By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A jury deliberated for about three hours April 20 before finding a Walworth man guilty of trying to kill his adult son two days after Christmas in 2015. Gabino Dominguez Gonzalez, 42, was found guilty of attempted first-degree intentional homicide and aggravated battery intending great […]
Sports & Other News
Soccer girls pick up first wins
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls soccer team posted its first two victories of the season last week. The Elks beat Somers Shoreland Lutheran 3-1 April 20 and Stoughton 2-0 April 18, both in non-conference matches and both at home. Elkhorn played a non-conference match […]
Baseball boys fall to Whitewater
Boys knock off Wilmot in Southern Lakes action By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Whitewater broke a 4-4 tie with three runs in the sixth inning and beat Elkhorn 7-4 April 21 in a non-conference baseball game at Whitewater. The Elks lost 10-1 April 20 in a Southern Lakes Conference game […]
Man allegedly beat woman, threatened cops
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A preliminary hearing was scheduled for April 25 for an Elkhorn man charged with abusing the woman he lives with and threatening police. Steven E. Maxson, 61, was charged April 13 in Walworth County Circuit Court with felony intimidation of a victim with domestic abuse […]
Woman allegedly stole from Luke’s to pay dealer
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer An initial appearance was scheduled for April 20 for an Allens Grove woman charged with robbing Luke’s Restaurant in Elkhorn to pay her drug dealer. Amanda M. Rodden Clawson, 24, was charged April 13 in Walworth County Circuit Court with burglary of a building or […]
Warhawks go JWEGSTRONG for cancer awareness
By Daniel Schoettler Correspondent Several University of Wisconsin-Whitewater athletic teams have helped show their support for Justin Wegner, a freshman catcher on the 2016 UW-Whitewater baseball team, who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer last year. Wegner was diagnosed last summer with soft tissue sarcoma and several […]
Council approves funds for street projects
Lower bids for Jackson Street project led to excess allocated funds By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted in favor of spending remaining funds budgeted for the South Jackson Street project to fund other street maintenance programs in the city at its special meeting on April […]
Golf team looks to improve on last year
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent It’s no secret that the Big Foot-Williams Bay boys golf team will have to battle some inexperience this spring. But the hope for longtime head coach Bob Sullivan is those young players grow up by the time all is said and done. Big Foot returns […]
Darien man killed while walking on Highway 14
A Darien man was killed Saturday after being struck by a trailer while walking on Highway 14. Austin Fehrm, 30, was struck by a trailer being pulled by a pick-up truck on Highway 14 near S-D Townline Road at about 6:05 p.m. Saturday, according to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office. […]
Authors speak to Arts Council
The Walworth County Arts Council had its quarterly meeting at 841 Brewhouse in Whitewater on March 28. Guest speakers for the luncheon meeting were three Walworth County authors – Al Gruling from East Troy, Trudy Schubert from Walworth and Frank Landi from Delavan. Each author shared his or her background […]
