Company aims to maintain building, update interior for community use By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff Elkhorn’s historic Holton House is undergoing some minor renovations and the company in charge is looking for donations to help turn it into a facility to benefit the community. Emily Karls, marketing director for Wisconsin […]
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Officials wade through wastewater plant details
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent While there is certainty Whitewater will receive a new wastewater treatment facility in the near future, questions about some of the components within the project continue to permeate. After a year marked with study, debate and analysis, the Common Council capped off 2015 with a plan […]
Council approves bid for water treatment plant
By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff In a 6-0 vote Monday night the City of Elkhorn Common Council awarded a contract to Miron Construction Company for the construction of the city’s Northeast Water Treatment Plant. According to information provided in the council’s packet, Miron Construction Company, of Neenah, offered the second […]
A witty comedy and a savage tale coming to Whitewater
Young Auditorium is on American Shakespeare Center’s 2016 Dangerous Dreams tour and will present two stage performances of classic, entertaining tales this week. Oscar Wilde’s witty, biting comedy The Importance of Being Earnest will take the stage on Tuesday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m.; Shakespeare’s The Life of King Henry […]
Register to vote early
Avoid long lines at the polls on Election Day By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Area clerks are advising voters to register early for the April 5 Spring General Election. While registering to vote on Election Day is allowed, local municipal clerks say registering in advance will speed up the voting […]
Quotes requested for beautification project
By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted March 7 in favor of a motion to send out for quotes for flower arrangements to fulfill the city’s downtown beautification project. The project, spearheaded by the Elkhorn Area Chamber of Commerce and former Elkhorn Business Alliance, received […]
Stepping up
Members of the Trinity Irish Dancers group from Madison entertain a full house at Fairhaven Senior Services Monday, including young dancers in the early stages of learning the traditional Irish dance to teenagers with years of experience. It was reported the community room at Fairhaven was at […]
Officials explore options for library expansion
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A library and a hotel are an unseemly mix, but the intermingling of the two could be an important lynchpin of the oft-discussed expansion of the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library. Adding on to the library’s existing facility in Whitewater has been a conceptual talking point […]
Lake board considers boat slip lottery
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Village of East Troy Trustee Dusty Stanford addressed the Village Board as a resident at Monday night’s meeting to express his dislike of the increased fees and possible new boat slip lottery the Booth Lake Memorial Park Board is considering. Stanford said the desire to […]
Man pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting child
Man allegedly assaulted girl at Elkhorn residence on multiple occasions By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff A 32-year-old Elkhorn man pleaded not guilty during a preliminary hearing last week to Class A felony charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a child on multiple occasions. Simon E. Jeninga was charged Feb. 26 in […]
