Author: Heather Perkins

Elkhorn

Faithful support

      Members of the Elkhorn community and beyond begin to gather at a prayer vigil Sunday in Veterans Park, Elkhorn. Organizer Sandy Jenkins said she felt guided to do so, in part, to show support for the woman who was assaulted in Elkhorn two weeks ago, emergency services personnel and […]

Lake Geneva area

Annual Alzheimer’s walk is Saturday

12th annual fundraising event kicks off at lakefront Hundreds of individuals, families and members of the corporate and small business community will join together on Saturday, Sept. 15 at Library Park in Lake Geneva for the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s. On-site registration begins at 8:30 a.m., with the […]

Delavan

Butter it up

A float by Busy B’s Garden Center based on the theme “buttering up” makes its way along the parade route at Darien Cornfest Sept. 9. See more photos from the event in the Sept. 13 Delavan Enterprise. (Penny Gruetzmacher photo)

Obituaries

RICHARD L. FLAHIVE

Richard L. Flahive Sr., 83, of Kenosha, formerly of Bristol, died Sept. 3, 2018, at Aurora Zilber Family Hospice in Wauwatosa. Services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday, at Monroe Funeral Home in Delavan. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. until the time of the service on Tuesday at the […]

Walworth-Fontana area

Riding Roun’da Manure

     Roun’da Manure Bicycle Tour, a one-day bike tour that offers routes of 17, 22 or 44 miles through area fields and towns, sponsored by Historical Downtown Sharon, was held Aug. 18. Chuck Gruetzmacher (from the left), Walworth, Meg Harris, Cary, Ill., Rick Perry, Lake in the Hills, Ill., and […]

Whitewater

Veterans on the Fly

Members of area Trout Unlimited chapters created a fun day of fishing and giving back to military heroes on Aug. 15 during the Veterans on the Fly event at Rushing Waters Fisheries near Palmyra. Army veteran Aaron Richards, above left, holds a trout he caught with the help of Southeast […]

Elkhorn

Old World Foundation awarded grant

It will boost children’s activities at Autumn on the Farms Recognizing the need for funding to support interactive children’s activities for the Autumn on the Farms weekends at Old World Wisconsin in Eagle, Target Corp. awarded a $1,000 grant through Old World Foundation. Old World Wisconsin Director Dan Freas said […]