Jerry E. Peters, 86, of Delavan, died April 27, 2017, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn. He was born in Elkhorn on Jan. 27, 1931, to Harold and Jeannette (Bennett) Peters. He was united in marriage to Maxine Schmidt on Sept. 12, 1959, in Delavan. He […]
Author: Heather Perkins
Lending a helping hand
Local church effort sponsors Honduras children’s education By Ryan Spoehr Staff writer A local effort at area church to sponsor the education of children overseas has grown three years into the initiative. The initiative is to raise money at local churches to sponsor the education for children in Honduras, one […]
UW-Whitewater baseball to honor Lange, Wegner
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team will continue its fight against cancer and recognize a longtime program supporter, public address announcer Tom Lange, for his 40 years of service to the program. The team will also recognize catcher Justin Wegner, who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer last summer […]
Tennis team picks up two conference wins
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent If early results are any indication, it looks like the Big Foot-Williams Bay boys tennis team may make plenty of noise in the Rock Valley Conference this spring. At least, that’s how things are starting to shape up. The Chiefs picked up a pair of […]
Jury finds man guilty of trying to kill son
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A jury deliberated for about three hours April 20 before finding a Walworth man guilty of trying to kill his adult son two days after Christmas in 2015. Gabino Dominguez Gonzalez, 42, was found guilty of attempted first-degree intentional homicide and aggravated battery intending great […]
Soccer girls pick up first wins
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls soccer team posted its first two victories of the season last week. The Elks beat Somers Shoreland Lutheran 3-1 April 20 and Stoughton 2-0 April 18, both in non-conference matches and both at home. Elkhorn played a non-conference match […]
Baseball boys fall to Whitewater
Boys knock off Wilmot in Southern Lakes action By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Whitewater broke a 4-4 tie with three runs in the sixth inning and beat Elkhorn 7-4 April 21 in a non-conference baseball game at Whitewater. The Elks lost 10-1 April 20 in a Southern Lakes Conference game […]
Man allegedly beat woman, threatened cops
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A preliminary hearing was scheduled for April 25 for an Elkhorn man charged with abusing the woman he lives with and threatening police. Steven E. Maxson, 61, was charged April 13 in Walworth County Circuit Court with felony intimidation of a victim with domestic abuse […]
Woman allegedly stole from Luke’s to pay dealer
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer An initial appearance was scheduled for April 20 for an Allens Grove woman charged with robbing Luke’s Restaurant in Elkhorn to pay her drug dealer. Amanda M. Rodden Clawson, 24, was charged April 13 in Walworth County Circuit Court with burglary of a building or […]
Warhawks go JWEGSTRONG for cancer awareness
By Daniel Schoettler Correspondent Several University of Wisconsin-Whitewater athletic teams have helped show their support for Justin Wegner, a freshman catcher on the 2016 UW-Whitewater baseball team, who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer last year. Wegner was diagnosed last summer with soft tissue sarcoma and several […]
