The Whitewater Fire Department was called to 267 S. Cottage St. for a structure fire just before 9 a.m. this morning for what eventually turned into a seven-alarm fire, according to comments posted on the Walworth County Fire/EMS Scanner Facebook page. No one was home at the time of the fire, according […]
Genoa City couple plead not guilty to abusing boy
A Genoa City couple accused of abusing their 12-year-old son pleaded not guilty to a combined six felony and three misdemeanor offenses. Carrie M. Donahue, 38, and Michael G. Donahue, 46, pleaded not guilty Dec. 12 to charges that stem from allegations that they locked Michael Donahue’s son in a […]
