Jerry Ketchpaw loved barbering, sports and people By Heather Ruenz SLN staff “I can’t tell you a lot about the first 53 years or so that Jerry was at this barbershop but I can tell you about the last seven. He took a chance on me,” Megan McCormick, a stylist […]
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Local cancer survivor celebrates five years
At annual event at Cancer Treatment Centers of America Katherine Vogt, a lymphoma cancer survivor from Elkhorn, joined more than 135 fellow five-year cancer survivors at Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Medical Center for its 29th Annual Celebrate Life event last month. Celebrate Life is an […]
Redline Coalition releases Highway 12 update
The Redline Coalition is made up of the Township of La Grange, City of Elkhorn, Lauderdale Lake and Pleasant Lake Management Districts, Greater Whitewater Committee, Inc., Walworth County, the City of Whitewater and Walworth County Economic and Development Alliance. The coalition’s mission is three-fold: one, Governor Walker and legislators direct […]
Volunteer squad supports Open Arms Free Clinic
Aurora caregivers sort food donations, beautify grounds in Elkhorn Aurora Health Care’s latest Weeks of Caring volunteer effort focused on feeding children and families in need. More than 600 caregivers volunteered at sites across Aurora’s service area last month, including Walworth County. “Hunger affects people across Wisconsin, and children often […]
Setting the pace against cancer
Honorary Survivor Candice Larson (above, from the left) and cancer survivors Patti Marsicano, Rachel Rodriguez and David Geist lead the survivor lap at Relay for Life at the Walworth County Fairgrounds July 21. Stephanie Rodgers and her son, Kale, walk a lap at the event. They were walking in honor […]
Finger-licking good
Elkhorn Ribfest finds continued success at second-annual event By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent Elkhorn Ribfest proved to be a finger-licking success when it returned to the Walworth County Fairgrounds July 14-16 for its second annual event, drawing a wide selection of barbecue vendors and a large crowd. Despite heavy rainfall earlier […]
They can be monsters
The cast of Summer Elk Players (above) will present the musical, “We Are Monsters,” at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, July 28 and 29 at Elkhorn Middle School. Jessica Winters (left, from the left), Lily Deron and Serenity Jensen rehearse a scene Monday morning. Admission is free though donations are […]
Man to be sentenced for assault, child porn
An Elkhorn man is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 10 after reaching a plea agreement in two felony cases – one for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl and another for having child pornography. Neal R. Moss, 60, pleaded guilty July 3 in Walworth County Circuit Court to one of the […]
Kids launch into learning at Camp Invention
By Heather Ruenz Editor Camp Invention, a nationally recognized, nonprofit summer enrichment camp program, was held at Jackson Elementary School in June and welcomed kids from Elkhorn, Williams Bay and Lake Geneva. It’s a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, a nonprofit organization dedicated to recognizing inventors and […]
On display
Artists Bea Beaver (front), Dani Heath (back, second from the left going right), Hannah Earle and Jackie Winslow show a sampling of their artwork on display at Tender Reflections, Elkhorn on July 10, for Color Me Summer, a community art show. The Elkhorn Arts Foundation including Dawn Heath (on […]