Members of the Jackson Elementary School Student Council present a check to the officers of Hope Now, Inc. recently. When the council learned more about what Hope Now does for the local community, they encouraged all of the students and staff at Jackson Elementary to bring quarters and loose […]
Author: Heather Perkins
Badgers get wins over Waterford
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School softball team defeated Waterford 8-4 at home on May 8. The win avenged a 6-4 loss in Waterford on April 12. Badger scored all eight of its runs in the first two innings and then hung on behind the pitching of […]
Comets split with Elks
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien baseball team split two games with Elkhorn last week. An invitational in Edgerton on Saturday was rained out. The Comets beat the Elks 7-1 on May 8 at home to earn their first Southern Lakes Conference win. Noal Brouwer pitched six shut-out innings […]
Darien threatens to form own school district
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Darien Village Board President Kurt Zipp addressed the Delavan-Darien School Board on Monday night and expressed his community’s disappointment in the district’s recent decision to close Darien Elementary School at the end of the school year. The district voted to close the school in response […]
Working at the car wash
In an effort to raise money for a one-day trip to Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells for a music festival, Walworth Middle School band students hold a car wash April 28 at Emmanuel United Church of Christ. Director Stacey Zwirlein and students (not in order) Mariana Luna, Alyssa Marsh, […]
Bethel UMC to host golf outing
Bethel United Methodist Church has a 145-year history of serving Elkhorn and the neighbors of the community. For the past 12 years, the church has hosted Birdies Fore Bethel Golf Outing, Luncheon, Raffle and Silent Auction. Funds raised help the church support many organizations including the Elkhorn Food Pantry, Twin […]
Genoa City Girl Scout earns award for butterfly garden project
A Genoa City Girl Scout was honored in Sauk Prairie for earning the highest award available in Girl Scouting. Heidi Lininger, a 2017 high school graduate and member of Troop 3256, received her Gold Award pin after working on a “Take Action” project for creating a butterfly garden in her […]
Boys and Girls Club to expand services
Merger with Dane County club gives Walworth County organization more resources By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Boys and Girls Club of Walworth County plans to expand the services it offers to the Delavan area this summer and next fall. A new summer program will offer programming to Delavan children […]
MURIEL G. SHAW
Muriel Grace Shaw, 95, a lifelong resident of Elkhorn, passed away peacefully on April 17, 2018, at Vintage on the Ponds in Delavan. She was born in the Town of Geneva, Dec. 1 1922 to the late Thomas and Anna (Lasch) Lannon. Muriel was united in marriage to Harry […]
Men charged in drug ring appear in court
Two of four men charged in connection with a cocaine-selling ring in Delavan and Darien appeared in court late last month. Jose A. Galarza Jr., 29, of Delavan, appeared in court April 27 free on bond with his attorney Frank Lettenberger. He is charged with manufacturing or delivering cocaine, […]
