Whitewater High School staff members delivered accolades to the Class of 2020 during a May 27 Senior Send Off parade. Science teacher Kailey Burchard offers some inspiration through a sign in the Senior Send Off parade. See more photos in the Register. (Tom Ganser photo)
Author: Heather Perkins
Area blood drive slated for June 15
Appointments, masks among the required changes The Delavan Darien Red Cross will hold a blood drive Monday, June 15 at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Delavan from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Those wanting to donate need a donor card, driver’s license or other government-issued ID and to feel well […]
Men allegedly broke into Delavan home with guns
An initial appearance was scheduled to resume Tuesday for a Greenfield man charged with breaking into a Town of Delavan home along with another man with guns and robbing the residents. Bradley J. Hohner, 26, was charged May 29 in Walworth County Circuit Court with two counts of armed robbery, […]
Going to a movie a reality again
Emagine Geneva Lakes re-opened theater this week By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer Emagine Entertainment Inc. re-opened the Emagine Geneva Lakes movie theater June 1. Theaters in the area, and across the country, have been closed since the middle of March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. With Wisconsin’s Stay-at-Home order expired, […]
Highway 50 bridge work delayed
Less than a week prior to start, project gets pushed The Wisconsin Department of Transportation was set to begin working on a concrete bridge deck overlay on Jackson Creek on Highway 50 in the Delavan inlet near the boat launch Monday, June 8. But on Tuesday afternoon, the project was […]
Seeing green
Al’s Auto Body and Arboretum, W6866 N. Walworth Rd., Walworth, is in the final week of its annual Hosta Fest event, which features at least 175 hosta varieties but ends June 5. For those unable to make it, the evolving arboretum has more than 450 hosta varieties on display […]
Lanesway to host car and truck show
Community event to include honoring a hometown hero By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer Lanesway is a foundation that was established last year by Lane Schweitzer’s family after he was tragically killed in a motorbike crash on March 27, 2019 at the age of 15. Lane’s mom, Judy Schweitzer said Lane […]
LOWELL WATKINS
Lowell Watkins, 83, of Delavan, loving father, grandfather, and brother passed away Saturday, May 30 in Tucson, AZ. He was born in Bismarck, ND in 1937 and his early school years were spent in New Orleans and Tyler, TX before moving to Madison in 1947. He graduated from Madison […]
WUSD stays the course on virtual graduation
Officials hold off on possible in-person ceremony By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Whitewater Unified School District officials agreed last week to stay the course and send off this year’s seniors virtually. But there is still a possibility of an in-person ceremony late this summer, if circumstances warrant such an event occurring. […]
‘Support Agriculture’
Badger FFA yard signs benefit farmers, community As a part of Badger High School FFA’s mission of living to serve, 100 “Support Agriculture” signs were sold to support agriculture and farmers that have been struggling while also supporting our local families with food insecurities. The proceeds from each sign, as […]
