New software will link Whitewater with Walworth County By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT A long-anticipated upgrade in Whitewater’s police and public safety communication systems will soon be implemented, following a decision last week by city officials. Police Chief Lisa Otterbacher came before the Common Council on Aug. 19 and received authority […]
Sports & Other News
Datka back as soccer coach
With young team, coach looks to building a strong foundation By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A familiar face has returned – for the third time – to lead the East Troy High School boys soccer team in 2014. Nick Datka, who was the head coach from 2001 to 2004 and from […]
Concrete mixer tips over on Highway 11
Highway shut down while crews work to remove truck from ditch By Kellen Olshefski Staff Writer A concrete mixer with a full load tipped over Thursday morning into a ditch along Highway 11, just west of Highway 120. Officials planned to close the highway Thursday afternoon to remove the truck. […]
East Troy falls to Delavan-Darien in season opener
Trojans on the road Friday to face Elkhorn By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The final result of many high school football teams often times comes down to execution. But in other cases, the winner is determined by pure physicality – and that pretty much determined last Friday’s opener for the East […]
Providing a safe place to heal
Burn Camp is more than just summer fun By Tracy Ouellette Editor Kids sometimes feel like they are alone in what they’re going through or that they’re “different” than everyone else. But when a kid survives a fire and carries the scars openly for the whole world to see, that […]
In clarification: School Board says it didn’t request weapons in the schools
By Tracy Ouellette Editor At Monday night’s East Troy Community Schools Board of Education meeting, School Board President Ted Zess read a prepared statement to clarify who asked for what in regard to the proposed rifles and safes in the district’s school buildings. The issue came to light when the […]
Guns in the schools?
Police Department asks for funding to put rifles in school buildings By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Community School District has requested the Village of East Troy Police Department keep rifles in the district’s schools. In a memo dated July 23, Village of East Police Chief Alan Boyes requested […]
Artists sought for Starin Park Senior Center
Artists will have an opportunity to sell unframed, original art priced at under $100, on Saturday, Sept. 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Starin Park Senior Center, 504 W. Starin Rd. in Whitewater. The artist’s fee of $15 for Whitewater Arts Alliance members and $25 for non-members […]
Maj. Gen. Marcia Anderson to speak at UW-Whitewater
By Jeff Angileri CONTRIBUTOR A trailblazing leader from the United States Army Reserve will visit the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater tonight, Aug. 27. Maj. Gen. Marcia Anderson, the Army’s first female African-American major general, will give two keynote addresses as part of the campus’s annual Women in Higher Education Leadership event. […]
The numbers don’t lie
Test proves there are more efficient methods of investing than buy-and-hold By Tom Ganser CORRESPONDENT On Aug. 12, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater finance and accounting major Matthew Verstegen and management professor William Dougan effectively transformed their speaking engagement with the Whitewater Rotary Club into an energy-charged seminar on the development of […]
