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 […]
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Making memories
Grace and Caroline Hanson (from the top), from Fontana, ride a honey bee at the Walworth County Fair; Addy Popp, of Walworth 4-H, leads her reserve grand champion barrow around the arena. (Tom Ganser photos)
‘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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bond to remain at $10,000 cash for stabbing suspect
Man from Guatemala has been in Delavan four months By Vicky Wedig Editor A judge Wednesday denied reducing the bond of a man from Guatemala charged with stabbing a man at the Super 8 Motel in Delavan on Saturday. Bond was set at $10,000 cash for Eduardo Godinez Diaz, 29, […]
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 […]
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 […]
