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02/15/2025

Details from American Legion Post 327:

🎉⛳ 2025 AMERICAN LEGION POST 327 IS PROUD TO PARTNER WITH EVERGREEN GOLF CLUB FOR A MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SCRAMBLE GOLF OUTING FUNDRAISER ⛳🎉

🗓 Date: Sunday, May 25, 2025
📍 Location: Evergreen Golf Club
⏰ Shotgun Start: 1:00 PM
💲 Cost: $90 per player ($180 per 2 person team)

What’s included:
🏌️‍♂️ 2-person team 18-hole Scramble
🍴 Buffet Dinner following the round

✨ Join us for a day of fun, golf, and giving back! ✨

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Fisher House, while funds raised through sponsors and raffles will support American Legion Post 327 in their mission to serve veterans and our community.

🎟 How you can get involved:
✔️ Golfers: Sign up today to secure your spot in the scramble!
✔️ Sponsors: Become a hole sponsor and promote your business while supporting a great cause.
✔️ Raffle donations: Help make our raffle a success by donating prizes!

Together, we can honor and support those who have served while enjoying a fantastic day on the course.

📞 To register or learn more about sponsorships/donations: Contact Dominic at [email protected] .

Let’s make this Memorial Day Weekend one to remember! 🇺🇸

🎉⛳ 2025 AMERICAN LEGION POST 327 IS PROUD TO PARTNER WITH EVERGREEN GOLF CLUB FOR A MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SCRAMBLE GOLF OUTING FUNDRAISER ⛳🎉

🗓 Date: Sunday, May 25, 2025
📍 Location: Evergreen Golf Club
⏰ Shotgun Start: 1:00 PM
💲 Cost: $90 per player ($180 per 2 person team)

What’s included:
🏌️‍♂️ 2-person team 18-hole Scramble
🍴 Buffet Dinner following the round

✨ Join us for a day of fun, golf, and giving back! ✨

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Fisher House, while funds raised through sponsors and raffles will support American Legion Post 327 in their mission to serve veterans and our community.

🎟 How you can get involved:
✔️ Golfers: Sign up today to secure your spot in the scramble!
✔️ Sponsors: Become a hole sponsor and promote your business while supporting a great cause.
✔️ Raffle donations: Help make our raffle a success by donating prizes!

Together, we can honor and support those who have served while enjoying a fantastic day on the course.

📞 To register or learn more about sponsorships/donations: Contact Dominic at [email protected] .

Let’s make this Memorial Day Weekend one to remember! 🇺🇸

02/04/2025

By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT Whitewater Unified School District officials were entertaining warm weathered thoughts at this week’s School Board meeting as a presentation on new components of this year’s summer school program took place. Justin Crandall, athletic director, and Jason Bleck, an equitable multi-level system of support specialist, gave a presentation on three new course offerings within this year’s summer school program at the Jan....

By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT   Whitewater Unified School District officials were entertaining warm weathered thoughts at this week’s School Board meeting as a presentation on new components of…

02/03/2025

By Susan Steele Correspondent The Village of Williams Bay is the latest municipality to ask its registered voters to increase police department funding through the passage of a referendum to exceed a state levy limit. On Jan. 17, village trustees passed a resolution to exceed the state levy limit of .602% to 10.085% at a special meeting. “The State Department of Revenue,” explains Village Administrator David Lothspeich, “requires the use of Net New Growth current budget year 2025 for the budget year 2026....

By Susan Steele Correspondent   The Village of Williams Bay is the latest municipality to ask its registered voters to increase police department funding through the passage of a referendum to…

02/02/2025

The Elkhorn Area Fire Department is hiring qualified candidates! See the link below!

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/elkhornwi/jobs/4647649/firefighter?pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs

02/01/2025

By Jennifer Eisenbart editor A motion hearing has been set for Feb. 18 in Walworth County Circuit Court for a 23-year-old man accused of killing a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student athlete in August. Chad T. Richards was in court for a status conference Jan. 23, where Judge Estee Scholtz went over the facts that discovery is still being reviewed. She then set the motion hearing....

By Jennifer Eisenbart editor A motion hearing has been set for Feb. 18 in Walworth County Circuit Court for a 23-year-old man accused of killing a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student athlete…

01/31/2025

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Village of Darien board approved an amended contract with the City of Delavan to continue to provide police services to the village on Jan. 20. The board may look to renegotiate in the future. The city has been providing police services since 2012. The negotiation between the city and village for the current contract, which began on Jan....

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Village of Darien board approved an amended contract with the City of Delavan to continue to provide police services to the village on Jan. 20. The board may lo…

01/30/2025

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With a gathering at Gateway Technical College that featured six students, numerous teachers and administration, the Elkhorn and Delavan-Darien School Districts showed off a new partnership Jan. 22. The program is called Craftsman With Character – a semester-long initiative connecting students with skilled trades and emphasizing character development at the same time. Elkhorn’s College and Career Academy has three students participating – Abel Chavez, Colten Welch and Griffin Brieschke....

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With a gathering at Gateway Technical College that featured six students, numerous teachers and administration, the Elkhorn and Delavan-Darien School Districts showed o…

01/25/2025

🚗 New Sunday Transportation Hours! 🚗

Exciting news! Walworth County's Shared Ride Taxi is now available on Sundays.

Contact VIP Services at 262-723-4402 or email [email protected] to schedule your ride.

01/23/2025

We are seeking donations of teen formal dresses in sizes 0 to 16 for our Princess Valentine dinner. To contribute, please contact us via messenger or call 262 275 6466. Alternatively, you may drop off donations at 215 S Main Street, Monday through Friday, 9am to 3pm. Please enter through the door marked Agape School. Modest teen dresses are preferred. Donations needed by FEB 8th 🙂 thanks !!!!

01/20/2025

By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT Land encompassing the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library in Whitewater is being rezoned at a time when the venerable public institution is undergoing an expansion. The city’s Plan and Architectural Review Commission on Jan. 13 gave a favorable recommendation to rezone the library parcel and its surrounding parking lots from a R-2 one- and two-family residence district designation to I, or institutional, zoning....

By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT   Land encompassing the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library in Whitewater is being rezoned at a time when the venerable public institution is undergoing an expansion. …

01/18/2025

The Kiwanis Organization is an international service organization whose focus is on fulfilling the unmet needs of children around the world. Locally the Kiwanis Club has built the East Troy Manor in the 1970’s, The Heritage Senior Living Facility and supported many other local programs such as the ET Food Pantry, East Troy Family and Community Resource Center, Holiday Help Program, Open Arms Free Clinic, The Treehouse and Operation Click to name just a few....

The Kiwanis Organization is an international service organization whose focus is on fulfilling the unmet needs of children around the world. Locally the Kiwanis Club has built the East Troy Manor i…

01/17/2025

By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The Elkhorn Area School District Board of Education held a budget workshop Jan. 6 with a goal of getting an early start on the 2025-26 school year budget, partly to discuss the failed November referendum and whether or not the district would like to pursue another referendum this spring. Speaking at the meeting, which is available for viewing on the EASD YouTube page, District Administrator Jason Tadlock said the district typically has at least one budget workshop each year and had a couple last year, considering the budget forecast and to have discussion on the November referendum....

By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The Elkhorn Area School District Board of Education held a budget workshop Jan. 6 with a goal of getting an early start on the 2025-26 school year budget, partly t…

01/16/2025

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A motion to suppress information from a woman’s cell phone was denied in a case involving the death of a prominent Elkhorn woman. Brianna C. Laas, of Silver Lake, was originally scheduled to go on trial for the death of Barbara Fischer this month on a homicide by negligent use of a vehicle charge. However, at the pre-trial conference Jan....

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A motion to suppress information from a woman’s cell phone was denied in a case involving the death of a prominent Elkhorn woman. Brianna C. Laas, of Silver Lake, was o…

01/04/2025

With cold weather here for the next 2 - 3 weeks the shorelines will definitely be back in great shape for the Fisheree. We will keep you posted on ice conditions over the next few weeks, as there was 6-7 good inches of ice prior to this last week’s warming spell. We are looking forward to seeing everyone on the 25th of January.

01/02/2025

12/23/2024

By Jennifer Eisenbart staff writer Call it a second home of sorts – the village and home of the dreams of Cyndi and Ben Lentz. At the lowest level is a fishing dock, complete with fishermen, buoys, seagulls and a nautical store. At the highest level sits a lighthouse, one of two from the couple’s travels across the country to see the sailor’s safety mechanisms....

By Jennifer Eisenbart staff writer Call it a second home of sorts – the village and home of the dreams of Cyndi and Ben Lentz. At the lowest level is a fishing dock, complete with fishermen, buoys,…