By Tom Ganser Correspondent The Park Stage at the Walworth County Fairgrounds Sept. 2 was the royal setting for the crowning of Abigail Jensen as the 2013 Fairest of the Fair. Jensen, a 2012 graduate of Delavan-Darien High School, will be attending UW-Madison this fall. Many of her accomplishments are […]
Sports & Other News
Hard work pays off for youth at meat animal sale
By Vanessa Lenz SLN Staff Months of hard work paid off Aug. 31 for local 4-H and FFA exhibitors at the Walworth County Fair Meat Animal Sale. The young people who spent countless hours raising and grooming their prized animals for show raked in a total of $423,333.99. “The meat […]
Golf squad picks up win over Badger
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls golf team defeated Lake Geneva Badger 222-251 in a Southern Lakes Conference meet Aug. 30 at Hawks View Golf Course at Lake Geneva. Audrey Entwistle paced the Elks with a 47. Hanna Grobelny shot a 56, Riley Shirk a […]
Caring hearts and capable hands keep ‘We Care’ project thriving
By Tom Ganser Correspondent The second year of a professional athlete’s successful first year is usually scrutinized with the expectation that early successes aren’t likely to continue. “We Care,” a Whitewater service project that started a year ago, not only is continuing its early success during Year Two, but is […]
Wait’s over: Elks down Delavan-Darien 30-13
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Sometimes, a win isn’t just a win. The Elkhorn Area High School Football team’s 30-13 defeat of Southern Lakes Conference-foe Delavan-Darien Aug. 31 at Delavan meant much more that what was visible on the surface. For the Elks (1-1, 1-0 SLC), it is their first […]
Volleyball team moves to 3-0 overall
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls volleyball team is 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the Southern Lakes Conference in dual meets after defeating Delavan-Darien 3-0 Aug. 30 at home. The Elks won 25-21, 25-19, 25-22 in sets. “We started off pretty strong and got off […]
Another season gone by
For summertime stayers, life on Geneva Lake is a ritual By Maureen Vander Sanden SLN Staff For nearly four decades, schoolteacher Kathy Elwood has been making road trips from suburban Chicago to spend her summer months unwinding in a quaint 1908 cottage that sits in the rolling hillside of Buena […]
Walworth village, school officials continue Highway 14 debate
“Unfortunately it’s the best way, short of a bypass. It’s less convenient, but I’m not convinced it’s more of a safety factor.” – David Rasmussen, Walworth Village Board president By Edwin Scherzer Correspondent One thing is certain after last week’s open house meeting concerning reconstruction and resurfacing of Highway 14 […]
East Troy back in conference race
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It’s too early in the season to call any match a must-win situation, but it’s also nice to put the brakes on a mini losing streak. And that’s just what the East Troy boys soccer team did Tuesday night. The Trojans, who dropped a pair of […]
Trojans unleash aerial assault on Whippets
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A strong ground game was a huge key to success last season for the East Troy football team. And while the Trojans remain a threat to strike with their feet, they’ve also shown they can hurt the opposition through the air as well. Just ask Whitewater, […]
