Complete news coverage of Walworth County from Southern Lakes Newspapers
Thursday, December 26, 2024
News from throughout Walworth County
From breakfast to do dinner and everything in between By Edwin Scherzer Correspondent There’s a new dining establishment in the ever-changing landscape of the downtown Elkhorn restaurant scene. Family Kitchen restaurant has been open for business just about the time most of us were putting away the leftover turkey. Judging […]
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After going without one for more than seven months, East Troy residents again have an opportunity to visit a local pharmacy. In late March, Aurora Health Care made the decision to close 11 of its 82 outpatient pharmacies. The East Troy location was included on the […]
By Jean Matheson Correspondent After a two-day trial, a jury took only two hours last week to find a 35-year-old man guilty of sexually abusing a 2-year-old girl at a Whitewater apartment. Scott L. Anderson’s conviction on a charge of first-degree sexual assault of a child could bring him a […]
By Jean Matheson Correspondent A 29-year-old Illinois woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for supplying a fatal dose of heroin to a Town of Spring Prairie man. Lisa C. Jurgens of Crystal Lake, Ill., had pleaded guilty to a charge of first-degree reckless homicide before her sentencing […]
Celebrate 20th anniversary of Breakfast with Santa Dec. 8 December of 1992 saw the dawning of the very first Breakfast with Santa, sponsored by the local Whitewater Optimist Club jointly with the UW-Whitewater/Community Optimist Club. The clubs will again host this community event on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 8-11 a.m. […]
By Kellen Olshefski Staff Writer The 2012 Walworth County Clean Sweep program attracted a steady stream of residents looking to properly dispose of more than 17 tons of household hazardous waste products and old meds. A total of 750 participant surveys were completed during the two-day event held on Oct. […]
By John Koski Elkhorn Independent In a brief 20-minute meeting Monday, the Elkhorn Common Council approved a sewer rate increase of 4 percent for both residential and commercial/industrial customers effective January 2013. Earlier committee discussion had looked at a 6 percent residential increase and an 8 percent increase for commercial/industrial […]
By Bob Peryea Correspondent The City of Lake Geneva finds itself the subject of legal action in an attempt by a local citizens’ action group to review a memo of under-standing between the City and a local land-holding corporation. According to a press re-lease from Care for Lake Geneva, a […]
By Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN STAFF Police are looking for someone who stole a $3,000 painting from a Lake Geneva auction site Nov. 17. A Judy Larson horse print went missing from the home of Keith Krause, a 45-year-old building contractor, who died July 12 after falling through a roof on […]
PHOTO BY Kyle Forster Santa hands out candy canes to children during the event in Tower Park downtown Nov.23 night during the city’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
