By Heather Ruenz Editor The musical “Big Fish,” set to be presented at Elkhorn Area High School this weekend, focuses on Edward Bloom’s extraordinary adventures, tales told to his son Will, according to director Lisa Dettmann-Webb, who is also an English and Speech teacher at the school. “In adulthood, Will […]

Confusion about ‘use-by’ dates might contribute to food waste The Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Food Marketing Institute asked their members to standardize quality dates that appear on food packages in an effort to curb the problem of food waste. A 2013 report from the Harvard Food Law and Policy […]

Elkhorn Fund supports clinic, which serves county residents Open Arms Free Clinic recently announced it received a grant from the Elkhorn Community Fund, a component of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, Inc. to support technology capital. The clinic is located in Elkhorn, the county seat for Walworth County. More […]

Rural women in the second half of life face different issues than their urban sisters. Studies show that rural women in general at times feel isolated and without the resources needed to stay healthy both physically and mentally. Wisconsin Rural Women’s Initiative recently received a grant from the Helen Daniel […]

      Sand hill cranes take a break from their migration flight north near a cornfield and Whitewater Creek south of Whitewater recently. (Bob Mischka photo)

City leaders pleased with level of service ICI offers By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted unanimously in favor of renewing its contract with ICI Commercial to provide real estate broker services for the city’s business park at its meeting Monday night. In a special meeting […]

      Elkhorn Area High School students swept the competition in all four math categories and finished second overall as a team in the Southern Lakes Conference Academic Bowl, which features a series of written and oral tests in math, English, science, social studies, and potpourri, an oral-only competition. […]

Walworth County WIC offers reminders for National Nutrition Month March is National Nutrition Month and this year’s theme is “Putting Your Best Fork Forward,” a healthy reminder that every bite counts, according to a press release from the Walworth County WIC program, a special supplemental nutrition program for woman, children […]

Staff spent time looking into residents’ concerns By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer None of the 120 investigations conducted at Lakeland Health Care Center last year resulted in state surveys. Nursing home Administrator Bernadette Janiszewski gave the facility’s 2016 compliance report to the Lakeland Health Care Center board of Trustees last […]

By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Finance and Judicial Committee voted in favor of recommending the city move forward with phase two of a traffic impact analysis at its meeting Monday night. City Administrator Sam Tapson said as phase one did, the study would focus on a section […]