By Ryan Spoehr Staff writer The Village of Palmyra has released data showing quicker response times for EMS calls, indicating that response times have dropped by more than two minutes in 2016 as compared to four years ago. A graph released by Public Safety Director James Small during the […]
Month: January 2017
Whippets keep on winning
Girls basketball team’s winning streak extends to 13 By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Whippets girls basketball team continued winning by outscoring their opponents by a combined score of 131-59, extending its streak to 13. The Whippets’ two recent wins come in a season when the team is ranked first […]
UW-Extension offers Master Gardener training
The University of Wisconsin-Extension of Walworth County is accepting registration for the Level I Master Gardener Volunteer program. The program is designed through the University of Wisconsin to train people in all areas of horticulture, who in turn aid University of Wisconsin-Extension educators by using their knowledge to volunteer for […]
Ice fisherman dies after falling through ice on Geneva Lake
Town of Linn Police using a drone equipped with an infrared camera located the body of Linn resident in Geneva Lake Tuesday after he was reported missing by his wife. Michael Zielinski was pronounced dead at 5:04 p.m. after divers from the Linn Fire Department, with assistance from the City […]
RICHARD GEORGE MCCARTHEY
Richard George McCarthey, 79, formerly of Darien and longtime Janesville resident, died at St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Home in Footville on Jan. 24, 2017. He was born Nov. 5, 1937, in Janesville to Hubert M. McCarthey and Esther Mawhinney. He married Helen Mary Hughes on Oct. 13, 1962, in St. Jude’s […]
USDA provides opportunities for organic producers, handlers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced recently that beginning on March 20, organic producers and handlers will be able to visit more than 2,100 USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices to apply for federal reimbursement to assist with the cost of receiving and maintaining organic or transitional certification. “USDA […]
Special church service
Local children of varying ages, and a few of the children’s programming leaders at the church, perform on stage during the children’s Christmas service Jan. 7 at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Walworth. The service was initially planned for Dec. 18 at the church but was postponed […]
BRUCE W. STICKNEY
Bruce W. Stickney, 68, of Delavan, died Jan. 21, 2017, at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa. He was born July 18, 1948, in Elkhorn, to Wilbur and Dorothy (Karow) Stickney. He served in the U.S. Army. He is survived by a daughter, Erika (Matthew) Mauthe, of Verona; a son, […]
Food assistance available in Walworth County
Community Action Inc. will distribute food in Rock and Walworth counties through the Emergency Food Assistance Program. The federal program provides food assistance to low-income households through the distribution of food commodities from the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services. It is a supplemental food assistance program […]
Hear local history
Historical Society to host meeting Thursday At the meeting of the Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot Prairie on Jan. 26, people will show historical items and tell stories. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the lower-level community room of Golden Years Retirement Village, 270 Ridge Rd., […]
