Alvino Ortiz, 42, of Sharon, passed away Saturday Nov. 30, 2013, from injuries suffered in a car accident. Funeral services will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday Dec. 6, 2013, at Toynton Walworth Funeral Home, 328 Kenosha St. Visitation will be Friday from 4 p.m. until time of services. […]
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Badger wrestling looks to continue success
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School wrestling program has made two consecutive trips to the state tournament and finished 20-5 last season. The Badgers were co-champions of the Southern Lakes Conference, were regional and sectional champions and lost in the state quarterfinals to eventual state runner-up Kaukauna. […]
Symphony Orchestra performs first chamber music concert
By Tom Ganser Correspondent Three musicians who call Lake Geneva home were among the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra members who presented the first of a new series of chamber music concerts at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan on Nov. 24. Lake Geneva resident Laurie Cornue played violin with the Lakeview […]
Boys lose to Union Grove by one
Comets break three-point record By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent It was a record-breaking game for the Delavan-Darien High School boys’ basketball team on Nov. 26, but the Comets came up short in a 70-69 loss to Union Grove. The Comets made 11 three-point baskets, a new Comet record, with Isiah Ramos […]
Light the lights
Delavan’s Mayor Mel Nieuwenhuis watches with Santa as the Christmas tree in Tower Park is lit Nov. 29 for the first time this year. (Photo by Michael Hall)
County program aims to prevent drunken drivers from re-offending
OWI court marks two years, 18 graduates By Vicky Wedig Staff writer After Joseph Pugh got his second drunken driving ticket in 2002, he no longer drank and drove. “I did my drinking at home,” said the 45-year-old Lake Geneva man. But, on a day in May 2012, Pugh “got […]
SOPHIE TESCH
Sophie Tesch, 94, of Fort Atkinson, died Nov. 27, 2013, at Holton Manor, Elkhorn. She was born Oct. 14, 1919, to the late Miles and Mabel (Warden) Harth. She married Marvin Tesch on Aug. 31, 1940, in Iowa. He preceded her in death on July 16, 1971. She was homemaker […]
SARAH ANN GAYNOR
Sarah Ann “Sally” Gaynor, 83, of Delavan, died Nov. 29, 2013, at St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee. She was born June 22, 1930, in Chicago, to the late Joseph and Regina (Fisher) Gaynor. She was an active member of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Delavan. She was employed at A-Jay Industries […]
ARLIENE L. BREITENSTEIN
Arliene L. Breitenstein, 98, of Fontana, passed away peacefully in the evening of Nov. 11, 2013 at Golden Years in Walworth. She was a loving wife, best friend, Nana, Angel. She lived a long, wonderful life. In her younger days, she enjoyed dancing with her husband Charles “Bud” Breitenstein, into […]
AUGUST N. ANSTEDT
August Nicholas Anstedt, 90, of Delavan, died at his home on Nov. 25, 2013. He was born Oct. 2, 1923, in Chicago, to August Anstedt and Freida Neuhause. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. He married Mary Schultz in 1949 in Elkhorn, at St. Patrick’s […]
