A 21-year-old man who drove from Nebraska for a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old Lake Geneva girl is facing up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced on Dec. 17. Jacob T. Cambridge of Lincoln, Neb. pleaded guilty Oct. 12 in Walworth County Circuit Court to a felony […]
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Oktoberfest offers autumn’s essentials
By Maureen Vander Sanden SLN Staff The smell of a variety of hearty chilies will be in the air under the colorful canopy of fall foliage that make’s up Veterans Park on the City Square when the Elkhorn Area Chamber of Commerce’s hosts its annual Oktoberfest Saturday. The annual autumn […]
Local Dems report BB gun shots to building
By Maureen Vander Sanden SLN Staff Elkhorn police are investigating vandalism to the Democratic Party of Walworth County’s office located at 10 S. Washington St. On Monday, Ellen Holly, vice chair and campaign coordinator for the local political party, reported to police that someone shot four pellets or BBs at […]
Elkhorn students’ scores dip slightly
By Maureen Vander Sanden Editor Participation remains steady, but for a second year in a row, Elkhorn students who took the ACT college admissions test last year, scored below the state average. The slight dip from a 21.8 average composite ACT score in 2010-11 to 21 in 2011-12, in part, […]
Chamber seeking chili champs
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. […]
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 […]
