114 W. Court Street, P.O. Box 41
Elkhorn, WI 53121
262.723-5788
Fax 262-723-5784
elkchamber@elkhorn-wi.org
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| AIRPORTS | ||
| • O'Hare International: Chicago, IL, 75 miles | ||
| • Mitchell International: Milwaukee, WI, 35 miles | ||
| • Grand Geneva Resort: Lake Geneva, WI, 9 miles | ||
| • East Troy Airport: East Troy, WI, 10 miles | ||
AMBULANCE - Elkhorn Area Fire and Rescue |
Emergency 911 |
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| 13 S. Broad Street |
Non-Emergency:
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(262) 723-5080
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| • Volunteer force consisting of 25 EMTs | ||
| • 3 rescue vehicles | ||
| • Access to "Flight for Life" | ||
CHURCHES |
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| • More than 20 area churches | ||
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COURIER SERVICE |
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| • UPS, Federal Express, DHL, all major services | ||
FIRE & RESCUE - Elkhorn Area Fire and Rescue |
Emergency 911 |
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| 13 S. Broad Street |
Non-Emergency:
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(262) 723-2277
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| • Full-time fire chief | ||
| • 46-member, paid, on-call force | ||
| • 10 vehicles | ||
| • Fire rating: 4 | ||
GOVERNMENT - City of Elkhorn |
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| 9 S. Broad Street |
(262) 723-2219
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| • City government with Mayor | ||
| • Six Council members | ||
| • City Administrator | ||
| • Council meetings: 1st & 3rd Mondays of month, 7:00 p.m., City Hall | ||
| • Committee meetings (all held at City Hall) | ||
| w Plan Commission: 1st Thursday of month, 7:00 p.m. | ||
| w Municipal Service & Utilities: 2nd & 4th Mondays of month, 7:00 p.m. | ||
| w Finance & Judicial: 2nd & 4th Mondays of month, 5:30 p.m | ||
| w Legislative & Regulatory: 4th Thursday of month, 5:30 p.m. | ||
| w Public Safety: 1st Monday of month, 6:00 p.m. | ||
| w Historic Preservation: 3rd Tuesday of month, 7:00 p.m. | ||
LIBRARY - Matheson Memorial Library |
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| 101 N. Wisconsin Street |
(262) 723-2678
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| • Public library serving Elkhorn and surrounding areas | ||
MEDICAL |
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| • Emergency medical service available | ||
| • 911 emergency calling system | ||
| • Hospital: Aurora Lakeland Medical Center | ||
| w Full-care, acute-care facility | ||
| w Medical staff of 150 | ||
| w 24-hour emergency room service & Vince Lombardi Cancer Center | ||
| • Urgent Care: Mercy Urgent Care Facility | ||
| w 24-hour emergency department and 24-hour urgent care facility | ||
| POLICE PROTECTION - City of Elkhorn |
Emergency 911 |
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| 404 N. Washington Street |
Non-Emergency:
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(262) 723-2210
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| • 16 full-time officers | ||
| • 3 full-time civilian personnel | ||
| • 9 vehicles plus bicycle and motorcycle patrols | ||
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POPULATION - 2000 Census |
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| • City of Elkhorn: 7,305 (2000 Census); 7,904 (2003) | ||
| • Walworth County: 93,759 (2000 Census); 95,630 (2003) | ||
POST OFFICE |
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| 102 E. Walworth Street |
(262) 723-2679
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| • First class and express mail | ||
RECREACTION & ATTRACTIONS |
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| • City Park & Recreation Department |
(262) 741.5114
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7 parks including an historic bandshell, baseball diamonds, soccer fields, skating rink, tennis courts and swimming pool |
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| w Swimming lessons | ||
| w Youth day trips | ||
| w Youth baseball, softball, flag football, wrestling, kickball leagues | ||
| w Senior & adult programs | ||
| • Walworth County Fairgrounds | ||
| • Walworth County Performing Arts Center | ||
| • Webster House Museum | ||
| • White River State Trail | ||
| • Wild West Museum | ||
| • 5 area golf courses | ||
| • Bowling lanes | ||
| • Gymnastics and dance center | ||
| • Athletic club/fitness center with tennis and more | ||
| • Lauderdale Lakes just north of town | ||
| • Water ski shows | ||
| • Snow skiing | ||
SCHOOLS |
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| Public - Administrative Service Center |
(262) 723-3160
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| • 3 public elementary school: 1123 students | ||
| • 1 public middle school: 600 students | ||
| • 1 public high school: 804 students | ||
| Private | ||
| • 2 parochial schools, K-8 | ||
| w St. Patrick Catholic School |
(262) 723-4258
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| w First Evangelical Lutheran School |
(262) 723-1091
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Continuing Education |
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| • Gateway Technical College | ||
| • Upper Iowa University c/o Gateway Technical College | ||
| • UW-Whitewater | ||
| Special Education | ||
| • Lakeland School | ||
TRANSPORTATION |
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| • Elkhorn is the intersecting point for four major roads: | ||
| w I-43, northeast to southwest | ||
| w U.S. Highway 12, southeast to northwest | ||
| w State Highway 11, east & west | ||
| w State Highway 67, north & south | ||
| • Highway distance (in miles) to cities: | ||
| w Beloit | 25 | |
| w Burlington | 14 | |
| w Chicago | 75 | |
| w Delavan | 5 | |
| w Dubuque, Iowa | 129 | |
| w Green Bay | 150 | |
| w Janesville | 26 | |
| w Lake Geneva | 9 | |
| w Madison | 75 | |
| w Milwaukee | 45 | |
| w Minneapolis | 300 | |
| w Racine | 40 | |
| w Rockford | 48 | |
| w Whitewater | 17 | |