Area teen has a grip on his future – on the racetrack and in life By Heather Ruenz SLN staff Tazio Stefanelli, a recent graduate of Elkhorn Area High School, has his sights set on attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall for mechanical engineering. But for several weekends […]

By Heather Ruenz SLN staff For a couple days of fun for the entire family, one only needs to trek to Babe Mann Park in Elkhorn this weekend and take in the Community Days event. Attendees are asked to bring along a donation of a gently used blanket that will […]

By Vicky Wedig SLN staff An Elkhorn man pleaded guilty May 24 to two felony sexual assault charges and is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 22. Jeffery S. Pestor, 54, pleaded guilty to two counts each of first-degree sexual assault of a child, and two counts of exposing his genitals […]

The ICAN Bike program will come to Lakeland School of Walworth County, Elkhorn, June 19 to 23. The program, sponsored by the Autism Society of Southeast Wisconsin and the Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin, aims to teach individuals with disabilities how to ride a conventional bike and become a lifelong […]

Mayor Howie Reynolds (left) presents Junior Councilmember Nathan Chapman with a certificate in recognition of his time participating in the Youth in Government program at the June 5 City of Elkhorn Common Council meeting. As a part of the pilot program, launched earlier this year in Elkhorn and East Troy, […]

By Vicky Wedig SLN staff A motion hearing is scheduled for June 29 for a West Bend man charged with sexually assaulting his daughter when the girl was between 2 and 10 years old in the Town of LaFayette. The man, 46, who is not being named here to protect […]

Shey Zwieg’s first grade class from Jackson Elementary School plant flowers outside the Walworth County Government Center in Elkhorn June 1, including Kahleb Belling (from the left), Ian Juarez Cruz, Ayden Gonzalez and Owen Schopp. Colleen and Bob O’Neill of Little Miss Sweet Peas donated the flowers and organized the […]

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Walworth County will hold a team captain/member meeting for the annual event tonight at 6 p.m. in the Community Room at 820 Geneva St., Delavan. The theme for this year’s Relay For Life, set for July 21 from 5 p.m. to midnight […]

By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted 5-1 in favor of amending the city’s code of ordinance in regards to the Board of Review at its meeting Monday night. The Board of Review has in the past been comprised of the mayor, city clerk and alderman, […]

Ex-cop convicted of murder in Kenosha County and Minnesota   By Jason Arndt and Vicky Wedig SLN staff A former West Allis police officer is scheduled to be tried in August for dumping the bodies in Walworth County of two women he killed. Steven Zelich, 55, is charged in Walworth […]