By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer SkillsUSA is an organization that gets students job ready for careers in the trades, technical education and a variety of businesses and a recent district level event at Elkhorn Area High School offered a friendly competition for area students. “Students come in professional dress attire […]
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Habitat for Humanity seeks construction leadership
Habitat for Humanity in Walworth County is seeking construction leadership volunteers to join their Construction Committee. Habitat is specifically looking for a Construction Manager who will have the following responsibilities: Oversee the entire building process, including material procurement and coordination of sub-contractors; Create a construction schedule with the site supervisor […]
Taking the stage
At Turtle Creek Elementary School’s Holiday Concert Dec. 19 at Delavan-Darien High School, first grade students send out some holiday cheer. See more photos from the concert in the Jan. 16 Delavan Enterprise. (Courtesy Brian Vissers/DDSD photo)
Five-alarm blaze displaces a dozen
Community steps up to help residents of Genoa City apartment building By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Investigators believe an errant cigarette butt caused a five-alarm blaze and displaced 12 people in the Village of Genoa City on Jan. 5. The fire, according to Genoa City Fire Chief Jeff Schalow, resulted […]
Path forward remains tough for PEASD
State panel says no to dissolving financially strapped district By Todd Mishler Copy Editor What now? That’s one of the questions that residents in the Palmyra-Eagle Area School District have been asking ad nauseam since April 2019, when voters resoundingly shot down a four-year, nonrecurring spending referendum. And local officials […]
Counting the homeless
Point in Time Count to be conducted Jan. 22 and 23 A Point in Time Count is an unduplicated count of people experiencing homelessness during a designated one-night period that takes place across the nation. Wisconsin conducts this count twice per year; once in January and once in July. The […]
Forgot your flu shot? It’s not too late!
Free flu shots available in Elkhorn In an effort to help protect the community from influenza, Walworth County Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health will host a walk-in clinic offering free flu vaccines from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, at the Health and Human Services building, […]
The heart of a champion
Area woman and rescue dog show amazing agility By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff When people go to a dog shelter to adopt a dog, most of them will have a plan in their mind. They will know who will be on poop pick-up duty, when they will need to hire […]
Special remembrance
Whitewater officials plan zoning tweaks for ‘pocket neighborhoods’
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A zoning designation could be created as 2020 unfolds to help foster a new trend in single-family housing, a Whitewater official confirmed recently. Chris Munz-Pritchard, neighborhood services director and city planner, said she is in the early stages of looking into creating an overlay district in […]
