Complete news coverage of Walworth County from Southern Lakes Newspapers
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
By Laura Humphrey Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn girls swim team put up a number of solid swims Aug. 30, finishing second at the Southern Lakes Conference relays at Badger High School. Host Badger won the meet with 228 points, followed by Elkhorn with 210 and the Burlington co-op with 203. […]
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School Girls Tennis team recently scored its first Southern Lakes Conference victory of the season. The Elks defeated Wilmot 4-3 Aug. 30 at home. The Elks won one match at singles and swept the doubles. At No. 2 singles, Elkhorn’s Haley […]
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Two games and 10 goals later, the Elkhorn Area High School boys soccer team is undefeated in the Southern Lakes Conference. The Elks (6-1-1 overall, 2-0 SLC) defeated Westosha Central 4-0 Aug. 28 at home and Wilmot 6-0 Aug. 30 at Wilmot to open their […]
Officials say weather, economy are factors By Maureen Vander Sanden SLN Staff The Walworth County Fair came to an end Monday, marking the area’s final summer hoorah, and for the fifth consecutive year, attendance was down. During the six-day event, 134,408 fairgoers passed through the gates, a decrease of about […]
By Mike Nichols Contributor It’s the political season and there’s a lot of talk here in Wisconsin of late about the most polarizing and controversial of subjects, abortion. But very little real discussion of when it happens. The answer: much less frequently – in a couple ways – than […]
Nancy Swan, 92, of Kensington, Md., died Sept. 1, 2012 at Springhouse Assisted Living in Silver Spring, Md. She was born on Dec. 10, 1919 in Aurora, Ill., the daughter of George and Hester (Norman) Christenson. She grew up in Chicago, Ill., and divided her grade school and high school […]
James D. Harkness, 85, died Aug. 27, 2012 at Heritage Manor in Naples, Fla. He was born May 13, 1927 to the late Grove and Evelyn. He graduated from Elkhorn Area High School in 1945, and served in the Navy afterwards. He was a master plumber working in the Elkhorn […]
Thomas G. Anderson, 80, of Lake Geneva died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012 at Williams Bay Care Center in Williams Bay. A graveside service was held on Sept. 4 at Walworth Cemetery in Walworth. Toynton Walworth Funeral Home assisted the family
Alice Lodder, 85, of Delavan died Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn. Her daughter, Saskia of Delavan; grandson, Zachary of Delavan and many nieces and nephews survive her. Memorial services were Sept. 1 at the Monroe Funeral Home in Delavan. Memorials may be made to […]
John C. Evans, 61, of Darien died as the result of injuries in an ultra lite crash. He was born Feb. 28, 1951 in Beloit to the late John R. Evans and Greta Buckley. He graduated from Delavan-Darien High School and the University of Whitewater and later received his Master’s […]
