The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team celebrates after defeating Emory University to win the NCAA Division III National Championship in Appleton May 27. The title sealed the deal on UW-W becoming the first school to win three NCAA championships (football, basketball and baseball) in one year. (Craig Schreiner/UW-Whitewater photo)
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Whippets heating up
By Adam Knoll Sports correspondent It’s no secret that the Whitewater High School girls soccer team has had a bit of an up and down season thus far. At times, they have been capable of beating anyone in the conference; at other times, they’ve stumbled, and that cost them a […]
Blast from the past
Vintage base ball season opens at Old World Vintage base ball at Old World Wisconsin, W372 S9727 Highway 67, Eagle, is the re-creation of the styles, speech, rules and terminology of the 1860s game. According to Old World’s website, it’s not only a competitive game, but a re-enactment of baseball […]
UPDATE: Bodies found in suitcases were female
Bodies were likely dumped in field, according to police chief Autopsies conducted on two bodies found Thursday in the Town of Geneva determined both are female. One female has been determined to be an adult, and the other appears to be an adult, but further verification is required, according to […]
Special guests
Kyle Hough, recipient of the American Legion Scholarship and Kassandra Yeazel, recipient of the VFW Scholarship and the American Legion Americanism Award, participate in Whitewater’s Memorial Day parade May 26. (Bob Mischka photo)
The slippery slope
How overuse of painkillers becomes a heroin crisis By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer When Aurora Health Care Dr. Lance Longo first came to Wisconsin to practice in 1996, opiates and heroin were issues for the east coast – not for Wisconsin. “Wisconsin was still the land of beer and cheese,” […]
It respects no boundaries
Prosecutor’s personal story illustrates heroin’s devastation By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Nick was your typical Racine County teenager. He played sports and got respectable grades in high school. During the summer he displayed a joyous, sometimes reckless, abandon as a member of the Browns Lake Aquaducks water ski show […]
Memorial Day weekend in East Troy
East Troy Corn & Brat Roast, Community-wide Rummage return Memorial Day observances in East Troy begin on Monday, May 26, with the annual parade which steps off from corner of Union Street and Beulah Avenue and proceeds east to the downtown square. A memorial program by American Legion Post 188 […]
Diamond action
Jacob Maas keeps his foot on base and eye on the ball in an attempt to tag out a runner during Whitewater’s outing against Evansville May 10 in which the Whippets fell on both ends of a doubleheader. (Bob Mischka photo)
A drug that uses and abuses
Newspapers launch in-depth series on the devastating effect heroin is having in the area From unsuspecting high school students seeking a new buzz at a party, to middle-aged men and women recovering from painful surgery, heroin has become a vortex from which few who try the drug are able to […]
