Registration is now being accepted for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawk Softball Clinics. All individuals in grades 4-12 are welcome to attend and increase their knowledge of pitching and/or hitting. Admittance will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The cost to attend one clinic is $55, two clinics $100. Hitting […]
Author: Heather Perkins
Village accepts Standard Process annexation
Within hours, Town Board votes to pursue legal action By Heather Ruenz Editor In a matter of hours this week, the Palmyra Village Board voted to accept the annexation of 740 acres requested by Standard Process and the Palmyra Town Board responded by voting to take legal action in an […]
Ice break
Jenna Odhner, of New Hampshire, takes a rest while perched on her snow carving during the 20th anniversary U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competition in Lake Geneva on Friday. Odhner and her father, Jeff Odhner, are the only team with two members instead of three. The Lake Geneva event was the […]
Badger girls and boys prevail over Comets
Doubleheader yields nearly identical scores By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Lake Geneva Badger basketball teams swept a home double header against Delavan-Darien by nearly identical scores last Friday. The girls defeated the Comets 67-35 in the first game, and the boys beat the Comets 69-35 in the nightcap. The […]
Interim principal named at D-DHS
School head retires for health reasons In 2 1/2 years since retiring as principal of Beloit Turner High School, Mike Kolff and his wife have visited Africa, Costa Rica, China and Iceland. He’s now coming back to a place he called home for three years — Delavan-Darien High School. At […]
Council, school board to see new faces in April
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The Whitewater Common Council is about to get a facelift. Aldermanic districts 1, 3 and 5 are up for grabs this spring, as is one of the city’s two at-large seats on the council. But the shuffling does not stop with the city’s routine staggered two-year […]
MARVAL L. CLEMENTS
Marval Lafern “Mark” Clements, 49, died peacefully on Jan. 28, 2015, at the Appleton Medical Center in Appleton. He was born on Sept. 20, 1965 in Delavan, the son of Marval and Shirley (Mawhinney) Clements, Sr. Marval was also known as “Willy” and “Hillbilly” by his good friends. He was […]
Madison man to enter plea on attempted murder charge
A Madison man was scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 2 on felony charges that stem from allegedly stabbing a woman at her Whitewater apartment in November. Jason L. Grant, 27, was charged Nov. 25 in Walworth County Circuit Court with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, strangulation and suffocation and false imprisonment, […]
Elks stop Comet three-pointers
By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent The usually consistent three-point shooting of the Delavan-Darien High School boys basketball team was silenced Friday night in Elkhorn when the Elks topped the Comets, 62-54 in the Comets only game of the week. The Comets, who are now 1-6 in the Southern Lakes Conference, made […]
Council appoints non-candidate to seat
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Former Whitewater council member James Winship’s 3rd District aldermanic seat will stay warm through this spring with a newcomer to city politics. Winship’s six elected colleagues on Jan. 20 voted to appoint resident Brienne Diebolt-Brown to represent the 3rd aldermanic seat through the April general election. […]
