Festival Saturday Nei-Turner Media Group will have its ninth annual Beer and Spirits Festival from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 27 at The Ridge Hotel. This year will feature Halloween tricks and treats, unlimited tastings from 35 Midwest craft breweries and distilleries, music by DJ Felix Entertainment, a photo booth […]
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Badger students join Great Apple Crunch
Badger High School joined schools, early care sites, hospitals, universities, state agencies and non-profit organizations across the Great Lakes Region to celebrate National Farm to School Month by crunching into local apples for the fifth annual Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch at lunch time. More than 1.4 million students, children, […]
Event to support suicide prevention foundation
Out of the Darkness Community Walk Oct. 27 in Elkhorn The Out of the Darkness Community Walk is a journey of remembrance and a walk that unites a community – a time to acknowledge the ways in which suicide and mental illness have affected our lives and our loved ones. […]
Trick or treat hours set
Area communities will host trick or treat at these dates and times: Walworth County The Village of East Troy, the Town of East Troy and the Town of Troy will have trick or treat from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Halloween, Oct. 31. The City of Lake Geneva will have […]
‘Almost Anything Goes’
Whitewater High School’s homecoming theme Dancing Thru the Decades featured a variety of events including dodgeball, a scavenger hunt, table tennis, checkers, tug of war (with participants wearing socks, no shoes) and mat hockey. On Red and White Day, a host of Circle Bash activities took place with members […]
Elkhorn teen earns Eagle Scout rank
By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer Austin Muetzel was recognized for achieving Eagle Scout rank at his Eagle Court of Honor. He was presented the merit badge sash at the Sept. 18 ceremony – more than a year after beginning the process. The main portion of Muetzel’s project toward the ranking […]
DDHS provides fitness for life
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Delavan-Darien High School has developed a physical education curriculum called Outdoor Adventure/Leadership over the past eight years that goes beyond the usual physical education class. The course gives students skills they can use throughout their lives to stay healthy. Physical education teacher Ben Herland said […]
Officials release names of man shot, deputy involved
Elkhorn man reportedly on extended supervision following release from prison A pursuit that began in Waukesha County last week came to an end in Elkhorn when a local man was shot by a Walworth County deputy and died at the scene, according to officials. The suspect vehicle had been called […]
Historical Society to feature local family
The Historical Society of Walworth & Big Foot Prairie will feature Attorney Richard Rasmussen at it’s fall meeting. The Oct. 25 program will be the Rasmussen family history and history of the family law offices. Various members of the Rasmussen family will share information about their mother and Girl Scout […]
Man charged in crash that injured passenger
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 26 for an Elkhorn man charged with a drunken driving crash that injured his 24-year-old passenger. Gregory A. Christian, 22, was charged Oct. 12 in Walworth County Circuit Court with injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle causing great bodily harm and operating […]