Month: March 2020

Obituaries

GERALD EATON

      Gerald Thomas Eaton, or Sarge, as he was referred to affectionately by his friends, passed away on March 21, 2020 at Golden Years in Lake Geneva. He was born Aug. 10, 1936 in Eau Claire, WI, to Albert and Elvera (Schafer) Eaton. His family moved often finally settling in […]

Obituaries

DONNA SCUREK

Donna Schurek, 86, of East Troy passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on March 18, 2020. She was born on Sept. 21, 1933 in North Judson, Indiana, to the late Helen and John Woytinek. She married her beloved husband, Donald, of more than 59 years at St. Cyril and […]

Obituaries

SYLVIA WIENSCH

      Sylvia “Pauline” Wiensch passed away peacefully on Friday, March 20, 2020, with her two children holding her hands. She was born in Chippewa Falls on the second of January. She attended a one-room school in Chippewa County. Spending her senior year in high school living in Anchorage, Alaska, she […]

Whitewater

Moving forward

      Construction on Milwaukee Street, which will be closed to thru traffic from Rice Street to the roundabout, began on March 9. This was the scene March 10 at the Milwaukee-Rice intersection. The contractor will be finishing the sanitary sewer and storm sewer work in this section. After the underground […]

Elkhorn

Carnival worker gets 115 years

He was convicted of hitting woman with hammer, rape A Mississippi man was sentenced Feb. 24 to 115½ years in prison for raping and attacking a woman with a hammer in Elkhorn before the 2018 Walworth County Fair. In addition to the prison term, Terrence D. Leflore, 25, of Jackson, […]

Delavan

Red Cross seeks blood donors

Organizers also note the time change for Monday’s drive The Delavan Darien Red Cross will hold a blood drive Monday March 23, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Delavan from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., which is a change in the time, according to organizers. Potential donors need a donor […]

Elkhorn

Virus upsets status quo

County monitors COVID-19 as life is drastically altered By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer The COVID-19 virus is now in Walworth County, according to Public Health officials who have announced three confirmed cases of the virus as of Friday. The first person who tested positive had reportedly recently traveled domestically, and […]

Elkhorn

Walworth County IDs case of community spread

Third person who tested positive for COVID-19 did not have exposure to a known case and didn’t travel to a location with known community spread Today, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced that community spread of COVID-19 has been detected in Wisconsin. Furthermore, the Walworth County Division of Public […]