Gov. Walker signs $70 billion budget By Tyler Lamb Editor Gov. Scott Walker signed a two-year, $70 billion state budget Sunday after making several dozen vetoes to it. The budget, approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature, includes all of the governor’s priorities, including expansion of private school vouchers, a $650 million tax […]
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‘Under the Sea’
Summer playhouse presents ‘The Little Mermaid’ By Tom Ganser Correspondent This July the Whitewater Summer School Playhouse will bring the story of “The Little Mermaid” to life with the help of the staff, volunteers, and its talented students. Inspired by the 2008 Walt Disney Tony Award-nominated production on Broadway, this […]
Lamb takes over as Independent editor
Tyler Lamb, 26, has been named editor of the Elkhorn Independent. Lamb, who recently served as managing editor of The Courier, a weekly newspaper in Waterloo, is a 2010 communications graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with print media major and multimedia minor. He began his career as a reporter […]
Local Reps tout state budget
Republicans convinced it keeps state on the right track By Tyler Lamb Editor Admittedly no state budget is flawless. Nevertheless, Republican lawmakers believe the 2013-15 biennial budget features several fiscally conservative provisions – including income tax cuts, limits on property taxes and expansion of the state’s educational voucher program – […]
Reinke shines light on Elkhorn’s rich history
Historian the driving force behind Webster House By Tyler Lamb Editor Nestled among the quiet, unassuming neighborhood of East Rockwell Street, stands a white Greek Revival House where Joseph Philibrick Webster once resided. Webster, composer of several popular hymns such as “In the Sweet By and By,” lived in […]
Firefighters battle blaze at Mulligan’s in Delavan
Firefighters from Delavan and the surrounding area were dispatched to a multi-alarm blaze at Mulligan’s Pub and Dining, 1252 Racine St., in the City of Delavan before 6 a.m. Wednesday. The restaurant was filled with smoke and firefighters cut holes in the roof of the structure to gain access to […]
State’s work ethic is mired in manufacturing
By Mike Nichols Badger Diggings We dislike slackers. It’s part of our history. As far back as the Civil War, Wisconsin soldiers fighting in the south derided the lazy southern landowners and observed that the abhorrent use of slave labor had, as it was said, “perverted […]
College Notes
University of Wisconsin-La Cross: The following students from Elkhorn have been named to the dean’s list for the 2013 spring semester: John Cooper, accountancy major, and Kyla Price, psychology major. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point: The following students from Elkhorn graduated 2013 spring semester: Douglas C. Bailey, MSNR; Christopher D. Earnest, […]
Whitewater celebrates Independence Day
City’s free family festival is set for July 3-6 Whitewater annual Fourth of July Free Family Festival is set for July 3-6 at Cravath Lakefront Park, 312 Whitewater St. in Whitewater. Everything at the celebration is paid for by local sponsors, including numerous Whitewater small business owners. “Whitewater’s Fourth of […]
Illinois man cited in fatal crash
By Tyler Lamb Editor A Woodstock, Ill. man has been arrested and charged with OWI-homicide following a one-car crash June 14 in the Town of Walworth. The crash left a 22-year-old Fontana man, dead, according to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office. Daniel P. Consolo, 24, was charged June 25 […]
