Complete news coverage of Walworth County from Southern Lakes Newspapers
Sunday, May 5, 2024
By Vicky Wedig Editor W. Gordon Yadon was known for his uncanny ability to recall facts about the history of Delavan and its people and his respect for everyone. “His knowledge of Delavan history … I don’t know if anybody could ever replace that,” Mayor Mel Nieuwenhuis said Monday. Nieuwenhuis […]
Highway 11 re-opened at about 12:15 p.m. after being closed Wednesday morning because of flooding. About two-tenths of a mile of the road – from Highway 89 east to Pink’s Lane – was closed while crews worked to pump about a foot of water from the roadway. Walworth County Department […]
Arts Alliance public art project beautifies downtown Whitewater By Dave Fidlin Correspondent In recent weeks, a number of locally produced artistic creations have been dotting the downtown Whitewater streetscape, and organizers hope spectators are having a barrel of fun taking in the works. For the ninth consecutive year, the Whitewater […]
Elizabeth L. Meyer died peacefully at her home on June 21, 2013, surrounded by her family. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend to all who knew her. Liz married the love of her life Stanley Meyer. She left her southern roots and moved north with him. […]
By Troy A. Bruzewski Correspondent Megan Theune leaves the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women’s basketball team after its most successful season in school history, with two conference titles and an experience only made possible by a season-ending injury. Theune, a Whitewater High School graduate, became a fixture in the Warhawks’ backcourt […]
Little Free Library expected to be up and running by the end of summer By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The on-again, off-again discussion of expanding the Irvin L. Young Memorial Young Library is, well, on again. In recent months, Library Director Stacey Lunsford has been discussing renewed efforts with the Library […]
Mill Street rehab tops the list of possible capital expenses By Tyler Lamb Staff Writer The East Troy Village Board took a preliminary look Monday night at how East Troy’s 2014 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) requests are shaping up. East Troy plans to spend close to $1.34 million on capital […]
Henry Eugene Dehne, 63, of Chicago, Ill., passed away June 13, 2013. He was born to the late Henry Ernst Dehne and Ruth Ethel (nee Madison) Dehne, Oct. 26, 1949 in Little Black, Wis. Henry was a lumberjack/logger in the family business and later moved to Chicago. He was a […]
Wallace Gordon Yadon, 90, of Delavan, died June 21, 2013, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, Elkhorn. He was born on Feb. 7, 1923 in Delavan, to the late Marshall and Stella (Cooper) Yadon. He married Dorothy Mader on Sept. 9, 1948, in Wisconsin Rapids. She preceded him in death on […]
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have fallen 21.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.61 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,112 gas outlets in Wisconsin. This compares with the national average that has fallen 3.8 cents per gallon in the last week to […]
