Walworth County is following State of Wisconsin trends and is seeing a significant increase in reported influenza infections and hospitalizations. There have been 48 flu-related hospitalizations since the beginning of the year, compared to two for the same time period last year. Nearly 30 percent of the hospitalizations this year […]

During Red Cross Month in March, the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to join in its lifesaving mission by giving blood. Since 1943, every U.S. president has designated March as Red Cross Month to recognize how the Red Cross helps people across the country and around the world. Red […]

      From the top: Vivian and Scott Vanderveen man the sausage patty station at the Fighting Forty Association’s breakfast at the Sharon Firehouse last weekend; Jackson Andritsch and his mom, Stephanie, show off his special fire helmet; Mike Brooke (on left) and Mark Ruosch keep two of several […]

St. Benedict Parish, Fontana, will host fish fry events on the six Fridays of Lent with each benefitting local charitable organizations. The March 3 fish fry will benefit Open Arms Free Clinic; March 10 – Cub Scouts; March 17 – St. Benedict Human Concerns Commission and the St. Vincent de […]

      Henry Zabowski (from the left), Allie Clausius, and Ellie Zabowski look at detailed wood projects made using lasers in the STEAM lab at Big Foot High School during an open house event Feb. 1. STEAM stands for inspiring integrative learning in science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics; […]

Scrawl, Y’all, a new writing club for teenagers, will begin March 1 at Aram Public Library in Delavan and Barrett Memorial Library in Williams Bay. “We’ll meet twice a month to write, snack, and anyone who wants to can share what they’re working on,” said Aram youth services librarian Katherine […]

      FD Roosevelt (Hans Murtell, from the left), Ickes (Rylie Emmerich), Perkins (Faith Long) and Annie (Melissa Konkel) rehearse a scene prior to the recent performance of “Annie,” presented by the Big Foot High School Acting Company. (Penny Gruetzmacher photo)

Event adds fun to providing dinner for ministry’s residents By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer Girls at the Agape House in Walworth will get treated to dinner Feb. 25 and will get the chance to be an authority on area pizza joints. Jim Phillips, of Lake Geneva and Princeton, Ill., discovered […]

Citizens Climate Lobby is focused on a single objective: to have congress pass Carbon Fee and Dividend legislation which is the climate change solution economists and climate scientists alike say is the “best first-step” to preventing the worst impacts of global warming, according to a press release about an upcoming […]

By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Feb. 10 for an Illinois man charged with stealing money from a co-worker’s vehicle and breaking into a manager’s office. Ryan P. Hinklin, 35, of South Beloit, Ill., was charged Sept. 30 in Walworth County Circuit Court with burglary […]