Violet Kapfer tries the cycle-powered blender at W3llfest on March 11 as Colleen Seefeld of Fort Healthcare looks on. Riding the bicycle powered the blender to make smoothies or shakes. For more coverage of W3llfest, pick up the March 16 Whitewater Register. (Tom Ganser photo)
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Memory Café to meet March 23
The next Memory Café will be held 10 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, March 23 the Peoples Bank, in the Community Room, 837 N. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn. The topic will be “Spring Flowers.” The Café is an opportunity for individuals with mild cognitive impairment and early-stage Alzheimer’s, and their care partners […]
Getting chili
At the 10th Annual Chili Dinner fundraiser March 11 at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Walworth, Robert Rauland and Tobie Steivang check out a carved cane made by Don Shunk, of Sharon. The event, in addition to a buffet meal, featured live music and a variety of […]
On the wings of kindness
Support following teen’s accident has been ‘amazing’ By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer The reason the Schweitzer family decided to share their story about a traumatic brain injury suffered by their son is twofold: one, to raise awareness about TBIs; the other, to publicly thank the countless number of people who […]
Gov. Walker to visit East Troy High School on Monday
Governor Scott Walker will visit East Troy High School on March 20. He is scheduled to be in the building from about 8:55 to 10 a.m. According to a press release from the School District, the governor’s visit will include a tour of the high school’s innovation spaces and an […]
Spring Splash a no-go, but city officials still taking precautionary measures
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Although Spring Splash — the maligned, college student-geared event — will not take place in Whitewater this year, city officials continue to review protocol for similar activities that could occur the last weekend in April. Since 2013, a for-profit company known as Wisconsin Red has organized […]
Deputies administer narcotic overdose drug
Deputies revived a man suffering from an opiate overdose in the Town of LaGrange on March 3. Three doses of naloxone, commonly known by its brand name, Narcan, were administered to a 26-year-old man at a Bluff Road residence, according to a press release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department […]
Alpine Valley Music Theatre won’t open this year
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff On Thursday, Live Nation announced it will not be opening Alpine Valley Music Theatre for the 2017 season. “It’s an unusual year in that a lot of artists we’ve traditionally hosted are playing in other buildings or not playing at all this season,” said Jon […]
City to share cost of library landscaping
By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Finance and Judicial Committee voted in favor of recommending the city split the cost of a landscaping project at Matheson Memorial Library with the library and the library Friends at its Feb. 27 meeting. The committee’s decision to split the cost came […]
Big Foot teacher awarded grant
Pat Hollihan, a teacher at Big Foot High School, has received a 2017 Accounting Career Awareness Grant from the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants Educational Foundation, Inc. Teachers who attended the fall 2016 WICPA High School Educators Symposium received the opportunity to write proposals about why they should receive […]
