By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls swim team finished fourth in the White Meet Aug. 26 in the Norski Invite at DeForest High School, and opened the season Aug. 24 with a top-three finish in the Southern Lakes Conference Relays. The Elks are off until […]
Sports & Other News
Committee recommends topdressing ball fields
By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Municipal Services and Utilities Committee voted Aug. 28 in favor of recommending to the full council the city topdress several city ball fields next year. City Administrator Sam Tapson said the Department of Public Works was approached by a representative of Midwest […]
Kickers hope tie will get season going
By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent The 2017 campaign has gotten off to a bit of a slow start for the Big Foot-Williams Bay boys soccer team. But for the Chiefs, a late goal Monday night that forced a tie with Faith Christian could be the springboard to better things down […]
Arts scholarships awarded
Walworth County Arts Council scholarship winners are (from left) Julien Riviere, a graduate of Delavan-Darien High School; Makena Ekman, of Badger High School; Hans Murtell, a graduate of Big Foot High School; and Maria Olague, of Big Foot High School. The Arts Council gave five $1,000 scholarships for high school […]
Growth spurt
Lady Elks taking steps in challenging area scene By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The Elks finished eighth out of 14 teams Aug. 26 at the Craig/Parker Volleyball Classic at Craig High School in Janesville. The Elks played a non-conference match Tuesday at Clinton, and play tonight at Burlington in […]
Bond to remain at $10,000 cash for stabbing suspect
Man from Guatemala has been in Delavan four months By Vicky Wedig Editor A judge Wednesday denied reducing the bond of a man from Guatemala charged with stabbing a man at the Super 8 Motel in Delavan on Saturday. Bond was set at $10,000 cash for Eduardo Godinez Diaz, 29, […]
Elkhorn FFA shines at state convention
The Elkhorn FFA chapter was honored with a P.R.I.D.E. award for promoting, recruiting, inspiring, developing and educating at the State FFA Convention in June. The chapter earned the honor, in part, for adding 47 members, the highest increase for section 10 in southeast Wisconsin. The convention hosted more than 3,000 […]
Lady Elks fall in SLC opener
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Elkhorn lost 206-225 Aug. 24 to Burlington in a Southern Lakes Conference girls high school golf dual meet at Browns Lake Golf Course in Burlington. The Elks played Wilmot last Wednesday in a SLC dual meet at Evergreen Country Club, and played Waterford Sept. 5 […]
Cross country season up and running
By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent The new-look Big Foot-Williams Bay boys and girls cross country teams got their 2017 seasons started Aug. 17 at the Palmyra-Eagle Invitational. Seniors Zanzie Demco and Evan Rees led the young Chiefs’ squads with 12th- and 39th-place finishes, respectively. Demco posted a time of 21:03.8. […]
Stillwater Coffee Company hosts art exhibit
The Elkhorn Arts Foundation, through its outside art exhibit program, recently announced that Stillwater Coffee Company is hosting one of its members through the end of September. Mary (Marishka) Bub is the current artist at Stillwater and the program through the EAF aims to promote artists of many genres and […]
