State parks to lengthen hours, reopen select restrooms and extend campground closures In accordance with public health guidelines and safety recommendations, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is modifying current operations to maintain the safest environment for visitors and staff. All Wisconsin state park system properties will return to regular […]

      Many families of Tibbets Elementary School students made their way through the parking lot at the school May 7 for a reverse parade so the students and school staff, including art teacher Mrs. Erin Heiser (above) could see each other. The teachers held signs of encouragement, many wore Tibbets […]

Gifts will be matched up to $1,000 and go to the Education Foundation The Elkhorn Fund is helping The Elkhorn Area School District Education Foundation further its efforts in supporting meal programming and food sharing during the Covid-19 pandemic by offering a dollar-for-dollar matching grant up to $1,000. As a […]

A group of people, including some with signs, gathers in Veterans Park in the downtown square in Elkhorn for an Open Walworth County rally May 9, which was organized to encourage officials to reopen the county and the State of Wisconsin. “The focus is to empower people with knowledge of […]

Restaurant retains about 25 percent of regular business By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer When Dean Pierce and Katie Duckworth bought Someplace Else about 18 months ago they never imagined the challenges they are now facing in light of the coronavirus pandemic. They had planned to be closed for a few […]

Public Health advises people voluntarily comply with social distancing, safety precautions In the wake of the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Safer-at-Home order, effective immediately, businesses can open and people can travel and gather in large groups. Walworth County’s Division of Public Health will not be issuing orders […]

By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent Despite facing a whole new world from her first day in the office, Suzi Schoenhoft, the new Executive Director of New Beginnings/Association for the Prevention of Family Violence is pushing forward, ensuring that those in need receive help during these trying times. Schoenhoft started the new […]

Boys & Girls Club delivers masks, gloves, books and school supplies In response to the ongoing challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, representatives from the Boys & Girls Club and United Way made a trio of stops in Walworth County last week to deliver a variety of items. The […]

Jackson Elementary School teachers, district staff and even Elmer Elk made their way throughout the district last Friday to see their students. The staff, some who wore costumes, had decorated their vehicles with messages of encouragement including “We miss you” signs, balloons, streamers and pompoms. Many of the students and […]

The Open Arms Free Clinic’s annual Golf Outing and Dinner has been canceled. “We cannot, in good conscious, put our supporters in harms way. The COVID-19 has been disruptive to all things we know to be normal,” Open Arms stated in a press release. “Even with a delayed outing date, […]