Walworth County’s annual Dine Around The Lakes restaurant week celebration kicks off Friday and runs through Nov. 15 with specially priced 3-course meals at restaurants across the county. “We are excited to share some of Walworth County’s best restaurants during the seventh annual Dine Around The Lakes. This is a […]
Month: November 2020
Area voters turn up the red
Republicans dominate local races for state Assembly By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief The effects of a surging global pandemic and a summer of social unrest did little to change the allegiances of voters in the Southern Lakes Area who remained true to their Republican roots in the Nov. 3 […]
Sorg’s will be back, owner vows
Meat processing plant recovering from silo collapse By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Sorg’s Quality Meats and Sausages in Darien will be back, owner John M. Sorg said Monday night, just over a week after a silo collapsed and crushed much of the meat processing portion of the business. While the […]
Village Board moves forward with capital improvements
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Village Board approved putting two large projects out for bid at its Oct. 19 meeting. The board voted to move forward with the Village Square improvement plan, slated to be done next year in conjunction with Walworth County Highway ES resurfacing. The […]
County looks to hire public health nurse
COVID-19 tracing practices also addressed By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent Walworth County’s Health and Human Services Committee members voted in favor of a resolution last week that seeks to authorize the creation of a public health nurse position at Health and Human Services. At the Oct. 21 committee meeting, Walworth County […]
RICHARD TOLLKUHN
Richard Tollkuhn, 65, died of complications of emphysema Dec. 24, 2019 at his home in High Ridge, Missouri in the St. Louis area. He was the son of Dorothy and Reinhold Tollkuhn, and grew up in Delavan. He graduated from Delavan-Darien High School in 1972 and was on the swimming […]
DALE H. OLSON
Dale H. Olson, loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, died on Oct. 26, 2020, at the age of 83, after too many years with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born March 9, 1937 in Walworth, to Katherine (Eifer) and Hubert Olson. As a young boy he loved spending summers in Cherry […]
City of Delavan looks to add new TID
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan Common Council approved a step toward creating a new tax incremental district in the city last week. The new district, called TID No. 6, would overlay portions of the existing TID No. 4. Administrator Denise Pieroni said at the Oct. 20 meeting, the […]
ROBERT H. DIAMOND
Robert H. Diamond, 66, of the Town of Troy passed on Oct. 31, 2020. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Legacy Funeral Services, 2974 Main St., East Troy. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the time of services at the funeral home. Burial will be […]
Trojan sports roundup
Runners compete at state, Depuydt takes 14th By Dan Truttschel Correspondent In a season cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, East Troy High School senior Austin Depuydt made the most of what he was given. Competing at Saturday’s WIAA Division 2 State Cross Country Meet at Colby High School, Depuydt […]
