An initial appearance was scheduled to resume Aug. 31 for an Elkhorn man charged with stealing from his former employer. Otto C. Ross, 53, was charged Aug. 30 in Walworth County Circuit Court with burglary of a building or dwelling as a repeater. According to the criminal complaint, a member […]
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Hurricane Harvey relief extends to County Fair
Vets Roll teams with fair, local radio station By Ryan Spoehr SLN staff Vets Roll, a non-profit organization in the state line area, sends senior veterans to Washington D.C. each year. This year, along with the Walworth County Fair, FM 106.1 and 96.1 The Lake, Vets Roll is sending […]
A fair time
Elkhorn Police Officer Robert Rayfield visits with guests at the Walworth County Fair while on bike patrol; Jennifer Cook, of the Elkhorn Area High School FFA, leads her Reserve Grand Champion Steer around the arena. (Tom Ganser photos)
Exotic animal display protested at County Fair
By Ryan Spoehr SLN staff As fair visitors stopped by Woody’s Menagerie, an exotic animal exhibit at this year’s Walworth County Fair, a group of volunteers from Sharon-based Valley of the Kings protested in the background. Woody’s Menagerie, a Mulberry Grove, Illinois-based animal showcase run by Gregg Woody, has been […]
‘The Grunch’ auditions Sept. 15-16
Lakeland Players will hold auditions for the upcoming children’s holiday musical “The Grunch” – for children 8 to 16 years old – at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 15 and at 2 p.m., Sat. Sept 16. Auditions will be held at the old Sprague Theater, 15 W. Walworth St., downtown Elkhorn. […]
Committee recommends topdressing ball fields
By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Municipal Services and Utilities Committee voted Aug. 28 in favor of recommending to the full council the city topdress several city ball fields next year. City Administrator Sam Tapson said the Department of Public Works was approached by a representative of Midwest […]
Elkhorn FFA shines at state convention
The Elkhorn FFA chapter was honored with a P.R.I.D.E. award for promoting, recruiting, inspiring, developing and educating at the State FFA Convention in June. The chapter earned the honor, in part, for adding 47 members, the highest increase for section 10 in southeast Wisconsin. The convention hosted more than 3,000 […]
Stillwater Coffee Company hosts art exhibit
The Elkhorn Arts Foundation, through its outside art exhibit program, recently announced that Stillwater Coffee Company is hosting one of its members through the end of September. Mary (Marishka) Bub is the current artist at Stillwater and the program through the EAF aims to promote artists of many genres and […]
Local man charged with assaulting boy
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 11 for an Elkhorn man charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy. Kevin P. Strickhouser, 30, was charged Aug. 17 in Walworth County Circuit Court with four counts of sexual of a child younger than 16 years old and two counts of child […]
On stage
Julie Ropers-Rosendahl (on right), a percussionist, performs with the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra along with Jenni Hansen, of Salem (left) and Pamela Kundert, of Lake Geneva, at George Williams College in “An American Celebration.” The orchestra will kick off the 2017-18 season Oct. 14 at Calvary Community Church in Williams […]
