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Fall market fun

Terra Yard Creations’ Oct. 3 Fall Market at the Barn event featured a wide variety of makers, artists, artisans, crafters and bakers along with activities for kids. Payton Perepell, 2, and her sister, Quinn, 5, from Delavan, get started on painting their pumpkins. Seeds of Hope supplied the pumpkins, free […]

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Elkhorn to host Oktoberfest Saturday

By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer As Elkhorn Area Chamber of Commerce representatives put it in a recent social media post a couple, what a rollercoaster the last several months have been. Despite several events and local festivities being canceled or postponed, chamber staff said they’re excited to host Elkhorn Oktoberfest. […]

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Elks celebrate homecoming

Members of the Elkhorn Area High School Color Guard twirl flags during last Friday’s annual Homecoming parade in downtown Elkhorn. The football team defeated Westosha Central 46-41, the first victory since new coach Todd Ghilani took over. See more parade photos and coverage from the game, along with other EAHS […]

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Elkhorn Fire Department seeks community support

Informational sessions to be held on $1.63 million referendum By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The Elkhorn Area Fire Department is hosting three upcoming informational sessions regarding the $1.63 million referendum that appears on the Nov. 3 presidential election ballot. Informational sessions will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13; at […]

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Demerit points assessed to Elkhorn bars

By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The Elkhorn Legislative and Regulatory Committee voted 2-0 in favor of assessing the Jury Room, Sports Page Barr and Moy’s Restaurant with 75 alcohol license demerit points each at its meeting Monday night. Elkhorn Police Chief Joel Christensen said that all of the alcohol violations happened […]

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Dementia Friendly group to meet

The Dementia Friendly Community Initiative of Walworth County group is in the process of recruiting additional members and encourages anyone interested in learning more, attend next week’s meeting. The meeting will be held Thursday, Oct. 8 from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the A.D.R.C. building, 1910 County Road NN, Elkhorn, […]

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Sheriff reiterates face mask stance

Walworth County Sheriff Kurt Picknell again last week said the department will not be responding to complaints of individuals suspected of violating Gov. Tony Ever’s extended face mask mandate, nor take any direct law enforcement action as it relates specifically to the governor’s face covering mandate. “Consistent with our understanding […]

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Clean Sweep set for Oct. 2 and 3

Walworth County will have its annual Clean Sweep this weekend. The annual Clean Sweep event helps household residents (free of charge) properly dispose of damaged, banned, unusable or unwanted products that contain volatile chemicals. County residents only may bring their household hazardous waste to the: City of Whitewater Public Works […]