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Saturday, November 23, 2024
News from the Delavan area
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Headed into Oct. 7’s WIAA Division 3 state semifinal, Delavan-Darien boys soccer coach Mike Marse knew his team had a challenge in front of it – no matter what had happened in the regular season. While the Comets had tied St. Augustine Prep 3-3 on Sept. […]
Mayor sends discussion back to committee By Michael S. Hoey correspondent The Common Council meeting on Oct. 15 drew a much bigger crowd than usual and lasted over an hour and a half due to the council’s consideration of adopting a city-wide trash collection contract. The General Operations […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The City of Delavan will get a little spooky Saturday, as the Delavan Historic Foundation Halloween Brew Walk takes place. For a cost of between $15 and $60, participants get a swag bag and the chance to stroll and try 14 different tasting locations. With the […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor What started as a fire in a pile of logs at Gifford Tree Service turned into a multi-alarm blaze Saturday on the edge of the City of Delavan. It was one of three major fires over the weekend in the area, including a field fire in […]
By Susan Steele Correspondent Walworth County Administrator Mark Luberda introduced the 2025 Walworth County budget Sept. 10 at a Committee of the Whole meeting of the County Board of Supervisors. Luberda said fiscal stability and operational sustainability goals were consistent with what he referred to as “local governments, including Walworth […]
By Michael S. Hoey correspondent The Common Council honored former Fire Chief Neill Flood at its meeting on Sept. 17. Mayor Ryan Schroeder said Flood had passed away since the last council meeting and suggested the council adjourn that night’s meeting in Flood’s honor. Flood, 86, passed away on […]
By Michael S. Hoey correspondent The Town of Delavan board approved on Aug. 20 an amendment to its code enforcement inspection ordinance in an effort to get more people to pay their citations. Now if residents ignore their citations, they could face additional fines of up to $500. According to […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A number of partisan primary elections are on the ballot for the Tuesday, Aug. 13, election. In addition to the primaries for seats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, a number of important local races are on the ballot. A number of referendum questions, […]
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Town of Delavan Police Chief Ray Clark will retire in January. The Town Board began the process of replacing him on July 16. The board approved a list of qualifications for the next chief. Candidates will have to submit to a background check, drug screening, […]
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Students at Delavan-Darien High School proposed the creation of a new outdoor classroom at the school to the School Board on June 10. The students presented a thorough plan and the proposal appeared well received by the board. Ethan Kraayeveld, Joshua Brown and Ruby Hernandez-Torres […]
