🌱 How a Sugar Creek head-on crash left an Elkhorn passenger hospitalized

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Sugar Creek head-on crash left an Elkhorn passenger hospitalized

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Morning rain; cloudy, windy, with a high of 43 and low of 12 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Breezy and colder, temps: high: 27, low: 21.
• Saturday: Breezy and not as cold, with a high of 38 and low of 11 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Algonquin man involved in fatal crash in Wisconsin (shawlocal.com) — An Elkhorn woman was a passenger in a head-on crash Tuesday evening in the town of Sugar Creek that left the other car’s driver dead, according to Walworth County authorities. The 30-year-old Algonquin driver allegedly crossed the center line on County Road A, and all three people involved were transported to medical facilities, with the Elkhorn passenger taken by ambulance.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Elkhorn

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Friday December 19

• Basketball: Boys JV1 Game vs Union Grove (Away)
  Union Grove High School
  4:15 pm
• Basketball: Boys JV2 Game vs Union Grove (Away)
  Union Grove High School
  5:30 pm
• Basketball: Girls JV1 Game vs Union Grove (Away)
  Union Grove High School
  5:30 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity Game vs Union Grove (Away)
  Union Grove High School
  5:30 pm
• Basketball: Boys Varsity Game vs Union Grove (Away)
  Union Grove High School
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Winter Artisan Market
  Uncle Hunk's Junk Building , 203 E. Walworth St , Elkhorn
  9:00 am

Sunday December 21

• Choir Cantata: "Emmanuel"
  Millard Community Covenant Church , N6727 County Road O , Elkhorn
  10:00 am
• Blue Christmas
  Millard Community Covenant Church , N6727 County Road O , Elkhorn
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• PX - Learning Lab
  Phoenix Middle School , 414 Beloit St , Delavan
  3:00 pm
• Wrestling Varsity Triangular
  Delavan-Darien High School , 150 Cummings St , Delavan
  5:00 pm
• Swimming: Boys JV1 Meet vs Beloit Memorial (Away)
  Beloit Memorial High School
  5:30 pm
• Lauderdale Lakes Christmas Party 2025
  Lauderdale Lakes Country Club , N7498 Country Club Dr , Elkhorn
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Each fall, Wisconsin hunters band together to help those in need by donating venison through the DNR’s deer donation program and other “hunt for the hungry” initiatives.
  The donated deer are dropped off at designated locations, processed, packaged, and then distributed to local food pantries. Hunter participation in… (Nextdoor )
• Hi neighbors, we live in Jackson Creek subdivision, wondering if anyone in here would dog sit for us?
  December 26-30th. I have calls into several places, just thought I’d see if maybe a responsible neighbor might be available first? Btw, he’s a 3 year… (Nextdoor Elkhorn Highway)

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Bucciferro McDonald's Shift Leader in Elkhorn. Apply here.
• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Elkhorn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Elkhorn here.

🗞 Nearby News

Delavan

• Delavan-Darien School District announces winter break schedule for December 22 to January 2 (whitewatertimes.com)

Lake Geneva

• Craft Over Scale: How Three Small Pork Processors Are Turning Quality Into a Competitive Advantage (swineweb.com)

Walworth

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