As of Tuesday, six cases of mumps have been identified and confirmed in University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students. The UW-W University Health and Counseling Service is working closely with the Walworth County Division of Public Health to initiate the appropriate follow-up investigation with close contacts of cases.  The university and […]
Month: October 2015
Man charged with stealing from friends
A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Sept. 21 for an Illinois man charged with stealing, forging and cashing checks of close family friends totaling more than $13,000. Richard J. Geier, 23, of St. Charles, Ill., was charged Sept. 2 in Walworth County Circuit Court with theft by false representation of […]
‘It wasn’t about the money’
Callahan shares memories of time spent with Giants and Twins By Tom Ganser Correspondent With a gleam in his eye and a bright smile stretching 60 and a half feet, Ryan Callahan stepped onto the mound and threw out the first pitch of the Fall 2015 Fairhaven Lecture Series Sept. […]
Blue and the gray
Above: Badger High School U.S. history teacher Jeff Schmidt (second from right) fires a cannon with assistance from Civil War re-enactors (from left) Ken Monroe, Dennis Brennan and Greg Bochniak and Dan Lezhowicz (right). The re-enactment group came to Badger Sept. 28) to demonstrate a Civil War era cannon and other […]
Badger football falls to Wilmot
Soccer wins two By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Lake Geneva Badger football team lost a showdown at Wilmot 14-0 last Friday. The loss dropped the Badgers into a three-way tie for second place in the Southern Lakes Conference with the Panthers and Union Grove, all at 3-1. Waterford leads […]
Soccer racks up two more wins
Comets allow one goal in week’s games By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The defending state champions just keep winning. Delavan-Darien’s boys soccer team entered last week as the No. 1-ranked team with an 11-0 record. The Comets played two more in-conference games on Sept. 22 and Sept. 24, and exited the […]
Comets lose to Demons in final seconds of homecoming game
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The 3-2 Delavan-Darien Comets hosted the 3-2 Burlington Demons on Friday night and the recent play of the football team continued. A season ago, the Comets began the year 3-0 overall, then went on to lose its next three. With a chance to avoid the same […]
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 […]
In step
Jimmy King (below) of the Whitewater High School Marching Band, plays a trombone solo during the band’s first competition of the season Sept. 27 at Waukesha West High School. The band (above) brought home third place in the Class A division. Up next they will perform at 1:15 p.m., Oct. […]
High schoolers to work with NASA
Kick-off informational meeting set for Oct. 8 Several East Troy High School students will work with NASA again this year in the HUNCH (High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware) program. The NASA HUNCH program is a partnership between NASA and high schools across the United States in […]
