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On the football field, Elkhorn High School and Elkhorn North are crosstown rivals. But on Friday, the two schools worked together.
Jury selection is underway in Walworth County for the trial of Thomas Routt, who is accused of killing newlyweds at an Elkhorn bar in February 2024.
Elkhorn fatal bar shooting, trial begins The trial starts Monday, June 23, 2025, for the man accused of killing a newlywed couple in Elkhorn. If convicted, he could spend the rest of his life in ...
Studies are showing the summer solstice is an important cue for plants too. Recent studies, including one of my own, have proposed that trees may use the longest day of the year as a key marker ...
On Friday we in the District met the solstice, and for all of us, even for those who suspected that the warm weather season had already started, it is finally and astronomically summer. To judge a ...
Meanwhile, at the winter solstice, the Northern Hemisphere is leaning away from the sun — leading to the shortest day and longest night of the year.
The summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, falls on June 20 this year in North America, and June 21 in Europe.
The summer solstice is here. What to know about the longest day of the year Friday is the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer.
This solstice falls between June 20 and 22. Meanwhile, at the winter solstice, the Northern Hemisphere is leaning away from the sun — leading to the shortest day and longest night of the year.
What happens on the summer solstice? The summer solstice, according to the National Weather Service, is when the earth's tilt toward the sun reaches its maximum noontime elevation.
For those north of the equator, the summer solstice marks the longest day and the shortest night of the year.