Complete news coverage of Walworth County from Southern Lakes Newspapers
Monday, December 23, 2024
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent While the Big Foot football team certainly is a talented group once again in 2012, there are some questions the Chiefs need to answer early in the season. It didn’t take long to get a few of those in the opener Friday night. Senior Carter Hehr, […]
Big Foot soccer team eyes conference title By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The goals for the Big Foot-Williams Bay boys soccer team before each season mirror those of every other program in the state. And at the top of the list is a conference title, which Big Foot hasn’t brought home […]
Property swap benefits two diverse congregations John Koski Correspondent They each had something the other party was interested in. For the Jehovah’s Witnesses it was piece of property on which to build a new Kingdom Hall. For Living Waters Assembly of God it was a church home of their own. […]
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Dozens of employees at a local senior living campus have been walking across the country – figuratively – as a demonstration of the health benefits associated with routine exercise. In recent weeks, Fairhaven Senior Services staff members have been sporting pedometers as part of a challenge […]
By Maureen Vander Sanden SLN staff Stepping into Elkhorn’s latest downtown eatery, customers are instantly greeted with soothing aromas of lavender and citrus countered by the robust smell of freshly ground coffee beans. The inviting scents coming from inside The Essential Café & Bistro are quickly matched with warm greetings […]
Honorary Fair Marshal Bob Handel signifies the start of the Walworth County Fair Wednesday by cutting the ribbon during the grand opening ceremony. Other dignitaries present include Dennis Duesterbeck (from left), Honorary Fair Marshal, Jeni Hallatt-Vice President of Mercy Health Systems, Sen. Neal Kedzie, County Chairwoman Nancy Russell and members […]
A Darien man was killed Wednesday after crashing his aircraft into a Town of Walworth airfield. Walworth County Sheriffs Department and Walworth Fire and Rescue Units responded to a report of an Ultralight Aircraft going down in a cornfield alongside the Big Foot Airfield on Wednesday, Aug. 29, at approximately […]
Donald “Don” A. Pomplun, 84, of Whitewater, died on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, at the Rainbow Hospice Inpatient Center in Johnson Creek. He was born on Jan. 21, 1928, in Coloma, to Albert and Ella (Schubert) Pomplun. He married Patricia Ebert on Dec. 4, 1948, in Plainfield. She preceded him […]
Richard “Dick” Elston Humphrey, a native of Whitewater, died Aug. 16, 2012, at Fletcher Allen Medical Center in Burlington, Vt., surrounded by his family. He was cared for at home through a long illness by his loving wife of 58 years, Lois O’Brycki Humphrey. Richard was born March 5, 1926, […]
Darrell Lee Ottow, 83, of East Troy passed away on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 after a courageous fight after undergoing cancer surgery on June 27, 2012. He was born in Burlington to Burton and Marion (Shields Ottow) Huth and attended East Troy schools. Darrell was a sergeant in the U.S. […]
