By Clare Carlson Contributor Learn about the health of waters in the Rock River Basin and ongoing water quality improvement projects at the Rock River Recovery meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the UW-Whitewater campus. The Rock River Basin covers 3,750 square miles in […]
Sports & Other News
Funding the schools
School Board approves preliminary budget By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Board of Education voted in favor of accepting the 2014-15 preliminary budget at its meeting Monday night. The vote was unanimous, but School Board member Chris Smith was not in attendance. East Troy Community School District business manager […]
UW–Whitewater presents Music Mosaics Series
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Music Department kicked off the fall season with guest artists the Bent Frequency Duo Project Thursday. Next on the docket is the first Music Mosaics Series concert of the season – to benefit the department’s scholarship fund, for students with exceptional talent and academic excellence – […]
Over the net
Whitewater High School’s No. 1 Doubles girls tennis team of Sally Hixson, top, and Alli Sedmak, play during the Sept. 4 dual meet against Big Foot High School. (Bob Mischka photos)
Trojans still looking for a win
Turnovers, penalties rack up and football team records another loss By Dan Truttschel Correspondent In many respects, the East Troy High Schol football team showed plenty of improvement Friday night in its Rock Valley Conference contest with visiting Clinton. But the Trojans still couldn’t quite overcome critical mistakes that came […]
Sports shorts
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy High School girls finished fifth and the boys were sixth in Division 3 at last week’s Verona Invitational. East Troy’s girls’ squad had 129 points, while the boys recorded 147. Team standings in the girls’ race were Edgewood with 28 points, Aquinas with […]
Charges result from blast that injured friends
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Sept. 9 for an East Troy man charged with causing an explosion that burned his friends. Kevin A. Budzien, 25, was charged Aug. 8 in Walworth County Circuit Court with two counts each of second-degree recklessly endangering safety and […]
Patients set own fees at new Elkhorn chiropractor
Frustration with insurance companies leads him to try new approach By Anne Trautner Assistant Editor Chad Schleiger has been treating patients in his chiropractic office in Delafield since 2012, but has grown frustrated with insurance companies dictating each patient’s care. So, in March, when he opened his new pediatric and […]
Callope named Middle School Teacher of the Year
By Tom Ganser Correspondent Last Friday is a day Diana Callope, a teacher at Whitewater Middle School, won’t soon forget, if ever, as she was named the Wisconsin Middle School Teacher of the Year in a surprise ceremony at the school. State Superintendent Tony Evers announced the honor the morning […]
Whippets look to turn season around against Parkview
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent The Whitewater Whippets have had a tough go of it this season thus far, and playing Big Foot last Friday night did not make life any easier for them. A 19-point second quarter explosion helped Big Foot defeat the Whippets 33-0, handing the Whippets their […]
