Dave Kyle gets ready from one of three milings daily in his new, state-of-the-art dairy barn. Terry Mayer/Photo

33rd annual dairy breakfast Saturday at fairgrounds

By Lynn Greene
Senior Editor

ELKHORN — Derrick Papcke is putting the dairy back in the dairy breakfast this year. As chairman of the annual Walworth County event, he wants to make it a more educational experience.

The Farm Bureau’s dairy breakfast moved to the Walworth County Fairgrounds in 2001, after the outbreak of mad cow disease in the United Kingdom. Before that, the breakfast was held on a  working dairy farm, which gave people an opportunity to see how milk is produced. » Read More

The Elkhorn Antique Flea Market is always a popular attraction.

By Lynn Greene
Senior Editor

Like many youngsters who have the same desire, no matter their hometown, I escaped from my growing-up place right after high school. It didn’t take long to figure out what I missed, and like so many visitors to our county, I came back often to enjoy the things I missed most. Nowadays, I live here for good, so I’m a tourist in my own backyard. » Read More