Above: Delavan police officers Chris Kristalidis (left) and Michael Sulzer (right) stop by the Rudy Lange sledding hill in Delavan during the snow to take with the kids. At right: Kids take to the Rudy Lange sledding hill in Delavan during the season’s first major snowfall over […]
Author: Heather Perkins
Lady Whippets No. 3 in state rankings
Smith-Traore honored for hitting 1,000 points By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent Whitewater High School’s girls basketball team may have started off the season with a loss, but since then, the team has won five straight games. According to the latest wissports.com coaches poll, the Whippets rank No. 3 in the […]
Man with low IQ gets 20 years for assaulting autistic girl
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A man with a low IQ was sentenced Nov. 29 to 20 years in prison and 10 years extended supervision for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl with autism. A jury convicted John S. Finley, 38, of Whitewater, of repeated sexual assault of a child, and […]
Hoofing out the season
The 4th Annual Reindeer Run took place Dec. 3 in Elkhorn. Racers – and a special reindeer – get ready to start. (Jean Thomson photo)
Welcome Santa!
Santa and Mrs. Claus light up the night with their sleigh in Downtown Whitewater’s annual Holiday Parade of Lights Dec. 2. Friday’s events in downtown included a winter market, s’mores, story time, cookie decorating and a chili dinner at Living Word Fellowship. (Bob Mischka photo)
Grant proposals requested for leftover Farm Technology Days funds
Funds left over after the 2016 Walworth County Farm Technology Days show will be given back to the community in the form of grants. The Walworth County Farm Technology Days show took place at Snudden Farms in mid-July. More than 30,000 people attended the agricultural trade show, visiting with the […]
Man pleads not guilty to killing brother-in-law
Johnson bound over for trial in death of sister’s husband A man charged with shooting and killing his brother-in-law in Whitewater pleaded not guilty last week to a first-degree intentional homicide charge. Alan M. Johnson, 31, entered a not-guilty plea Nov. 29 in Walworth County Circuit Court, waived a preliminary […]
Special guest!
Elkhorn held its annual Christmas parade Dec. 3 just hours before the first real snow of the season fell. Among many others, the Grinch made a special appearance in the parade. (Aaron Gottschalk photo)
SUSAN JEAN BORING
Susan Jean Boring, 77, of Elkhorn, died at her home Nov. 25, 2016, surrounded by her family. Susan was born Feb. 21, 1939, in Washington D.C., daughter of the late Gerald Kjorness and Helen (Holan) Kittleson. Susan spent her adult life as an RN, and took much […]
MARY LOU COOK
Mary Lou Cook, 83, of Naples, Fla., of Rockford, Ill., of Lake Delavan, died Dec. 10, 2016, at Avow Hospice in Naples, Fla. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Monroe Funeral Home, 604 E. Walworth Ave. in Delavan.
