Month: September 2018

Delavan

D-DHS to ramp up homecoming

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Delavan-Darien High School student council President Lizzie Sirkman updated the School Board at the Sept. 10 meeting about efforts being made at the high school to ramp up homecoming this year. Homecoming will be the week of Oct. 1 to 5. Sirkman said more student […]

Elkhorn

Farm Bureau to host annual meeting Sept. 19

The Walworth County Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting on at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Delbrook Golf Course, Delavan. All Farm Bureau members are encouraged to attend the meeting to help create policy resolutions and vote in elections for county board directors. The county’s voting delegates also […]

Obituaries

FREDERICK WILLIAM BERTOLAET

Frederick William Bertolaet passed away Aug. 27, 2018, at Fairhaven Senior Services in Whitewater. He was born Oct. 1, 1928, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, the only child of Dr. Elmer E. and Mrs. Edna R. Bertolaet. He was 89 years old. Fred met his wife of 68 years, […]

Obituaries

JAMES R. CHITTENDEN

James R. Chittenden, 51, of Lake Geneva, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018 at his home in Lake Como. James was born in Naperville, Ill. on Aug. 26, 1967, to Robert and Marianne (nee Scheunert) Chittenden. He spent his early life in Lisle, Ill. where he attended Lisle […]

Walworth-Fontana area

A busy place

      At Big Foot Recreation District’s annual Touch-A-Truck event, Sept. 8 at Big Foot High School, Neal Raskin, BFHS band teacher, mans the AAA sponsored, Don’t Be a Dummy-Buckle Up station, which showed attendees what can happen if seatbelts aren’t used. The event featured about 25 vehicles including tractors and […]

Elkhorn area

Rivalry Returns

The Elkhorn soccer players celebrate against Delavan-Darien Sept. 6. The Elks are 5-1-1 and ranked No. 6 in the state of Wisconsin in the latest Wissports.net poll. See complete Elkhorn sports coverage in the Sept. 13 Independent. (Submitted photo)

Delavan-Darien

On the run

      Delavan-Darien High School quarterback Reese Crull makes a 19-yard run against the Elks at home on Sept. 7. See detailed Comets sports coverage in the Sept. 13 Delavan Enterprise. (Vianney Perez photo)