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 […]
Author: Heather Perkins
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
West Chamber guide updates due soon
The deadline for members’ changes, additions is March 27 The local chamber of commerce is in the final stages of updating and gathering information from its members for the 2020-2021 Geneva Lake West Resource Guide. “Now is the time to update your directory information… If there are any changes… whether […]
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 […]
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 […]
RICHARD SAMS
Our Lord came to take Richard Woodville Sams on March 15, 2020. He was born to Joseph and Virginia (Brown) Sams on March 21, 1936 in Peoria, Ill. Rich is survived by his wife, Carol Branton-Sams, children, Rick and Teri Sams, five grandchildren and granddaughter-in-law, and daughter, Marci Sams. His […]
State run ends in heartbreak
Local team’s dream ends as WIAA suspends season By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Burlington High School has hosted several boys sectional semifinal contests in the past five years. But a March 12 showdown between Elkhorn and Waukesha West brought the oddest of circumstances and put the Elks’ pursuit of another […]
Search for WUSD’s next superintendent continues
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With a target announcement set for May 1, officials in the Whitewater Unified School District are ramping up efforts to seek out the next superintendent. The WUSD School Board on Feb. 24 discussed the latest steps in seeking out a long-term successor to Mark Elworthy, who […]
