By Vicky Wedig Editor Combustible structures that hold together a stone fireplace at Lake Lawn Resort caught fire Saturday morning. Firefighters were called to the resort at 11:10 Saturday morning for fire “where there shouldn’t have been” in the gas fireplace, said Delavan police and fire Chief Tim O’Neill. The […]
Author: Heather Perkins
Warhawks football advances to quarterfinals
Men’s and women’s basketball teams move up the ranks By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team advanced to the quarterfinals – and will play UW-Oshkosh – after defeating Wheaton (Ill.) last Saturday, 31-17. The Warhawks led 31-14 at halftime, and then the defense took over from there. […]
On the court
Brodie Runez (below) leads all scorers with 17 points in Whitewater High School’s 62-46 loss to non-conference foe Union Grove in its season-opener. Bryce Parrish (above) and Tyrus Wintlend (see the front page) each scored six points in the game. The Whippets will open conference play tonight at […]
Pure (pink) Imagination
In the grand finale to the 2015 season, members of the Whitewater High School Marching Band show off their pink while performing a concert Oct. 21 to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, whose mission is to “save lives and end breast cancer forever by […]
UW-W to present annual Gala Saturday
Gorgeous music will fill the air on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. as the UW-Whitewater Music Department presents its annual Gala Holiday Concert in Young Auditorium. This holiday tradition is filled with joyous sounds from nearly every ensemble and takes place throughout the facility in the lobby, terrace, and […]
SHIRLEY L. THOMPSON
Shirley L. Thompson, 87, of Janesville, died Dec. 2, 2015, at Huntington Place, in Janesville. She was born Feb. 1, 1928, in Milwaukee, the daughter of Herrick and Margaret Halford. She graduated from Rufus King High School in 1946. She married the boy across the street, Kenneth L. […]
VERA R. HELLING BROOKS
Vera Rose Helling Brooks was born Dec. 22, 1923, at the family farm on Territorial Road, Town of Richmond, Walworth County, the daughter of Ernest and Amanda (Klug) Helling. She was baptized as a child of God Jan. 13, 1924, at home by the Rev. Herbert C. […]
CARL DUANE MULLIS
Carl Duane Mullis, 79, of Delavan, died at Lakeland Health Care Center on Nov. 26, 2015. He was born Jan. 3, 1936, in Illinois to Fred Mullis and Hazel Poulter. He married Lora Andersen on May 12, 1956, in Delavan. She preceded him in death on Nov. 10, 2010. He […]
City tax levy to increase 2.4 percent
Average homeowner will pay about $90 more By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan Common Council approved a 2016 city budget Nov. 17 that includes a 2.4 percent increase in the tax levy and an increase in the mill rate of 4.04 percent. Alderman Bruce DeWitt said the tax levy […]
Wild Wild West
Badger High School’s cast of “Wild Pecos Bill and Tales of the West” is composed of (front to back, from left) Piper Radtke, Briana Pankonin, Mercedes Sharkus, Jackson Bruns, Nathan Hancock, Sofijia Djurjulov, Kelly Gerlitz, Kori Maclay, Hope Oberg, Kelly Locander, stage managers Lilliann Weintz and Ashley […]
