At the Elkhorn Rotary Club’s 8th Annual Wine, Beer & Food Expo, held at the Monte Carlo Room, Rotary Club President-Elect Sara Nichols presented checks to Safe Families for Children and Elkhorn Area Youth Center to support the local charities in their missions to help our community. Local charities play […]

By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted in favor of a motion at last week’s meeting to award a three-year contract to J&M Displays, Inc., to provide fireworks displays for the city at a cost of $10,000 each year. The Finance and Judicial Committee had voted […]

      Members and friends of the Brellenthin family, of Elkhorn, spend time together supporting Lakeland Animal Shelter at the annual Sip ‘N Purr event Feb. 11 at The Abbey Resort in Fontana. From the left: Erica Workman, Emma Papenfus, Scott McGinnis and Robyn Moe. The event featured a […]

By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer An Elkhorn man was charged Feb. 1 in Walworth County Circuit Court with selling marijuana and prescription drugs and intending to sell cocaine. Eric L. Richardson, 33, possession with intent to deliver cocaine, delivering a prescription drug, two counts of manufacturing or delivering marijuana and […]

      Frank Lueptow, owner of Frank’s Piggly Wiggly in Elkhorn and Jeanie Raidl, director of the Elkhorn Food Pantry, take a short break with several pantry volunteers recently. Thanks to the generosity of Lueptow, and customers at his store, nearly $6,000 worth of groceries have been donated to […]

By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A Janesville man is charged with homicide for supplying the heroin that caused the overdose death of a man in Elkhorn. Jason A. Wedell, 34, was charged Feb. 3 in Walworth County Circuit Court with first-degree reckless homicide and delivering heroin. According to the criminal […]

American playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon is regarded as one of the most successful, prolific and performed playwrights in the world, according to a press release. In addition to “Lost In Yonkers,” which won a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, Simon’s plays and musicals include: Come Blow Your Horn, Little […]

David Broga, 14, a freshman at Elkhorn Area High School, was recently honored at his Eagle Court of Honor for his project of creating bee hotels for Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy in Williams Bay.       Broga, the son of Brian and Susan and a member of Boy Scout Troop 243 in […]

Open Arms Free Clinic is kicking off its fifth year of serving the community with free community wellness opportunities open to the public. OAFC is the first and only free medical and supportive care in Walworth County serving low-income and uninsured residents with primary medical, dental, vision, behavioral health, and […]

      Don Mason (left) and John Marra serve chili at the 9th Annual Chili Cook-off, sponsored by the Williams Bay Women’s Civic League on Feb. 4. The event was held in the Lion’s Fieldhouse and featured 11 chili recipes with Hunt Club winning first place, Jo Jo’s, second, […]