Walworth County Sheriff, District Attorney among guest speakers By Tom Ganser Correspondent Representatives of Big Foot, Delavan-Darien, East Troy, Elkhorn Area, Whitewater and Williams Bay high schools gathered April 21 at the Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan for the sixth Annual Operation Click Banquet and Car Give Away for the […]
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Drug Take Back set for Saturday
The Town of East Troy Police Department will have a Prescription Drug Take Back from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 29, at the Town Hall, N9330 Stewart School Road. For more information, contact Chief Don Jensen at (262) 642-3700. The Village of East Troy Police Department has […]
Lending a helping hand
Local church effort sponsors Honduras children’s education By Ryan Spoehr Staff writer A local effort at area church to sponsor the education of children overseas has grown three years into the initiative. The initiative is to raise money at local churches to sponsor the education for children in Honduras, one […]
Jury finds man guilty of trying to kill son
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A jury deliberated for about three hours April 20 before finding a Walworth man guilty of trying to kill his adult son two days after Christmas in 2015. Gabino Dominguez Gonzalez, 42, was found guilty of attempted first-degree intentional homicide and aggravated battery intending great […]
Man allegedly beat woman, threatened cops
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A preliminary hearing was scheduled for April 25 for an Elkhorn man charged with abusing the woman he lives with and threatening police. Steven E. Maxson, 61, was charged April 13 in Walworth County Circuit Court with felony intimidation of a victim with domestic abuse […]
Woman allegedly stole from Luke’s to pay dealer
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer An initial appearance was scheduled for April 20 for an Allens Grove woman charged with robbing Luke’s Restaurant in Elkhorn to pay her drug dealer. Amanda M. Rodden Clawson, 24, was charged April 13 in Walworth County Circuit Court with burglary of a building or […]
Warhawks go JWEGSTRONG for cancer awareness
By Daniel Schoettler Correspondent Several University of Wisconsin-Whitewater athletic teams have helped show their support for Justin Wegner, a freshman catcher on the 2016 UW-Whitewater baseball team, who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer last year. Wegner was diagnosed last summer with soft tissue sarcoma and several […]
Council approves funds for street projects
Lower bids for Jackson Street project led to excess allocated funds By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted in favor of spending remaining funds budgeted for the South Jackson Street project to fund other street maintenance programs in the city at its special meeting on April […]
Darien man killed while walking on Highway 14
A Darien man was killed Saturday after being struck by a trailer while walking on Highway 14. Austin Fehrm, 30, was struck by a trailer being pulled by a pick-up truck on Highway 14 near S-D Townline Road at about 6:05 p.m. Saturday, according to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office. […]
Authors speak to Arts Council
The Walworth County Arts Council had its quarterly meeting at 841 Brewhouse in Whitewater on March 28. Guest speakers for the luncheon meeting were three Walworth County authors – Al Gruling from East Troy, Trudy Schubert from Walworth and Frank Landi from Delavan. Each author shared his or her background […]
