Couple and six kids anxious to ‘go home and put this behind us’ By Vicky Wedig Editor A Delavan family displaced by a house fire Oct. 17 remained at a local hotel Monday and is anxious to get back home. Amber (Square) Kroncke and Roy Durham and five of their […]
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News from the Delavan area
Committee created to plan new Community Park building
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan Town Board appointed board Chairman Ryan Simons, supervisors Larry Malsch and Chris Marsicano and resident Mike Grover to an ad hoc Community Park Building committee on Oct. 20. Simons said he is still talking with a potential fifth candidate. Simons said the meetings […]
Proposed village tax levy to increase less than 1 percent
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Darien Village Board reviewed its proposed budget for 2016 on Oct. 19. A public hearing will be included on the agenda of the Nov. 9 regular board meeting, which will be held one week earlier than usual. The board might then take action on […]
Family escapes fire that started on deck
By Vicky Wedig Editor Seven family members escaped a fire that started on the deck of their Geneva Street home at about midnight Saturday. Resident Roy K. Durham, 36, noticed flames on the deck of the home at 412 E. Geneva St. and dialed 911 as he began carrying five […]
Test results show some groups of students above average, others below
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Delavan-Darien School District staff presented the school board Monday with test results that showed some groups of students scoring above average and others below. Director of Curriculum and Instruction Deborah Erdmann and Director of Pupil Services and Special Education Sara Halberg made the presentation. The […]
Harlem hoops
D’onte Woods, of the Harlem Ambassadors, takes a shot at Delavan-Darien High School on Monday. Brittany Dorsey, of the Harlem Ambassadors, shows her moves during Monday’s event at D-DHS. The Harlem Ambassadors perform Harlem-style comedy basketball featuring high-flying slam […]
Touch a truck
J.J. DeWitt (blue shirt), Sierra Perkins (green), Korah Perkins (pink), and Oliver Chapman (behind Sierra Perkins) watch as their grandfather and uncle, assistant Delavan fire chief Robert Chapman (far right) and engineer Cameron Cogar (far left) lower the fire engines ladder at the end of the event. (Michael S. Hoey […]
Village waits on revaluation
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Darien Village Board agreed Monday to wait until 2017 to enter into an agreement with Accurate Appraisal for a revaluation of village property. As the board considered authorizing a revaluation in 2016, board President Kurt Zipp said the village has a lot of moving […]
Scarecrow Fest 2015
August Reddy, 5, of Delavan, stand in front of the scarecrow “Mr. Big” at Third Street and Walworth Avenue in downtown Delavan during Scarecrow Fest on Saturday. (Vicky Wedig photo)
District to investigate year-round and center-school options
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien School Board authorized Superintendent Robert Crist to investigate two options that could save the district money or provide better educational opportunities to students. Crist said he is bringing up the idea of year-round school, knowing it could be controversial, as a way to […]
