Delavan-Darien school district to hold special meeting to approve lease By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien School Board voted on May 13 to hold a special meeting on May 29 at 7 p.m. to allow residents of the district to vote on a lease agreement with Kristen and Marc […]

Alexis Nagy, the daughter of Walentyna Marczyk and Andrew Nagy, and Trent Hernandez, the son of Holly Ayen and Rafael Hernandez, were selected as the Delavan Rotary Club students for the month of April. Nagy participates in volleyball, yearbook club, FFA, Comet mentors, T.R.A.I.L., and student council. She is a […]

A competency hearing has been continued to June 12 for a Delavan man charged with setting fires in three houses and setting a lawnmower and a jet ski on fire in the Town of Delavan. Daniel J. Zitella, 29, was charged Dec. 18 in Walworth County Circuit Court with three […]

Man shot ex-girlfriend’s brother before killing her and then himself Delavan police issued an update this morning about the incident in Darien on Monday night that resulted in the deaths of two people and a third person being injured. Authorities have determined the suspect, Casey DePriest, 29, had lived at […]

Authorities are investigating the deaths of two people in a home in Darien following a shooting police responded to last night. A third person who was shot in the shoulder is in stable condition at an area hospital, according to Delavan police. Police officers, sheriff’s deputies and SWAT team members […]

Friends of Brenda Warrenburg will host the event May 19 The Friends of Brenda Warrenburg will host a Thanksgiving Dinner Fundraiser on Sunday, May 19 to raise funds to assist the family while she continues to battle stage 3 pancreatic cancer. A Thanksgiving Dinner may seem like an odd fundraiser […]

Community group kicking off revamp with fundraiser By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Delavan Darien Community Swim Team – better known as the Dolphins – is back after a hiatus of several years, and is holding a fundraiser today in the parking lot of Lowe’s in Delavan. The fundraiser runs from […]

By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer An accused Town of Darien drug dealer and one of his suspected sellers are scheduled to appear in court June 12 while one of his suspected suppliers has pleaded guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced in June. A second suspected supplier has been deported, […]

By Michael Hoey Correspondent The Village of Darien board honored outgoing president Kurt Zipp with a proclamation declaring April 15, 2019 to be Kurt Zipp Appreciation Day. Zipp decided not to seek re-election as president in the April election in part so he could focus his attention on serving on […]

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan Common Council tabled a decision on whether to levy special assessments against property owners along two blocks of Geneva Street at its April 16 meeting and asked the Public Works Committee to assess the city’s current sidewalk policy. Geneva Street will be reconstructed […]