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Thursday, April 18, 2024
News from the Elkhorn area
By Kellen Olshefski Staff Writer County Administrator David Bretl presented the 2014 preliminary budget, which effectively freezes the county tax levy for the third consecutive year, at the Sept. 5 Walworth County Committee of the Whole meeting. With a total tax levy of $60,879,834 million, Bretl’s 2014 preliminary budget levies […]
Sept. 26 luncheon to benefit its Tree House facility The Walworth County Alliance for Children (WCAC) has announced Erin Merryn, a nationally recognized sexual abuse prevention advocate, will be the featured speaker at its Tree House Luncheon on Sept. 26. The event supports the WCAC Child and Family Center, also […]
By Dave Bretl Walworth County Administrator Of all of the holidays, Labor Day has become my least favorite. It is the weekend before I present the annual budget to the County Board and, as a result, usually involves a weekend of labor as I place the finishing touches […]
Can you give an hour to help a local senior citizen? Or do you belong to a civic or church group that would like to be added to the rotation to deliver Meals on Wheels to area homebound seniors in the Lake Geneva, Delavan and Williams Bay area. Individual and […]
The Walworth Historical Society is planning its first program and an opportunity for a first look at its new Heritage Hall in Elkhorn on Thursday, Sept. 19. The speaker is Paul Reckner, archeologist for the State Historical Society who has been doing recent work in the county in connection with […]
Mercy Health System will hold a public open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, September 14 at its new Mercy Elkhorn Medical Center, 839 N. Washington St., Elkhorn. The event features refreshments and free activities for kids and adults. Activities include behind-the-scenes tours of the new clinic, a […]
By Kellen Olshefski Staff Writer A proposed City of Elkhorn ordinance intends to make it more difficult for convicted sex offenders to live in the Elkhorn area. For nearly a year, Elkhorn’s Legislation and Regulatory Committee has been working on a sexual offender residency restriction ordinance which would control how […]
By Tyler Lamb Editor In the post Citizens United era, one of colossal campaign finance, it seems like mission impossible to remove big money from politics, let alone get Congress to begin a process to amend the Constitution. Nevertheless, activists in Elkhorn, Delavan and Lake Geneva will be going door-to-door […]
By Tyler Lamb Editor Ground was officially broken Monday morning at the site of the new Aurora Health Center, celebrating what Sen. Neal Kedzie called “an investment” in Walworth County. Foundation work has already begun for the 30,000-square-foot, $12-million walk-in health center that will house services such as Audiology, Obstetrics […]
State Representative Tyler August (R-Lake Geneva) announced last week he has been elected by his peers to act as the next Speaker Pro Tempore of the State Assembly. As Speaker Pro Tem, August will preside over debate in the State Assembly when it reconvenes for legislative session this fall. “I […]
