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Welcoming smiles

      Members of the Elkhorn Lions Club sell tickets and clear tables at the Jan. 29 annual Roast Beef and Chicken Dinner fundraiser at the Monte Carlo Room. Pictured (not listed in order) are: Marlene Schoenbeck, Cindy Klewin, Jean Krieg, Joyce Hammel, Angel Kiersztian, Erik Pike, Dick Gilkey, […]

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Above and beyond

  Elkhorn postmaster helps father and son get to Packers game By Heather Ruenz Editor Any fan of the green and gold will likely say attending a Green Bay Packers game at Lambeau Field is an opportunity too good to pass up. One local fan recently found himself in the […]

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Lights, camera, action!

Lighting Technician John Patten (left) and Lakeland Players Board President, Warren Radtke, display lighting equipment recently given to Lakeland Players, Ltd. by ETC (Electrical Theater Controls, Inc.), a professional theatrical lighting company from Middleton. “This equipment really helps us by greatly improving our lighting system,” Radtke said. Patten added: “I […]

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Elkhorn man gets eight years for assault

By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer An Elkhorn man was sentenced Jan. 13 to eight years in prison and six years extended supervision for touching a 7-year-old girl’s buttocks. Gregory A. Lindmeier, 35, pleaded guilty Oct. 12 to a lesser charge of second-degree sexual assault of a child, which carries maximum […]

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Elkhorn Fund announces new board members

The Elkhorn Fund announced last week that Denise Schultz has joined the Advisory Board. Schultz is Chief Executive Officer of Lakes Area Realtors Association, a professional organization of approximately 500 members, based in Elkhorn. Schultz and her husband relocated to Elkhorn from Milwaukee on New Year’s Eve, 1997 when they […]

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Finance committee reviews service contracts

Proposals requested for fleet maintenance, fireworks services By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent Rather than recommending the renewal of service contracts for both fleet maintenance and the city’s annual Fourth of July fireworks display, the City of Elkhorn Finance and Judicial Committee opted in favor of requesting proposals in both instances Monday […]

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UW-Extension offers Master Gardener training

The University of Wisconsin-Extension of Walworth County is accepting registration for the Level I Master Gardener Volunteer program. The program is designed through the University of Wisconsin to train people in all areas of horticulture, who in turn aid University of Wisconsin-Extension educators by using their knowledge to volunteer for […]

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Food assistance available in Walworth County

Community Action Inc. will distribute food in Rock and Walworth counties through the Emergency Food Assistance Program. The federal program provides food assistance to low-income households through the distribution of food commodities from the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services. It is a supplemental food assistance program […]