Complete news coverage of Walworth County from Southern Lakes Newspapers
Sunday, November 17, 2024
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Opponents of the East Troy girls basketball team oftentimes find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place. Play zone and the Trojans can light it up from the outside – stick to man-to-man defense, and East Troy is just too quick to guard. Visiting […]
Whitewater High School senior Brooke Trewyn (third, from right) was honored with a handsome wall hanging for passing the coveted 1,000-point mark, as she continues to lead the Whippets into what they hope will be another Rock Valley Conference championship season. Trewyn was joined at the recognition ceremony, held during […]
The Walworth County Visitors Bureau will host the grand opening of the Walworth County Travel Information Center from Jan. 28-Feb. 1 at its new location at Lake Lawn Airport, 2375 E. Geneva St. (Highway 50) in Delavan. After more than 30 years, the Visitors Bureau has left its location at […]
Fairhaven Senior Services and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Office of Continuing Education will present “Food for Thought,” a bi-annual, free community lecture series, this spring. For nearly 30 years, UW-Whitewater faculty members and community leaders have delivered more than 600 lectures to an estimated 20,000 attendees on a variety of […]
By David Paulsen Correspondent With 156.5 points, the Whitewater High School wrestling squad did well at the Monroe Invitational Saturday, finishing second to host Monroe (220 points). “The team bounced back well from their loss to Evansville (Jan. 15),” head coach John Schimming said. “The Whippets had six wrestlers competing […]
By David Paulsen Correspondent After getting their second win of the season over Brodhead Jan. 15, the Whitewater High School boys basketball team could not keep up with McFarland Friday in a 60-42 Rock Valley Conference loss. Cory Frank, the leading scorer in the RVC, led McFarland with 17 points. […]
Booth Lake residents and passersby got a rare winter view with this sunset on Jan. 19. (Vanessa Lenz photo)
$19 million question will be on April ballot By Vanessa Lenz SLN Staff The East Troy Community School District Board will ask voters for a second time to approve funding to update school buildings throughout the district. The board agreed last Thursday to place a $19 million referendum question before […]
Geneva Hospitality is the former management company of the Cove By Bob Peryea CORRESPONDENT Late Friday, Judge John Race issued a warrant for the arrest of Chandra Webster, one of the principals of Geneva Hospitality, the former management company for the Cove, 111 Center St. As of press time, Webster […]
By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT The Lake Geneva Badger basketball teams split a double header with Union Grove last Friday night. The Badger girls hosted Union Grove in Game One winning 50-41. The boys lost a nail biter 56-54 in the nightcap. The girls maintained their lock on second […]
