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Friday, May 3, 2024
About 175 Walworth County 4-H and FFA members will participate in the Walworth County Fair Meat Animal Sale Friday, Sept. 2. For many, this activity will serve as the climax of a multi-faceted, yearlong beef, sheep, or swine market animal project experience. At a minimum, this year’s project […]
Barbara Ann Agnew, 75, of Delavan, passed away on Aug. 20, 2022, at home surrounded by her family. She was born in Chicago on July 18, 1947, to James C. Dixon and Minnie (Thompson) Dixon. Barbara was united in marriage to Warren Agnew in 1970 in Chicago. Warren passed […]
Gerald (Jerry) E. Ames, 84, died Sunday, July 24, 2022, at his home in Lake Geneva. He was born in Beloit on Nov. 12, 1937, the son of Helen Scriven and Harry Roland Ames. He grew up in Beloit, graduating from Beloit High School. He attended the University of […]
Katharina Blechner 82, of Lake Geneva, passed away to eternal life on Aug. 15, 2022, at the Aurora Lakeland Medical Center. A visitation was held at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 107 W. Walworth St., Elkhorn, on Thursday, Aug. 25. Burial followed at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Elkhorn. Memorials can be […]
Kenneth L. Ellsworth, 98, of S. Getzen Street, Elkhorn, joined his wife, Mary, to eternal life on Aug. 10, 2022, while surrounded by his loving family, at Mission Creek Retirement Community. He was born on Aug. 10, 1924, in Elkhorn, the son of Lynn and Lorna (Taylor) Ellsworth. He […]
Thomas (“Tom”) Edward Ganfield, 60, at rest Aug. 13, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. Thomas was born in Chicago, March 23, 1962, to the late Muriel (Davis) and David Ganfield. He graduated Loyola Academy in 1980, attended the University of Michigan, and then graduated Knox College in 1984. […]
By Tracy Ouellette EDITOR The East Troy Community School District has been surveying parents, student and staff to get feedback on how the district is doing and where improvement can be made. The district sent out a family survey in July asking for information on a wide variety […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart STAFF WRITER When Delavan’s Sarah Jennison was first diagnosed with chordoma 10 years ago, she resolved to fight the rare cancer as long as she could for her two children. A single mother, she went through multiple surgeries and chemotherapy as well as immunotherapy and […]
By Kellen Olshefski CORRESPONDENT At its meeting Monday, the City of Elkhorn Common Council voted unanimously in favor of approving the use of park impact fees to cover the costs of freight and installation of a new toddler-sized playground at Tasch Park. According to a memo provided to […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart STAFF WRITER About six weeks after the Walworth County Zoning Agency ruled in favor of allowing a conditional use permit for a new hotel on Lake Beulah in East Troy, the Lake Beulah Management District filed a lawsuit to reverse the ruling. The County Zoning […]
