Complete news coverage of Walworth County from Southern Lakes Newspapers
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Residents arrested, face felony charges Police busted a meth lab and arrested its suspected operators in Darien on Tuesday morning. Deputies from the Walworth County Drug Enforcement Unit and officers from the City of Delavan Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration and Division of Criminal Investigation executed a search […]
Todd Alan Schlender, 55, of Mukwonago and Fort Myers, Fla., passed away unexpectedly March 6, 2015. He was born on May 30, 1959 in Milwaukee, to Frederick “Gus” W. and Violet L. (Rohde) Schlender. Todd attended New Berlin Eisenhower High School and graduated from East Troy High School in 1977. […]
Citizen takes aim at School Board president By Tracy Ouellette Editor The end of the Feb. 23 East Troy Community School District Board of Education meeting had District Administration Chris Hibner staunchly defending the integrity and leadership of School Board President Ted Zess after Zess fielded a barrage of questions […]
Chief says under current staffing department can no longer adequately staff week days By Kellen Olshefski Editor With staffing shortage on the fire side of Elkhorn’s Fire and EMS services, Elkhorn Public Safety Committee began discussions Monday on what can be done to ensure the fire department is adequately staffed […]
By Kellen Olshefski Editor A bomb threat found written on a bathroom wall Tuesday afternoon at Williams Bay Junior/Senior High School led to the evacuation of students and staff. In phone and email messages sent out to district parents Tuesday afternoon, Superintendent Wayne Anderson said the Williams Bay police and […]
By Kellen Olshefski Editor At its meeting Monday night, Elkhorn’s Common Council approved admission price and hours for Elkhorn’s new swimming facility at Sunset Park, expected to open this summer. Director of Parks and Recreation Wendy Meyer wrote in a memo to the council with numerous calls coming in inquiring […]
By Chris Bennett Correspondent On the strength of 30 points from Aaron Wales, the Elkhorn Area High School boys basketball team scored a season high in points and beat Wilmot 82-80 Feb. 26 in a Southern Lakes Conference game at Wilmot. The victory gives the Elks a 12-10 overall record, […]
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Coach Ken Reynolds is convinced Elkhorn Area High School’s Richie Heideman didn’t notice the 14,000 spectators in the Kohl Center when he beat DeForest’s Hunter Toppel 5-2 in the quarterfinals of the WIAA Division1 State Wrestling Tournament in Madison at the Kohl Center. The tournament started […]
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School gymnastics team finished eighth of nine teams Feb. 28 at a WIAA Division 2 sectional meet at Mount Horeb High School and saw its season come to an end. The Elks finished with a team score of 117.725. Mount Horeb won […]
Cul-de-sacs to be plowed like this year, leaves no longer allowed on city streets By Kellen Olshefski Editor City of Elkhorn Municipal Service and Utilities Chairman Gary Payson, Sr., told councilmembers Monday night the committee is working on updating snow and ice and leaf removal processes for the City of […]
