By Mike Heine Contributor The 191 Delavan-Darien High School graduates who make up the class of 2017 are “the underdogs,” said D-DHS class speaker and valedictorian Ismael Coello. He knows what that’s like. The son of immigrants, he was raised not knowing English at a young age and often without […]
Month: June 2017
Safety Town program graduates 62
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Safety Town, an educational program for children entering kindergarten in the fall in Walworth County, graduated 62 kids on Friday at Lake Geneva Middle School. The program is designed to teach kids safety lessons including water safety, fire safety, crossing the street, seat belts, stranger […]
Badgers fall short in sectional
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Lake Geneva Badger baseball team pulled off two upsets in winning the WIAA regional championship but fell short of pulling off the hat trick against Waterford in the sectional semi-final on June 6. The #10-seeded Badgers defeated #7 Westosha Central 6-2 and #2 Kenosha […]
Legion baseball opens play
Young team goes 2-2 in the first week American Legion Post 188’s Junior Legion baseball squad kicked off play last week. The team, made up of predominantly freshmen and sophomores, earned a 14-1 victory at home against Waterford. Kyle Lehman took the hill and had an impressive debut in red […]
On with the race
Cycling Classic returns to East Troy By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The largest competitive cycling event in the United States, the Tour of America’s Dairyland, will make its sixth stop in East Troy on Friday, June 16. East Troy is the second stop on the 11-day tour, which kicks off […]
BETTY JOAN BAAR
Betty Joan Baar, 82, of Delavan, passed away at her son’s home in Delavan on June 13, 2017. She was born May 30, 1935 in Cicero, Ill., to Richard James and Katherine (Van Byssum) Wezeman. This sweet soul went home to Jesus, peacefully on a Tuesday afternoon. She was an […]
Wonders of Williams Bay features local history
By Penny Gruetzmacher Correspondent Organizers for the Wonders of Williams Bay Historical Tour, held May 20, were forced into a Plan B because of rain showers but that only meant the presentations were moved inside, many of them at Barrett Memorial Library. A tour guide booklet and map were available […]
DARRELL L. GRIMES
Darrell L. Grimes, 62, of Delavan, died June 12, 2017, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center from complications of cancer. He is survived by his father, Gerald Grimes; his siblings Debbie (Grimes) Cormell, Dennis Grimes and David Grimes; his partner of 20 years, Kay Schult Lale; his children Chelle (LeAnne) Fuller, […]
Man enters plea deal for touching girl
By Vicky Wedig SLN staff An Elkhorn man pleaded guilty May 24 to two felony sexual assault charges and is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 22. Jeffery S. Pestor, 54, pleaded guilty to two counts each of first-degree sexual assault of a child, and two counts of exposing his genitals […]
Safety improvement on Rock Freeway over Highway 20 set to begin Monday
Overlay treatment will improve road surface The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin a safety improvement project Monday, June 19, on Interstate 43 over Highway 20, in East Troy. Crews will be installing a polymer overlay on the bridge. The benefits of this friction surface treatment are: Reduce […]
