Complete news coverage of Walworth County from Southern Lakes Newspapers
Monday, May 12, 2025
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor What should children be reading, and who should make that decision? That question was recently asked by an Elkhorn Area School District parent, who followed a district policy that resulted in 444 books being removed – at least temporarily – from the library shelves at […]
By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT The Village of Darien board approved two policy changes on Dec. 18. One made some minor changes to the village’s electronic policy and the other amended the village’s financial policies. The changes to the electronic policy expanded the number of village staff members covered […]
By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT In recent history, the Whitewater Police Department has sought technological assistance from other agencies for several serious incidents – including a case involving a missing juvenile and another seeking a suspect who fled the scene of a crash while brandishing a weapon. Drone technology has […]
By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent In honor of Mental Health Month, folks are invited to don their green attire and step away from their desks and cubicles for the lunch hour on Wednesday, May 24, for a Wednesday Wellness Walk at noon around Veteran’s Park. Elkhorn Area School District Community Resilience […]
By Callie Koehne Correspondent The struggle over the Town of East Troy’s Communication Committee and the fight for transparency dates back to 2020 when the world, and the town had the unprecedented challenge of learning how to cope in a post COVID-19 world. Then the Town Board was made up […]
By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT The Delavan-Darien School Board approved adding one new sport at the high school for next year and is looking to add a second. The school will add bowling as a club sport and may join a co-op lacrosse team based in Elkhorn. Lacrosse was just […]
By Callie Koehne CORRESPONDENT Balance was the focus of Monday night’s East Troy School Board meeting. After the board was given all of the updated information in regards to the health insurance benefit options for the 2023-24 school year proposed at the last informational meeting they voted unanimously in […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR As Ed Scaro explains, substance abuse and addiction is the “unspoken topic” in any family. Scaro knows, as he and his wife, Christine, dealt with an addiction in their own family. Now, he has helped develop a Families Anonymous chapter in Elkhorn that is open to […]
By Tom Ganser CORRESPONDENT Although the early afternoon weather outside Whitewater High School on April 19 was cold, rainy, and glooming, it proved to be sadly appropriate for a Mock Motor Vehicle Accident, commonly referred to as a “Mock Crash.” The simulation event, last staged in 2016 and […]
By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT Due to a failed referendum on April 4, the Village of Walworth will be pulling out of a shared services agreement with the Village and Town of Darien and the Village and Town of Sharon on Feb. 15, 2024. The Town of Walworth […]
