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 […]

The Walworth County Alliance for Children will host its seventh annual “Chip in fore Kids” golf outing on Monday, June 12, at the Evergreen Golf Course in Elkhorn. The tournament will be a four-person scramble format. Tournament day check-in begins at 11:30 a.m. and tee time is at 1 p.m. […]

Phillip Meersman, a senior at Elkhorn Area High School, was recently named an AXA Achiever, for “demonstrating exemplary leadership skills and a commitment to making a positive contribution to the world,” a press release from AXA states. AXA, a financial protection and retirement industry leader, awarded scholarships to more than […]

By Vicky Wedig SLN staff A Janesville man was scheduled to appear in court May 30 on charges that he supplied the heroin that caused the overdose death of a man in Elkhorn. Jason A. Wedell, 34, pleaded not guilty Feb. 21 in Walworth County Circuit Court to first-degree reckless […]

From the top: members of VFW Post 6375, Elkhorn, lead the Memorial Day parade through downtown; Elkhorn Area High School choir members sing during the program at Veterans Park on the lawn of the Walworth County Government Center; VFW Post 6375 member Michael Morgan gives a speech.

EAHS teacher one of several to attend seminar Elkhorn Area High School was one of several area schools to have a Tech Ed teacher attend a Gateway Technical College seminar on Snap-on torque wrenches use training, and then receive wrenches as a donation. Carl Bjorge, of EAHS, participated in the […]

Sponsors sought to cover the cost of the trip Tyler Daehn from Elkhorn Area High School has been invited to represent Wisconsin on the 2017 Wisconsin Central Conference Track and Field Team. He will depart for Queensland, Australia on July 2 to compete down under for individual honors and a […]

By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted unanimously in favor of approving the LAS Water Ski Show Team’s six show dates and practices on Elkhorn Lake at Babe Mann Park, as well as an indemnification agreement with the team, at its meeting May 15. The topic […]

Members of the Elkhorn Area High School Community Impact Club, a new community service club at the school this year, work (and play) at a car wash May 13 to raise money for Agape House. The students rotated between working and holding signs near the school’s entrance and downtown. Shown […]

Frank Eames, the former third generation owner of the Elkhorn Independent newspaper, speaks to guests, including his wife, Pat, daughter, Sandy Bleser, Doris Reinke, Marian Cleary, Earl Hodek and Marlene Hoag, at the May 13 dedication of a room at Heritage Hall bearing the paper’s name. (Heather Ruenz photo)