Lady Elks taking steps in challenging area scene By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The Elks finished eighth out of 14 teams Aug. 26 at the Craig/Parker Volleyball Classic at Craig High School in Janesville. The Elks played a non-conference match Tuesday at Clinton, and play tonight at Burlington in […]
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Elkhorn FFA shines at state convention
The Elkhorn FFA chapter was honored with a P.R.I.D.E. award for promoting, recruiting, inspiring, developing and educating at the State FFA Convention in June. The chapter earned the honor, in part, for adding 47 members, the highest increase for section 10 in southeast Wisconsin. The convention hosted more than 3,000 […]
Lady Elks fall in SLC opener
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Elkhorn lost 206-225 Aug. 24 to Burlington in a Southern Lakes Conference girls high school golf dual meet at Browns Lake Golf Course in Burlington. The Elks played Wilmot last Wednesday in a SLC dual meet at Evergreen Country Club, and played Waterford Sept. 5 […]
Cross country season up and running
By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent The new-look Big Foot-Williams Bay boys and girls cross country teams got their 2017 seasons started Aug. 17 at the Palmyra-Eagle Invitational. Seniors Zanzie Demco and Evan Rees led the young Chiefs’ squads with 12th- and 39th-place finishes, respectively. Demco posted a time of 21:03.8. […]
Stillwater Coffee Company hosts art exhibit
The Elkhorn Arts Foundation, through its outside art exhibit program, recently announced that Stillwater Coffee Company is hosting one of its members through the end of September. Mary (Marishka) Bub is the current artist at Stillwater and the program through the EAF aims to promote artists of many genres and […]
Local man charged with assaulting boy
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 11 for an Elkhorn man charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy. Kevin P. Strickhouser, 30, was charged Aug. 17 in Walworth County Circuit Court with four counts of sexual of a child younger than 16 years old and two counts of child […]
Spikers aim for continued success
By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent The Big Foot girls volleyball team has piled up one successful season after another in the Rock Valley Conference’s South Division in recent years. And with four athletes back in 2017 who received All-RVC honors a year ago, there’s no reason to doubt that success […]
On stage
Julie Ropers-Rosendahl (on right), a percussionist, performs with the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra along with Jenni Hansen, of Salem (left) and Pamela Kundert, of Lake Geneva, at George Williams College in “An American Celebration.” The orchestra will kick off the 2017-18 season Oct. 14 at Calvary Community Church in Williams […]
Needs analysis points to larger DPW facility
Council votes against Wilson Doors property By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent If one thing’s for certain, it’s that a new City of Elkhorn Department of Public Works garage will not be located on the Wilson Doors property. Norman Barrientos, of Barrientos Design and Consulting, provided councilmembers with a presentation Aug. 21 […]
Boys open season on right foot
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys cross country teams opened its season with a bang Aug. 24 at the Palmyra Eagle Invitational. The meet took place at Carlin-Weld County Park in Eagle. The Elkhorn boys won the 14-team meet and the girls finished 11th. The […]
