By Mike Nichols Badger Diggings We dislike slackers. It’s part of our history. As far back as the Civil War, Wisconsin soldiers fighting in the south derided the lazy southern landowners and observed that the abhorrent use of slave labor had, as it was said, “perverted […]
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College Notes
University of Wisconsin-La Cross: The following students from Elkhorn have been named to the dean’s list for the 2013 spring semester: John Cooper, accountancy major, and Kyla Price, psychology major. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point: The following students from Elkhorn graduated 2013 spring semester: Douglas C. Bailey, MSNR; Christopher D. Earnest, […]
Illinois man cited in fatal crash
By Tyler Lamb Editor A Woodstock, Ill. man has been arrested and charged with OWI-homicide following a one-car crash June 14 in the Town of Walworth. The crash left a 22-year-old Fontana man, dead, according to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office. Daniel P. Consolo, 24, was charged June 25 […]
Webster Notes
By Doris Reinke Correspondent There was a time when shopping in Elkhorn had a different pattern than is seen today. Instead of heading north to Market Street and establishments along Highway 67, or even to the big cluster of super stores on Highway 50 between Delavan and Lake Geneva, the […]
Good news for the 4th: gasoline prices continue to fall
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have fallen 12.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.46 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,112 gas outlets in Wisconsin. This compares with the national average that has fallen 5.7 cents per gallon in the last week to […]
Walker signs $70 billion budget in Pleasant Prairie
Gov. Scott Walker has signed the state budget after making several dozen vetoes to it. The budget includes Walker’s major priorities — a $650 million income tax cut, rejection of federal Medicaid expansion and the expansion of private school vouchers statewide. Most of Walker’s vetoes to the $70 billion, two-year […]
Governor to sign budget Sunday in Pleasant Prairie
Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign the state budget on Sunday in Pleasant Prairie. Walker announced on Wednesday that he would sign the budget at Catalyst Exhibits, a company that provides custom and rental exhibition designs. Walker is also expected to announce budget vetoes that day, but spokesman Tom Evenson […]
From strawberries to adult services librarian
By John Koski Staff writer Not many people, much less librarians, can say they grew up on a berry farm. Anna Merry can. As the new adult services librarian at Matheson Memorial Library, her earliest years revolved around her […]
Walworth County residents rescued from White River
Walworth County Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters rescued a trapped kayaker and canoeist from the White River Wednesday afternoon at about 3:52 p.m. The deputies found the two people pinned up against a large log about a mile away from Sheridan Springs and Short Road. The current was strong and the […]
Defendant in sexual assault case dies
By Vicky Wedih Staff Writer An Elkhorn man charged with sexually assaulting two boys in 2011 and 2004 died unexpectedly June 5. Charges against Rodney J. Meiller, 52, were dismissed in Walworth County Circuit Court on June 11 in light of his death. A jury trial scheduled for April 22 […]