The Elkhorn Area Chamber of Commerce is putting together final touches on its seventh annual Oktoberfest scheduled Saturday, Oct. 20, and is still in need of locals vying to be named this year’s chili champion. The annual chili cook-off has been a staple of the fall festival since its beginning. […]
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Roadshow rip-off: More reports of gold buyer’s shady business hit home
By Maureen Vander Sanden SLN Staff An Illinois-based company that has come to town at least eight times in the past two years to buy old jewelry, antiques and other collectables from locals looking to make some quick cash has yet to make good on bad checks written here last […]
‘No Script? No Set? No Problem.’
If you go… What: a performance by area improv group, the Funkin’ Wassels When: Friday, Oct. 12 and Saturday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. Where: The Walworth County Performing Arts Center, 15 W. Walworth St. Cost: Tickets are $10 at the door, with proceeds benefiting […]
Cheering for charity
Elkhorn Varsity cheerleaders Alexandria Guzman (from left), Sierra Schneider, Athena Hughes, Nicole Spence and Danielle Wurster race down East Geneva Street collecting food to stock the shelves of the Elkhorn Food Pantry with the help of parade watchers who lined the streets in purple and gold for the 2012 […]
Tibbets students receive ‘Blessings in a Backpack’
“I look at faces, not numbers, and the thought that any of these kids were hungry, made me want to do something.” – Krista Lillquist By Maureen Vander Sanden Editor It’s hard to believe that even in a rural school system like Elkhorn Area School District nearly […]
Visitors Bureau plans move from Elkhorn
The Uncle Hunk’s Junk building, located at 203 E. Walworth St. in Elkhorn will soon have a vacancy with the move of the Walworth County Visitors Bureau. The Elkhorn Area Chamber of Commerce will continue to operate from this space. By Chelsey Hinsenkamp Staff Writer After more than 30 […]
Banned herbicide continues damage to Evergreen’s trees
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent By virtue of its name, Elkhorn’s Evergreen Golf Club has long been noted for the variety of towering pines throughout its hundreds of acres of property. But many of the trees unintentionally came under threat within the past year as the grounds were treated for […]
New court program offers treatment to local veterans
By Jean Matheson Correspondent Veterans who have run afoul of the law because of problems with alcohol or drug abuse or with mental illness may be getting some extra help through the court system. A new veterans treatment court will go into session Nov. 14 in a three-county area, members […]
Three men charged with burglarizing Elkhorn apartment
Three Illinois men were scheduled to appear in Walworth County Circuit Court last month on charges stemming from the Aug. 13 burglary of an Elkhorn apartment. Gennaro A. Cavallino, 20, of Normal, Ill., Daniel P. McGovern, 20, of Buffalo Grove, Ill., and David O. Nudelman, 20, of Buffalo Grove, Ill., […]
Cheering with special needs squad is life-altering for local girl
“In the world of The Charmers there is no such thing as a disability. When they’re together they can do things they would never think they could do alone.” –Kristi Hay By Chelsey Hinsenkamp SLN Staff “There was not a dry eye in the house.” That’s the way Kristi Hay of […]
