Complete news coverage of Walworth County from Southern Lakes Newspapers
Friday, November 15, 2024
Packers knock off Cowboys, advance to NFC title game By Mike Ramczyk Editor Dallas Cowboys quarterback and Burlington native Tony Romo did just about everything he could to will his team to victory Sunday at Lambeau Field. Unfortunately for the Cowboys, Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers did a little more, […]
Peggy A. Sorensen, 72, of St. Germain, died Jan. 11, 2015. She was born on March 26, 1942, in Chicago, to Clifford and Francis Sandberg. She was preceded in death by her father, mother, stepfather Mort and sister Judith. Survivors include her husband, Dennis; children, Kristin (fiancé Jeff Semmerling) and […]
Evelyn Ruth Hensel, 90, of East Troy, died Jan. 4, 2015, in Elkhorn. She was born Sept 18, 1923, in Richfield, Ill. She attended Burlington High School and was a CNA at Burlington hospital. She married Donald Cha rles Hensel on July 10, 1942, at St Peter’s Catholic Church, East […]
Patronum Bots advance to state championship By Tracy Ouellette Editor The all-girl robotics team from East Troy – the Patronum Bots – earned an invite to the FIRST Tech Challenge State Championship Feb. 6-7 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Patronum Bots are: Caitlin Hunter, Brianna Fridley, Rachel Hunter, Emerson […]
By Kellen Olshefski Editor The City of Elkhorn’s Municipal Services and Utilities Committee continued review of the City’s 2015 capital improvement plan with its new city engineer Monday night. Paul Vanhenkelum of Kapur and Associates officially took over Jan. 1 as the new city engineer. Vanhenkelum said Monday night about […]
By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer Police officers are usually the first on the scene when a car crashes or there has been a severe industrial accident causing injury. It often falls to law enforcement personnel to render first aid until the EMTs arrive. Sometimes, that aid can mean the difference […]
Deputy director to head Health and Human Services By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer One of two deputy directors of the Walworth County Health and Human Services Department will take over for the outgoing director and the other will retire Friday. Elizabeth Aldred will replace retiring department head Linda Seemeyer, and […]
By Chris Bennett Correspondent It appears the Elkhorn Area High School girls’ basketball team is finding additional offense. The Elks lost 49-34 Jan. 3 in a non-conference game at home against Monroe and 44-42 in overtime Jan. 2 at home against non-conference opponent Milton. Elkhorn lost two games in the […]
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys basketball team opened 2015 with a non-conference road win against a strong opponent. The Elks converted their free throws late and beat McFarland 49-46 Jan. 3 at McFarland. “It was a really nice non-conference win against a good team,” Elks […]
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Mid-States Tournament at UW-Whitewater showed the Elkhorn Area High School wrestling team how much farther it must go to achieve its goals this season. The Elks finished second in the 32-team tournament with 221 points. Stoughton won the tournament with 279 points. Elkhorn and Stoughton […]
