The next Memory Café will be held 10 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, March 23 the Peoples Bank, in the Community Room, 837 N. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn. The topic will be “Spring Flowers.” The Café is an opportunity for individuals with mild cognitive impairment and early-stage Alzheimer’s, and their care partners […]

Support following teen’s accident has been ‘amazing’ By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer The reason the Schweitzer family decided to share their story about a traumatic brain injury suffered by their son is twofold: one, to raise awareness about TBIs; the other, to publicly thank the countless number of people who […]

Deputies revived a man suffering from an opiate overdose in the Town of LaGrange on March 3. Three doses of naloxone, commonly known by its brand name, Narcan, were administered to a 26-year-old man at a Bluff Road residence, according to a press release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department […]

By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Finance and Judicial Committee voted in favor of recommending the city split the cost of a landscaping project at Matheson Memorial Library with the library and the library Friends at its Feb. 27 meeting. The committee’s decision to split the cost came […]

Principal retires after more than 42 years at Lakeland School By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer Mr. K has left the building. After 42 ½ years at Lakeland School in Elkhorn, Greg Kostechka, of Delavan, retired Friday. Students celebrated Mr. K’s re“tie”rement with an assembly in the gym riddled with puns […]

The Walworth County Deer Advisory Council will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 14, at People’s Bank of Elkhorn, 837 N. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn. The council will discuss preliminary antlerless quota recommendations, permit levels and season structure options for the 2017 deer hunting season. The public is encouraged to […]

By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer The Walworth County Board will consider March 14 whether to allow nurses at the county-run nursing home to work 12-hour shifts. The county’s Human Resources Committee and Lakeland Health Care Center Board of Trustees approved the ordinance change Feb. 22. County Human Resources Director Dale […]

First hospital in the state to meet criteria earns re-designation By Heather Ruenz Staff writer Being one of about 400 hospitals in the United States to be re-designated as a Baby Friendly birth facility is a proud accomplishment for staff at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, in Elkhorn, and was a […]

This year’s recipient of the 2017 Elkhorn All Sports Booster Club Fan of the Year was recently awarded to Ed Scaro. “Ed’s commitment to Elkhorn Area High School is unparalleled. First, as a high school athlete himself in 1978, then as a parent cheering for his own kids from the […]

By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Finance and Judicial Committee voted in favor of recommending to the full council the city retain Stuart Rosenberg of ICI Commercial as the city’s commercial real estate broker at its meeting Feb. 27. After meeting with Rosenberg at the last meeting, committee […]