Month: September 2020

Whitewater

Ownership changes hands at The SweetSpot

The SweetSpot, of Whitewater, underwent a recent ownership change, according to an announcement. Jacob Gildemeister and Elena Schleusner purchased The SweetSpot Cafe and Bakehouse from the previous owners Lacey Reichwald, Karen Moline, and Peggy Race effective Aug. 31. “We are so thrilled about this opportunity,” said Lacey Reichwald. “We know […]

Elkhorn

Seeds of Hope plants a possibility

Organization helps bring community together Seeds of Hope recently announced the installation of a new Buddy Bench located outside Matheson Memorial Library in Elkhorn. The bench was a vision of Jamie Stiling-Stepp, the founder of Seeds of Hope, which works with adults with disabilities. She recalls a participant in the […]

Obituaries

SHIRLEY J. JACOBSEN

      Shirley J. Jacobsen was born Jan. 2, 1928, in Williams Bay to Emanuel and Clara (Kallman) Peterson. She passed away on Sept. 8, 2020, at Golden Years of Walworth at the age of 92. Shirley was a 1946 graduate of Williams Bay High School, later working for Borg Industries […]

Obituaries

RUSSELL E. CORDS

Russell E. Cords, 54, of Darien, passed away on Sept. 10, 2020, at home in Darien. He was born in Harvard, Ill., on April 3, 1966. Russell was united in marriage to Sharon Erb. He worked for many years as a metal fabricator and area lead at Delco Metals in […]

Obituaries

LUCILLE FAYTLE

      Lucille (Luci) Mary Faytle, 72, passed away on Sept. 10 peacefully in her sleep at her residence. She was a 45-plus year resident of Delavan and spent those years lovingly caring for her family and serving her community. Luci was born July 19, 1948 at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, […]

Obituaries

LILLIAN RHOADES

Lillian Mae Rhoades, 83, of Delavan, passed away from COVID-19 on May 31, 2020, at Western Arizona Medical Center in Bullhead City, Ariz. She was born in Chicago, on Sept. 22, 1936, to Edward and Lillian (Kub) Vondrak. She was united in marriage to Gordon Rhoades on Aug. 5, 1967, […]

Delavan

Vehicle strikes home

The City of Delavan Fire Department responded to two crashes late last week, both of which involved vehicles striking houses while one of them also struck natural gas meters. Pictured: On Sept. 2 at 12:15 a.m., a vehicle struck a parked vehicle before hitting a house at 1207 E. Wisconsin […]

East Troy

Vernon Evangelical welcomes new pastor

Ordination will be Sunday in Kenosha The Vernon/Mukwonago area welcomes Kenosha-native John Anderson, who is about to be ordained and has been called to serve as pastor at Vernon Evangelical Lutheran Church, S90 W27550 National Ave., Mukwonago. Since Anderson was little, the Rev. Cindy Aasen, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran […]