By Heather Ruenz Editor When a request for help to collect items for the local food pantry was received, numerous Big Foot High School students and staff stepped up to the challenge without giving it a second thought. Chris Cary, the athletic assistant and insurance clerk for the high school’s […]

The Butchers Model Car Club will have its first meetings of the year from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in the old fair office on the Walworth County Fairgrounds in Elkhorn. The car club will have meetings every third Saturday of the month in 2017. Other meetings scheduled in […]

      Agape House for Girls recently received a Green Bay Packers Foundation Grant. The Green Bay Packers Foundation grant program is part of Green Bay Packers Give Back, the Packers’ all-encompassing community outreach initiative. Agape House, Walworth, is a school and home for at-risk students. Ben and Pam […]

‘Creatures of Winter: Sacred Season’ on display through March 17 The artwork of William (Bill) Bishop, of Williams Bay, is headlining a winter exhibition, “Creatures of Winter: Sacred Season” at Michael Fields Agricultural Institute Gallery. Bishop’s work will be on exhibit through Friday, March 17 in the “big, brown barn” […]

Whether to allow previous acts as evidence under consideration By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A ruling on the admissibility of previous acts of sexual assault as evidence in a case against a Walworth man could determine whether an agreement is reached in the case. Silverio A. Moreno, 33, is set […]

      Kyle May on bass clarinet (left) and Hunter Aulds on double bass accompany choir members from Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church of Walworth and Linn Presbyterian of Lake Geneva, along with a few adults and other Badger High School students under the direction of Kim May for the […]

An event designed to give Walworth County youth the opportunity to think, do and create will be held at the Walworth County Government Center. The event, the 4-H Kids’ College 2017 will be on Jan. 28 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Any kids are invited to participate whether they […]

The Walworth County UW-Extension is accepting registration for the Level I Master Gardener volunteer (MGV) program. This program is specifically designed through the University of Wisconsin to train people in all areas of horticulture, who in turn aid UW-Extension educators by using their knowledge to volunteer for projects to benefit […]

      Walworth-Fontana Rotary members, with the help of Walworth Middle School students, fill holiday boxes with food and deliver them to area residents during a Dec. 22 Walworth-Fontana Rotary event, including Nathan Walther, Olivia Kovarik and Bob Klockers, shown working together on the assembly line. (Penny Gruetzmacher photo)

      Mrs. Laura Hummel’s kindergarten class at Walworth Elementary School are treated to a visit from a special guest Dec. 22, as Santa Claus stopped in. Before Santa left for other classrooms, he took a photo with Hummel and her students (above.) He also showed up later at […]