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Whitewater

‘Under the Sea’

Summer playhouse presents ‘The Little Mermaid’ By Tom Ganser Correspondent This July the Whitewater Summer School Playhouse will bring the story of “The Little Mermaid” to life with the help of the staff, volunteers, and its talented students. Inspired by the 2008 Walt Disney Tony Award-nominated production on Broadway, this […]

Elkhorn News

Lamb takes over as Independent editor

Tyler Lamb, 26, has been named editor of the Elkhorn Independent. Lamb, who recently served as managing editor of The Courier, a weekly newspaper in Waterloo, is a 2010 communications graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with print media major and multimedia minor. He began his career as a reporter […]

Elkhorn News

Local Reps tout state budget

Republicans convinced it keeps state on the right track By Tyler Lamb Editor Admittedly no state budget is flawless. Nevertheless, Republican lawmakers believe the 2013-15 biennial budget features several fiscally conservative provisions – including income tax cuts, limits on property taxes and expansion of the state’s educational voucher program – […]

Elkhorn

College Notes

University of Wisconsin-La Cross: The following students from Elkhorn have been named to the dean’s list for the 2013 spring semester: John Cooper, accountancy major, and Kyla Price, psychology major. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point: The following students from Elkhorn graduated 2013 spring semester: Douglas C. Bailey, MSNR; Christopher D. Earnest, […]

Whitewater

Whitewater celebrates Independence Day

City’s free family festival is set for July 3-6 Whitewater annual Fourth of July Free Family Festival is set for July 3-6 at Cravath Lakefront Park, 312 Whitewater St. in Whitewater. Everything at the celebration is paid for by local sponsors, including numerous Whitewater small business owners. “Whitewater’s Fourth of […]

Elkhorn

Illinois man cited in fatal crash

By Tyler Lamb Editor   A Woodstock, Ill. man has been arrested and charged with OWI-homicide following a one-car crash June 14 in the Town of Walworth. The crash left a 22-year-old Fontana man, dead, according to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office. Daniel P. Consolo, 24, was charged June 25 […]

Elkhorn

Webster Notes

By Doris Reinke Correspondent There was a time when shopping in Elkhorn had a different pattern than is seen today. Instead of heading north to Market Street and establishments along Highway 67, or even to the big cluster of super stores on Highway 50 between Delavan and Lake Geneva, the […]