Author: Heather Perkins

Lake Geneva area

Blue and the gray

Above: Badger High School U.S. history teacher Jeff Schmidt (second from right) fires a cannon with assistance from Civil War re-enactors (from left) Ken Monroe, Dennis Brennan and Greg Bochniak and Dan Lezhowicz (right). The re-enactment group came to Badger Sept. 28) to demonstrate a Civil War era cannon and other […]

Delavan-Darien

Soccer racks up two more wins

Comets allow one goal in week’s games By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The defending state champions just keep winning. Delavan-Darien’s boys soccer team entered last week as the No. 1-ranked team with an 11-0 record. The Comets played two more in-conference games on Sept. 22 and Sept. 24, and exited the […]

Delavan

Touch a truck

J.J. DeWitt (blue shirt), Sierra Perkins (green), Korah Perkins (pink), and Oliver Chapman (behind Sierra Perkins) watch as their grandfather and uncle, assistant Delavan fire chief Robert Chapman (far right) and engineer Cameron Cogar (far left) lower the fire engines ladder at the end of the event. (Michael S. Hoey […]

Whitewater

In step

Jimmy King (below) of the Whitewater High School Marching Band, plays a trombone solo during the band’s first competition of the season Sept. 27 at Waukesha West High School. The band (above) brought home third place in the Class A division. Up next they will perform at 1:15 p.m., Oct. […]

Whitewater

A different view of the city

Autistic artist’s ‘Whitewater Cityscapes’ on display at Studio 84 Nick Bursh is a 27-year-old autistic artist from Fontana who has been creating art since he was old enough to hold a pen. His exhibit “Whitewater Cityscapes” is on display at Studio 84 this month. After graduating from high school in […]

Obituaries

NORMA H. GOETHAL

Norma H. Goethal, 92, of Delavan, died Oct. 4, 2015, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn. She was born in Chicago on Jan. 6, 1923, to Carl and Louise (Kindt) Halle. She married Gordon Goethal, taught piano, was active in the Boy Scouts, and belonged to the Delavan Lake […]

Obituaries

ALLEN J. FORSETH

Allen J. Forseth, 76, of Palmyra, died Oct. 3, 2015, at AngelsGrace Hospice in Oconomowoc. Allen was born on May 7, 1939, in Galesville, the son of the late Herman and Mary (Burn) Forseth. Allen was united in marriage to Marilyn Winkler on June 25, 1960, in West Allis. Allen […]

Obituaries

HARRY C. ROBBINS

     Harry C. Robbins, 74, of Janesville, died Oct. 1, 2015, after a courageous battle with cancer at Rock Haven Nursing Home surrounded by his family. He was born in Le Mars, Iowa, Feb. 27, 1941, the son of Chester R. and Mildred (Schultz) Robbins. He graduated from Whitewater […]