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Elkhorn

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 […]

Elkhorn

‘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. […]

East Troy

Bluegrass on the square

East Troy’s Bluegrass Festival is back for 24th year The sounds of bluegrass music will once again fill the East Troy Village Square this weekend when Bluegrass Festival returns Saturday and Sunday. The annual event is celebrating its 24th anniversary this year with a weekend lineup that includes two of […]

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 […]

Walworth-Fontana area

Arts scholarships awarded

Walworth County Arts Council scholarship winners are (from left) Julien Riviere, a graduate of Delavan-Darien High School; Makena Ekman, of Badger High School; Hans Murtell, a graduate of Big Foot High School; and Maria Olague, of Big Foot High School. The Arts Council gave five $1,000 scholarships for high school […]

Elkhorn

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 […]

Elkhorn

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 […]

East Troy

Dining al fresco in East Troy

Village Board considers allowing outdoor café seating on the square By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Village Board discussed the idea of allowing businesses on the village square to use sidewalk space for café seating and dining at Monday night’s Committee of the Whole meeting. In a move to […]