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SCHOOL BOARDS Wilmot Union High School (7 of 8 reporting) Travis Wetzel – 1,336 Deborah Rudolph (Inc.) – 1070 Wayne Trongeau (Inc.) – 807 Lakewood School Board (1 seat) Nicholas Heckel – 201 Patricia Platts (Inc.) – 169 REFERENDUMS Randall Consolidated School (2 of 3 reporting) Question 1: Exceed the […]
Newcomer forces a contested race By Gail Peckler-Dziki Correspondent As two incumbents filed for re-election to the Wilmot Union High School Board, they face a challenger in the Spring Election, which will be on April 3. The three candidates, including incumbents Wayne Trongeau and Deborah Rudolph, are seeking three-year terms. […]
Incumbent Platts faces challenger By Jason Arndt Editor While incumbents on the Twin Lakes Village Board are running unopposed in the April 3 Spring Election, the Lakewood School Board will see a contest, which will have an incumbent against a challenger for one open seat. The one open seat, which […]
Teacher ‘shocked’ by honor By Jason Arndt Editor A year after Wheatland Center School garnered its first recipient of the Kohl Teacher Fellowship, the school received another on March 20, when middle school science teacher Megan Zirbel was selected by a committee for the Herb Kohl Education Foundation Teacher Fellowship. […]
Randall, Wheatland pose two questions each By Jason Arndt Editor Since two area school boards authorized operational and capital improvement referendums, district administrators from each school have conducted informational sessions and delivered presentations in their communities, which will decide during the April 3 spring election. At Wheatland Center School, where […]
With the election coming up Tuesday, the Report takes a look at referendums at two area school districts, along with the school board races at both Lakewood and Wilmot Union. Meanwhile, in other school-related news, the Report has a story on a Wheatland Center School teacher who received a prestigious […]
Not only did the Westosha Central boys basketball team make its mark in school history, the Falcons also bucked historical trends in Kenosha County, where just six teams moved to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state tournament since the 1940s. With the Falcons accomplishments, some graduates who attended the game […]
Wilmot decathletes win another title By Jason Arndt Editor Courtesy of a collective effort by nine students, the Wilmot Union High School academic decathlon team picked up its fifth consecutive state title, coach Don Serkowski said. The decathletes, who finished first in regional competition in January, finished 597 points ahead […]
Twin Lakes woman guides figure skater to Winter Olympics By Jason Arndt Editor When Twin Lakes resident Denise Myers first put on a pair of ice skates as a youngster living in Oak Creek, she fell in love with the art of figure skating, a sport she has coached for […]
Two suspected cases west of Interstate 94 By Jason Arndt Editor In a span of five days last week, the Kenosha County Medical Examiner’s Office recorded four suspected overdose deaths, which caused the county to issue warnings about opioid and opiate use. Medical Examiner Patrice Hall, who confirmed two of […]
