‘And Then There Were None’ student-run and directed By Penny Gruetzmacher Correspondent The Williams Bay High School Drama Club, which is student-run and student-directed, will bring the play “And Then There Were None” to the stage tonight and Saturday. The play, by Agatha Christie, is co-directed by Sophie Gumble, club […]
Walworth-Fontana area
News from communities on the west side of Geneva Lake
Local man joins First National Bank and Trust
First National Bank and Trust recently announced that Paul Page has joined the company as a Mortgage Loan Originator serving the bank’s Walworth County market. Page comes to the bank with nearly 25 years of lending experience, most recently as a branch manager and loan officer for a local bank […]
Getting chili
At the 10th Annual Chili Dinner fundraiser March 11 at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Walworth, Robert Rauland and Tobie Steivang check out a carved cane made by Don Shunk, of Sharon. The event, in addition to a buffet meal, featured live music and a variety of […]
Big Foot teacher awarded grant
Pat Hollihan, a teacher at Big Foot High School, has received a 2017 Accounting Career Awareness Grant from the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants Educational Foundation, Inc. Teachers who attended the fall 2016 WICPA High School Educators Symposium received the opportunity to write proposals about why they should receive […]
Girls at Agape House vote for best pizza
Four Walworth County pizza restaurants donated four pizzas each to provide dinner for the girls and staff at Agape House in Walworth on Saturday, and the girls got to choose which place served the best pizza in Walworth County. In a blind taste test, the girls chose Nayeli’s in Walworth, […]
Former library assistant hired as director
Experienced Williams Bay librarian takes over leadership position By Ryan Spoehr Staff Writer A longtime, local library employee has been hired as director for Powers Memorial Library in Palmyra. Laura Gest started as the library’s new director was Feb. 17. She took over after Angie Zimmermann left to take […]
Farmers urged to consider risk protection
Walworth County USDA Farm Service Agency Executive Director Tom Oasen reminds producers to review available USDA crop risk protection options, including federal crop insurance and Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program coverage, before the spring-seeded crop deadline of March 15. Federal crop insurance covers crop losses from natural adversities such as […]
Big Foot FFA members attend farm forum
Big Foot Union FFA members were among the nearly 200 high school students who attended the Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s FFA Farm Forum in Wisconsin Rapids Feb. 17 and 18. “Wisconsin Farm Bureau takes pride in hosting this special event with the FFA to help develop our next generation of agriculture […]
Harvard man killed in two-vehicle crash
Local man injured when other vehicle hit ice, struck his SUV Icy roads are to blame for a two-vehicle crash near Walworth last Thursday that killed a Harvard, Ill. man and injured a man from Fontana. Walworth Fire and Rescue units and Walworth County Sheriff’s Department deputies were dispatched to […]
Bookworm bonanza
Sue Vavra (on left), of the Williams Bay Historical Society, and Etta Gray, of the Friends of Barrett Memorial Library, help guests check out at the library’s book sale last month. The event included deals on books, CDs and DVDs. (Penny Gruetzmacher photo)