The Elkhorn Police Department is currently investigating several suspicious fires within the city. Over the past two months the police and fire departments have responded to suspicious fires at the following locations, according to a press release from the Elkhorn Police Department: 1 W. Walworth St. for a dumpster fire […]
Sports & Other News
Elkhorn softball team wins seventh straight
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School softball team sports a seven-game winning streak and is above .500 in the state’s toughest conference after last week’s games. The Elks beat Racine St. Catherine’s 12-3 May 6 in a non-conference game at Racine. Elkhorn beat Waterford 8-2 and […]
Settling in
Township’s new police chief getting to know community By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff When Don Jensen Sr. accepted the position of chief of police for the Town of East Troy, he had some big shoes to fill. Former chief, James Surges had served on the township’s police force for 41 […]
Open House today in Elkhorn
The Elkhorn community will participate in the statewide Open House event Saturday for the second year. The event has nearly doubled in size, featuring 150 unique venues in more than 20 communities for 2017. These venues, many of which are typically closed to the public, is open free of charge […]
Elks baseball doubles up Central
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elks took the lead for good with a run in the top of the fifth inning and beat Westosha Central 6-3 May 4 in a Southern Lakes Conference baseball game at Paddock Lake. Elkhorn played Monday at Milton, and played Tuesday at Burlington and […]
Track teams on a roll
Trojans sweep North Division, take first and second at invite By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The focus for both the East Troy boys and girls track teams is quickly changing. Now it’s just about time to really lock in. East Troy took huge steps toward doing just that last week with […]
Basketball coach resigns
Brown returns to Elkhorn to fill some pretty big shoes By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It’s been 20 years since Jeff Brown helped the Elkhorn girls basketball team to a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 state title as an assistant coach. Since then, Brown has had a three-year stint […]
East Troy to be part of statewide Open House on Saturday
For the second year in a row, East Troy will be participating in the statewide Downtown Open House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. The community initiative has nearly doubled in size, featuring 150 unique venues in more than 20 communities for 2017. These venues, many of which […]
Kayaker drowns on Geneva Lake
A 22-year man drown and his companion was rescued Thursday evening when their kayaks overturned on Geneva Lake, according to the Lake Geneva Fire Department. The department was dispatched to the lake in an area just off shore of Covenant Harbor Bible Camp, 1724 W. Main St., at 6:27 p.m. […]
Man allegedly sexually assaulted daughter
By Vicky Wedig Staff writer An initial appearance was adjourned until May 4 for a West Bend man charged with sexually assaulting his daughter when the girl was between 2 and 10 years old in the Town of LaFayette. The man, 46, who is not being named here to protect […]
