Complete news coverage of Walworth County from Southern Lakes Newspapers
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
By David Paulsen Correspondent Facing their third state-ranked team in a 10-day stretch, the Whitewater High School girls basketball team could not stay with the undefeated Brodhead squad Jan. 17 in a 48-32 loss at home. The Whippet girls, who have also been state-ranked, won one of the three games […]
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy boys basketball team took its show on the road last week – and needless to say, the Trojans weren’t the most polite house guests. In a pair of Rock Valley Conference games, the Trojans were barely challenged, as they rolled to a 73-48 […]
By David Paulsen Correspondent The East Troy High School wrestling squad finished fourth out of 16 teams at the Terry Kramer Open held at Fort Atkinson Saturday. The Trojan grapplers tallied 239.5 points and had one first-place finisher. Fort Atkinson won the invitational with 361 points. “We wrestled pretty well,” […]
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)
