By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Village of Darien board approved an amended contract with the City of Delavan to continue to provide police services to the village on Jan. 20. The board may look to renegotiate in the future. The city has been providing police services since 2012. The […]
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Schools partner to provide program with ‘character’
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With a gathering at Gateway Technical College that featured six students, numerous teachers and administration, the Elkhorn and Delavan-Darien School Districts showed off a new partnership Jan. 22. The program is called Craftsman With Character – a semester-long initiative connecting students with skilled trades and emphasizing […]
Motion to suppress cell phone data in fatal crash denied
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A motion to suppress information from a woman’s cell phone was denied in a case involving the death of a prominent Elkhorn woman. Brianna C. Laas, of Silver Lake, was originally scheduled to go on trial for the death of Barbara Fischer this month on a […]
Delavan American Legion to host Christmas dinner
Delavan American Legion Post 95 will host its 53rd annual Christmas Day dinner, with dine-in and carryout options. Deliveries will only be to the immediate Delavan area. If you live outside the Delavan area, plan on stopping at the legion to pick up a meal. Carryout will be available starting […]
Delavan-Darien honored with PR awards
The Delavan-Darien School District was recently honored by the Wisconsin School Public Relations Association with three Spectrum Awards for its work in school communications. WSPRA presented the Spectrum Awards at its annual conference held Nov. 13-15. Ashley Duchemin, Marketing and Communications Director for the Delavan-Darien School District earned an Award […]
City of Delavan to take over cemetery
The Common Council approved a transfer agreement and an ordinance creating a cemetery committee on Nov. 19 that paves the way for the city to take over ownership of Spring Grove Cemetery on Jan. 1. Finance Director Nick Griffin said the cemetery notified the city on Aug. 12 that they […]
Despite bowing out, trip to state ‘special’
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. […]
Delavan residents oppose city-wide trash collection
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 […]
Take a ‘Halloween Brew Walk’ Saturday
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 […]
Log fire turns major in Delavan
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 […]
