Doug Bailey and his daughters, Violet, 2, and Emma, 4, feed baby goats at the Elkhorn campus of Gateway Technical College on Earth Day, April 29. The event featured a variety of family-friendly activities, workshops, demonstrations, green and farmers markets, a plant sale and a recycle center. […]
Sports & Other News
Netters earn two wins
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys tennis team won two non-conference dual meets April 29 at home. The Elks beat Big Foot and Janesville Craig by identical scores of 4-3. Elkhorn played a SLC dual meet Tuesday at home against Wilmot, and play in a […]
Monona Grove grounds Lady Elks
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Monona Grove scored a goal in each half and beat the Elkhorn Area High School girls soccer team 2-0 April 29 at home in a non-conference match. The Elks played a Southern Lakes Conference match Tuesday at home against Burlington, and play today at Union […]
Golf 6th in Match Play
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys golf team finished sixth April 29 in the two-day Brighton Dale Invitational Match Play Tournament at Brighton Dale Links in Kansasville. Elkhorn finished fifth April 13 at Dellbrook Golf Course in Delavan in the season’s third Southern Lakes Conference […]
School Board accepts research request from university
By Ryan Spoehr Editor The Whitewater Unified School Board has accepted a request for research into the affects of instructional behavior from fieldwork students. Katy Casey, an associate professor for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the special education department, spoke before the School Board on April 24. “This is […]
Special honor
Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102 Vice Commander Mike Long (right) presents the American Legion Citation of Meritorious Service award to Sarah Nichols of the Open Arms Health Clinic for her work in providing health care to the uninsured and underinsured citizens of Walworth County. (Submitted photo)
Recognition as Dementia Friendly
On April 10, Eric and Bernadette Russow (center) of Elkhorn, recognize officer Dan Dixon (left) and Captain Jon Anzalone, and the Elkhorn Police Department, as being Dementia Friendly, the first department to earn the designation in the county, on behalf of the Dementia Friendly Community Initiative sub-committee […]
Hands on success
Elkhorn Area High School students Justice Smith and Ben Bulow are all smiles after finishing in first place overall in an automotive competition against eight other schools from the state in Hartford recently. The students had to take a written ASE style test, properly identify tools and […]
Mural to be dedicated during Cinco de Mayo festival
Delavan’s 19th mural will be dedicated at noon Saturday during the annual Cinco de Mayo festival. The FranCisco Vargas mural is located behind Hawks Nest at 103 N. Second St. and is dedicated to the memory of FranCisco Vargas. Vargas lived from 1951 to 2015 and was an artist and […]
Family Fun Fair celebrates 70 years
By Penny Gruetzmacher Correspondent The 70th Annual Family Fun Fair was held at Williams Bay High School April 21. The event is a major fundraiser that benefits the fine arts department for the school. The fun fair featured 21 games in the gymnasium, including a face-painting station. A deal was […]
