The Delavan Lions Club, with a little help from some fast shoppers, collected more than 300 lbs. of food and nearly $1,680 worth of food via the second Grocery Games event, held last week at Stinebrink’s Piggly Wiggly in Delavan. Above: Lions Club members and participants gather before the […]

Organizers also note the time change for Monday’s drive The Delavan Darien Red Cross will hold a blood drive Monday March 23, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Delavan from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., which is a change in the time, according to organizers. Potential donors need a donor […]

Guest speaker at meeting discusses solar energy proposal Benjamin Butke, the son of Tanya and Dan Butke, and Maira Leep Simental, the daughter of Maria Simental, were selected as the Delavan Rotary Club students of the month for February. Butke participates in, basketball, baseball, football (two years) and was a […]

This week, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation was scheduled to begin rehabilitation work along 16 miles of Interstate 43, from Highway 12 in Elkhorn to the Rock County line. The improvements, scheduled to begin today, are expected to be complete by fall of 2021. Work will include the following improvements: […]

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent City of Delavan Mayor Mel Nieuwenhuis announced he was not running for re- election in December and for the first time in 18 years, the office of mayor will not have an incumbent on the ballot on April 7. Experience will likely determine who the […]

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan Common Council recently approved an amendment to the city’s zoning map for a revised general development plan that will allow Lake Lawn Resort to add a 41,000 square foot conference center and a residential development to its property. Rick Zirk spoke for Fairwyn […]

All aboard! The 13th Annual Delavan Train Show arrives in downtown Delavan March 21 and 22. The locomotive-themed event runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Featuring 25 exciting model train layouts spread throughout downtown Delavan in more than 11 locations, the […]

The Daughters of the American Revolution–Samuel Phoenix Chapter recently sponsored a special exhibit celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Rights to Vote at the Lake Geneva Public Library. It was titled, “We Stand on Their Shoulders: A History of Wisconsin Women and Voting” and is a Wisconsin Historical Society traveling […]

The Wisconsin School for the Deaf was recently represented at the Wisconsin State Winter Games for Special Olympics by Jessica Konkol, who competed in the snowshoeing event. Konkol won silver medals in the 100 meter and 200 meter races. It was the first time she had run the 200 meter, […]

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Town of Delavan Board approved a promissory note financing reallocation in the amount of $175,000 toward the renovation of the Community Park Building that is currently in the design stage. Administrator John Olson told the board that some decisions by the designers of the […]