Projected mill rate expected to increase slightly By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent At last week’s City of Elkhorn Common Council meeting councilmembers opted in favor of setting a public hearing on the 2018 budget for 6 p.m., Monday, Nov. 13 at City Hall. During his report Oct. 16, City Administrator Sam […]
Author: Heather Ruenz
Big Foot students National Merit semifinalists
Big Foot High School seniors Isabel Kinerk and Alexander Laing are among 16,000 semifinalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. The National Merit Scholarship Corp. recently announced the names the semifinalists in the 63rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to […]
Medplast, Frank’s help hurricane victims
Local company, grocery store collect items for Puerto Rico By Heather Ruenz SLN staff Medplast of Elkhorn, a custom rubber molding manufacturer in the medical device industry, has teamed up with Frank’s Piggly Wiggly to help the victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. “Medplast has a sister company in […]
Postseason begins for spikers, runners
By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent The Big Foot girls volleyball team is off to the second round of the WIAA Division 2 playoffs. Big Foot advanced to a regional semifinal with a hard-fought 25-16, 25-17, 27-29, 25-17 win over Rock Valley Conference foe in the opener Tuesday night. The […]
Tennis duo earns third at state tennis
Hard work and staying positive paid off, coach says By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent The Big Foot-Williams Bay girls tennis doubles duo of seniors Meredith Heckert and Izzy Klesmith put the finishing touches on a solid campaign at last week’s WIAA Division 2 State Tournament in Madison. Heckert-Klesmith won their […]
Elkhorn man sentenced for child enticement, porn
Judge says churchgoer used Christianity to ‘commit evil’ By Vicky Wedig SLN staff A judge sentenced an Elkhorn man last week to a stiffer sentence than the prosecutor recommended, saying he believed the man sexually assaulted a girl despite pleading guilty to a lesser charge of enticement. Walworth County Circuit […]
Rauland to speak at Historical Society program
The Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot Prairie will feature businessman Robert Rauland at its fall meeting at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 26. The program will be on the History of the Rauland and Cooper Families and the Rauland Agency, Inc. Robert Rauland has been a resident of Walworth […]
Christian Arts Centre to present ‘Honk! Jr.’
The Christian Arts Centre of Chapel on the Hill Community Church will present the youth production “Honk! Jr.” Oct. 20, 21 and 22. “Honk! Jr.” is a musical by Anthony Drew and George Stiles and is a musical adaptation of the classic tale, “The Ugly Duckling.” The production is directed […]
Volunteers step in for Weeks of Caring
The final Weeks of Caring of 2017 focused on helping the communities served by Aurora Health Care, with more than 600 volunteers stepping in to help in a variety of capacities the last week in September. In this area, volunteers spent time doing activities with clients at VIP Services, Inc. […]
Man to be tried in burglary of lake home
A final pretrial conference is scheduled for Oct. 25 for a Lake Geneva man charged with stealing more than $7,000 worth of items including two guns from a Lake Shore Drive home in 2015. Michael A. Jones, 21, was charged Dec. 7, 2016, in Walworth County Circuit Court with burglary […]
