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The village was originally known as Schleisingerville, after Baruch Schleisinger Weil, a merchant and politician who developed the community as a railroad stop in the 1840s and 1850s. Locals sometimes abbreviated the four-syllable name to "Slinger," and on May 3, 1921, the village residents overwhelmingly voted to make Slinger the official name.
An upcoming project will add 2.5 miles of marked trail to the Ice Age Trail in an area between Slinger and West Bend. The red line indicates the existing Ice Age Trail.
The incident stemmed from a “domestic dispute” in the village of Slinger on Sunday, according to Police Chief Dean Schmidt. He did not elaborate further, citing an open investigation.
The people listed below were born in or otherwise closely associated with the village of Slinger, Wisconsin. Pages in category "People from Slinger, Wisconsin" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Slinger's football program in 2024 consisted of 133 players, 64 of whom suited up for varsity games. Jacklin oversees this group with an assistant staff including Riley Becker, Joe Blanchard, Tony ...
Weil platted the village of Schleisingerville, Wisconsin (now Slinger, Wisconsin) in Washington County, Wisconsin, where he had various business interests. Since the nearest Jewish community was in Milwaukee, he arranged for teachers to come the roughly 35 miles by ox team to instruct his children.
In 2021, track owner Todd Thelen brought the then all-new Superstar Racing Experience (SRX series) to Slinger Speedway. [5] The July 10, 2021 race was won by Marco Andretti . [ 6 ] It was the first time in the track's history that an event was broadcast live on national television (on CBS ).
In 2000, Slinger High School started integrating local history into its social studies curriculum. [12] Subsequently, the school operated the Slinger Area History Culture Project beginning in 2013, allowing students to utilize primary sources, interviews, and field studies to analyze local history and culture, sharing their findings with the public, including during Slinger's 150th anniversary ...