By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A crash at the intersection of Highway 11 and Highway JS July 20 left one person dead and a second seriously injured. Bruce Wardell, Burlington, was killed in the crash. A second victim, Christopher Allen Wardell, was taken by Flight for Life to a local trauma […]
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Corn and Brat Fest becomes Truck and Shuck
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor It’s a new year, it’s a new name – and it’s a new event, of a sort, in downtown Elkhorn The Elkhorn Area Chamber of Commerce’s former Corn and Brat Fest shifts gears this year, becoming the Truck and Shuck Summer Food Truck Festival this Saturday, […]
Family to host celebration of life for son
David and Stacey Lazzeroni are hosting a celebration of life for their late son Colton Lazzeroni. The celebration is Sunday, July 31, — which would have been Colton’s ninth birthday — at Northpoint beach in Lake Como, 3 p.m. The Lazzeronis want to thank their friends, family and the community […]
In memory of Joe – former school resource officer recognized
By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR There is little doubt in anyone’s mind that Joe Kirkpatrick had a passion for working with children. “Joe was always a very outgoing, easy-to-get-along-with officer, even on the road itself,” Elkhorn Police Chief Joel Christensen said. “That just kind of transitioned so well into […]
Twice as nice: Rebarchik earns GTC degree before high school diploma
By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR It’s not too often someone gets to brag they graduated from college before they graduated from high school. And yet, thanks to a commitment from the Elkhorn Area School District, Anna Rebarchik got to call herself a graduate of Gateway Technical College before […]
Garden Walk set for Saturday
The River Church will sponsor the annual Garden Walk Saturday, June 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is $10. Proceeds from the event will benefit Feeding Fifty. Garden maps and tickets will be at Saturdays on the Square in Veterans Park in Elkhorn Saturday, with pickup from 8:30-11 […]
Elkhorn’s Dean Wilson left large mark on the world
By Travis Pipes CONTRIBUTOR A towering front of gray clouds swept in from the west, stopping short of the football field at Elkhorn Area High School, on a dreary, late spring evening May 21. Hundreds of people shuffled into the stands there, a small table, microphone and stand […]
Dean Wilson remembered as winning coach, mentor
By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR If there was one person in the world who always seemed to have time for everyone, it was Elkhorn’s Dean Wilson. A coach, a teacher and finally an athletic director before his retirement in 2015, Wilson died May 10, at Aurora Lakeland Medical […]
Elkhorn food pantry goes online
EI 051222 Food pantry online By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Like just about everything else lately, the Elkhorn Food Pantry is going online. As a way to make the pantry more accessible, the pantry recently added an online ordering system. The pantry, which serves those who live in the Elkhorn Area […]
Webster House scheduled for grand reopening
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor As the growth of historical societies in the area has shown, many are interested in finding out just what life was like in past centuries. Now, a Walworth County iconic spot is getting ready to reopen, with a change in style and reach further back into […]
