D-DHS coach calls Wolverines ‘best team’ in conference ‘hands down’ By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent After a 5-2 start overall and a 4-1 start in Southern Lakes Conference play, the Delavan-Darien High School football team wrapped up a playoff spot. In order to make the postseason, a team that goes above […]
Month: October 2016
Porch burns on year-old home
Passer-by rouses residents after seeing flames By Vicky Wedig Editor Delavan residents escaped their burning house safely early Saturday when a passer-by roused them after noticing flames on their porch. A person passing by a house at 222 Phoenix St. at about 3:30 a.m. saw the porch burning, called 911 […]
Officials nix applicant’s request to serve alcohol
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A local applicant will not be permitted to serve alcoholic beverages in the community, following a review from a city panel and a customary background check from the Whitewater Police Department. Applicant Theodore Dekeyser Krause sought permission to serve alcohol at The Black Sheep restaurant, but […]
Badger family loses former leader
‘Bob K.’ known for compassion, personableness, high academic standards By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent “If not you, who?” Former Lake Geneva Badger Principal Bob Kopydlowski said that often at faculty meetings and at the end of every email sent to staff. Kopydlowski used positive reinforcement to recognize the excellence at […]
A meaningful walk
Members of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater fraternity Sigma Tau Gamma participate in the 26th Annual CROP Walk in Whitewater Oct. 2. In the first 25 years of the event, the community has raised more than $179,000 with nearly $35,000 benefitting the Whitewater Community Food Pantry; the remainder […]
CAROL SHELLMAN
Carol Evelyn Edna Shellman, 92, of rural Delavan died at Atrium Health Care Center in Williams Bay on Oct. 10, 2016. Funeral service is at 11 a.m. Friday at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elkhorn. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church. Betzer Funeral Home of […]
Local farm to table event set for Oct. 13
A farm to table event to support the Whitewater City Market will be held 5 to 8 p.m., Oct. 13 at Cravath Lakefront Park in Whitewater. “Are you passionate about where your food comes from? Have you wanted to learn more about the farmers who produce your food? Do you […]
Leading by example
Elkhorn grad serving as a leader in senior year with Warhawks Men’s Soccer By Daniel Schoettler Correspondent University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Men’s Soccer coach Tony Guinn now regards his relationship with senior Jordan Kayser as one of the best he has had with any player in his coaching career. Kayser, an […]
JEAN A. EDDY
Jean A. (Lenz) Eddy, “G-ma,” “Grandma Jean” and “Camper Gramma,” lived most of her 68 years in Delavan, but also lived for a short time in Williams Bay. She passed on Oct. 6, 2016, at home, in her favorite room of the house, “the library room.” She […]
Council looks at EEDA funding
By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff Elkhorn Common Council members were informed by Alderman Tom Myrin of the Finance and Judicial Committee’s decision to include up to $20,000 for the Elkhorn Economic Development Alliance in the city’s 2017 budget at the Oct. 3 meeting. Myrin said the organization originally requested $25,000 […]
