Submissions yet to be unveiled; volunteers still needed By Cam Cronkite Staff Writer The 13th annual scarecrow fest will take place Saturday in downtown Delavan. Organizers say the community-oriented, family event gives residents a chance to get together, be creative and take pride in their historic community, and most importantly, […]
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Mercy to hold open house
Mercy Health System will hold a public open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, September 14 at its new Mercy Elkhorn Medical Center, 839 N. Washington St., Elkhorn. The event features refreshments and free activities for kids and adults. Activities include behind-the-scenes tours of the new clinic, a […]
City officials mull ‘child safety zone’
By Kellen Olshefski Staff Writer A proposed City of Elkhorn ordinance intends to make it more difficult for convicted sex offenders to live in the Elkhorn area. For nearly a year, Elkhorn’s Legislation and Regulatory Committee has been working on a sexual offender residency restriction ordinance which would control how […]
Long powers Big Foot in convincing road victory
Chiefs ranked No. 1 in Division 4 By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent Big Foot’s Tim Long has waited patiently through the first three years of his high school football career. Not that Long didn’t play a key role in the Chiefs’ success – because he certainly did. But now […]
Village of Sharon President announces resignation
Tearful notice caps off spirited meeting Edwin Scherzer Correspondent Sharon Village Board of Trustees will be looking for a new presiding officer by next spring as current board president Diana Dykstra announced her intent to resign the position. The announcement came at the end of an active agenda filled […]
Petition drive urges Citizen United referendum in Elkhorn
By Tyler Lamb Editor In the post Citizens United era, one of colossal campaign finance, it seems like mission impossible to remove big money from politics, let alone get Congress to begin a process to amend the Constitution. Nevertheless, activists in Elkhorn, Delavan and Lake Geneva will be going door-to-door […]
Groundbreaking held for $12-million health center
By Tyler Lamb Editor Ground was officially broken Monday morning at the site of the new Aurora Health Center, celebrating what Sen. Neal Kedzie called “an investment” in Walworth County. Foundation work has already begun for the 30,000-square-foot, $12-million walk-in health center that will house services such as Audiology, Obstetrics […]
MATILDA ‘TILLY’ STERNIG
Matilda “Tilly” Sternig, 99, passed away peacefully at the Hearthstone in Whitewater on Sept. 8, 2013. Tilly came to Whitewater in 2007 and she moved to Fairhaven in 2009 where she has many friends who admired her strength of character and will miss her spunk. In 1926, at the […]
ROBERT ‘BOB’ A. BLYTH
Robert “Bob” Alfred Blyth, 87, of Weatherford, Okla., passed away Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 at Weatherford Regional Hospital. He was born April 30, 1926 in Milwaukee, Wis., to Laurence Dale and Margaret (Klink) Blyth. Robert was raised and attended school in East Troy and graduated from East Troy High School […]
KATHLEEN A. RILEY
Kathleen A. Riley, age 61, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013 at Deerfield Place Assisted Living in Deerfield, Wis. Kathleen was born on Dec. 8, 1951, the daughter of the late James and Julia (Koszyczarek) Crubaugh. Kathleen attended Troy Center Grade School and graduated from Palmyra-Eagle High School. She […]
