By Chris Bennett Correspondent Elkhorn opened its Southern Lakes Conference dual meet season Sept. 3 at home with a 25-9, 25-10, 25-7 loss to Westosha Central. Coach Justin Diderrich said the Elks struggled with Westosha’s offense in the first match and made too many unforced errors in the second match. […]
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Tennis girls drop two duals
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls tennis team lost several close, tough matches in a 5-2 Southern Lakes Conference dual meet defeat Sept. 3 at Waterford. Elkhorn played Union Grove Thursday in a SLC dual meet at home, and plays host Saturday to a non-conference quadrangular […]
Runners brave the humidity
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys and girls cross country teams finished strong despite trying conditions Saturday at the Rebel Invitational at UW-Parkside in Kenosha. “Conditions at the Rebel Invite were pretty challenging (Saturday),” Elks coach Randi Wulf said. “Hot and humid.” Horlick High School in […]
Kickers gearing up for conference
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys soccer team recently went undefeated against two quality opponents, and is in a good shape as it heads into its Southern Lakes Conference season. Elkhorn played to a 2-2 draw Sept. 3 at home against non-conference foe Milton and beat […]
Hot Cob in the City
The 55th annual Cornfest begins today For the 55th year, Darien is hosting its annual Cornfest celebration Sept. 11-13 in Darien West Park, at the intersection of Highway 14 and North Road at 335 W. Madison St. Cornfest is sponsored by American Legion Post 450, the Darien Fire Department, Darien […]
Chiefs thrash Trojans
Big Foot wins in 42-7 win over Beloit-Turner, rise to 2-1 overall, 1-0 in conference By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It looked like the Big Foot football team may have its hands full with visiting Beloit Turner in its Rock Valley Conference opener Friday night. But that was just on paper […]
Big Foot binges on goals
Chiefs total up 19 goals in three matches, crushing opponents in the process By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The Big Foot-Williams Bay boys soccer team has been on a goal-scoring binge the past week. And that certainly continued Tuesday night against visiting Edgerton. The Chiefs, who scored 19 goals in three […]
Going for a ride
Mallory Hohisel, from Walworth, enjoys a pony ride at Dan Green’s Touch a Life, Heal a Heart Foundation’s Pig in the Park event in Fontana on Sept. 5. (Penny Gruetzmacher photo)
Little Roy and Lizzy to headline Bluegrass Festival
Annual music festival runs Sept. 12 to 13 in East Troy The Little Roy and Lizzy Show, often called one of the most entertaining groups in bluegrass music today, will be making a rare trip to the Midwest to headline the 22nd annual East Troy Bluegrass Festival this month. The […]
County looks to up the ante with transportation for senior and disabled citizens
By Kellen Olshefski Editor The Walworth County Transportation Coordinating Committee voted in favor of expanding some of the county’s transportation services for seniors and disabled residents Monday, opening up transportation services to social and recreational trips. With a little more money than anticipated left in the county’s transportation budget needed […]
