Annual event part of Elkhorn’s holiday tradition By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent Slated to kick off at 10 a.m. on Dec. 2, the Elkhorn Parks and Recreation Department’s 5K Reindeer Run has become a staple in local festivities kicking off the holiday season. According to Parks and Recreation Director Wendy Meyer, […]

Lakeland Animal Shelter seeks funds to finish new building By Heather Ruenz SLN staff There are a few things Lakeland Animal Shelter is never short of, cats and large dogs for instance. And while ongoing needs, such as supplies keep the operation running on a day-to-day basis, efforts to raise […]

Nathan Chapman and Cade Fink​ were sworn in as City of Elkhorn Junior Council members last week as part of the Youth in Government program. They attend Municipal Services & Utilities Committee and Common Council meetings, and get an advisory vote when council members cast their official votes. Chapman, who […]

“The Grunch,” a children’s musical to be performed by Lakeland Players Nov. 25-26 and Dec. 2-3, is the story of Rudy Grunch, a grumpy 6th grader who feels like an outsider so when the school prepares for a musical, he comes up with a plan to ruin it. It’s directed, […]

By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Municipal Services and Utilities Committee was informed Nov. 13 that due to an oversight with the East Market Street expansion project, the project could now see increased costs of $295,000 in a worst-case scenario. City Administrator Sam Tapson said the contractor, Rams […]

At the third annual Stir It Up, a charitable fundraising event Nov. 5 at Elkhorn Area High School, Justina Rohde (above) and her mom, Sue, of Walworth, save enough room for dessert; Chris Clapper (right), director of the Elkhorn Area Chamber of Commerce, visits with Ward Phillips, of the Rotary […]

Elkhorn Area High School hosts a Veterans Day observance Nov. 9 and welcomes 65 area veterans for breakfast and program. During a medley of military songs performed by the high school choir, those that served in each branch of the service were asked to stand, including Ken Ellsworth, who served […]

A Veterans Day program Saturday at Heritage Hall, Elkhorn, hosted by the Walworth County Historical Society, featured speakers as well as representatives from the Daughters of the Union Veterans Civil War and Daughters of the American Revolution. Area veterans (above) were honored during the ceremony. (Dave Dresdow photo)

Elkhorn DECA members, including RJ Moos (from the left), Maggie Mroch, Diamond Orin, Sarah Taylor and Logan Radlein collect non-perishable food items from local homeowners in a trick-or-can event. On Oct. 27, DECA, whose student president is Haley Annes, put out bags and informational fliers at three neighborhoods in Elkhorn: […]

By Heather Ruenz SLN staff Elkhorn Area High School students have put in countless hours of rehearsals in preparation for this weekend’s performances of “Pygmalion,” by George Bernard Shaw. The play, according to David Drettwan, one of the student directors, is about “how we treat people regardless of class or […]