D-DHS coach calls Wolverines ‘best team’ in conference ‘hands down’ By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent After a 5-2 start overall and a 4-1 start in Southern Lakes Conference play, the Delavan-Darien High School football team wrapped up a playoff spot. In order to make the postseason, a team that goes above […]
Author: Heather Perkins
Porch burns on year-old home
Passer-by rouses residents after seeing flames By Vicky Wedig Editor Delavan residents escaped their burning house safely early Saturday when a passer-by roused them after noticing flames on their porch. A person passing by a house at 222 Phoenix St. at about 3:30 a.m. saw the porch burning, called 911 […]
Officials nix applicant’s request to serve alcohol
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A local applicant will not be permitted to serve alcoholic beverages in the community, following a review from a city panel and a customary background check from the Whitewater Police Department. Applicant Theodore Dekeyser Krause sought permission to serve alcohol at The Black Sheep restaurant, but […]
Badger family loses former leader
‘Bob K.’ known for compassion, personableness, high academic standards By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent “If not you, who?” Former Lake Geneva Badger Principal Bob Kopydlowski said that often at faculty meetings and at the end of every email sent to staff. Kopydlowski used positive reinforcement to recognize the excellence at […]
A meaningful walk
Members of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater fraternity Sigma Tau Gamma participate in the 26th Annual CROP Walk in Whitewater Oct. 2. In the first 25 years of the event, the community has raised more than $179,000 with nearly $35,000 benefitting the Whitewater Community Food Pantry; the remainder […]
CAROL SHELLMAN
Carol Evelyn Edna Shellman, 92, of rural Delavan died at Atrium Health Care Center in Williams Bay on Oct. 10, 2016. Funeral service is at 11 a.m. Friday at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elkhorn. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church. Betzer Funeral Home of […]
Local farm to table event set for Oct. 13
A farm to table event to support the Whitewater City Market will be held 5 to 8 p.m., Oct. 13 at Cravath Lakefront Park in Whitewater. “Are you passionate about where your food comes from? Have you wanted to learn more about the farmers who produce your food? Do you […]
JEAN A. EDDY
Jean A. (Lenz) Eddy, “G-ma,” “Grandma Jean” and “Camper Gramma,” lived most of her 68 years in Delavan, but also lived for a short time in Williams Bay. She passed on Oct. 6, 2016, at home, in her favorite room of the house, “the library room.” She […]
School Board recognizes Herb Kohl Award nominees
By Daniel Schoettler Correspondent The Whitewater Unified School District Board recognized the district’s 2017 Herb Kohl Teacher Fellowship Award nominees at the board’s Sept. 26 meeting. Jill Meinel, John Schmming, Mike Wintz and Rosalinda Martinez were named as the district’s representatives for the award. Doug Parker, principal at Whitewater High […]
Leaving his mark
Warhawks remember swim and dive team member By Daniel Schoettler Sports Correspondent The UW-Whitewater athletics community lost an important member of the swim and dive program last month in Spencer Twining. Twining was killed in a motorcycle crash on Sept. 8 in Waukesha County. “I will always remember his unique […]
