Donations, volunteers results in 200 shoeboxes filled Delavan Christian School recently held its Operation Christmas Child shoebox packing party and according to organizers, it was a great success. One representative said they wished all of the parents could have seen how amazing the kids were. “Big kids were helping little […]
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To stock the shelves
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church With School collected items for the Harold Johnson Delavan Food Pantry in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving. On the day after Thanksgiving, volunteers gathered the items from the church, loaded them up on a trailer and transported them to the food pantry. Among the helpers […]
Boat storage facility began without approval
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Drivers on Highway 50 may have noticed a new structure being built just south of Highway 67. If it gains the approval of the Town of Delavan board, the structure will become a boat storage business. The project began without that approval. Administrator John Olson […]
Delavan Council issues raze order for Temperance House
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The final act for the Temperance House in Delavan may be on the horizon after the Common Council on Dec. 17 authorized an order to the Delavan Historical Society to repair or raze the building within 30 days. A Hail Mary reprieve in the form […]
DDHS students honored by Rotary Club
Six Delavan-Darien High School students have been selected as the Delavan Rotary Club students for the first quarter of the 2019-20 school year. Those students are: Jarod Comas, son of Leigh and Augie Comas; Ryan Hoey, son of Tracy and Mike Hoey; Garbriela Montelongo, daughter of Linda Cortz and Israel […]
Partners in (some fun) crime
Delavan area students got to spend time with local police officers and other volunteers Dec. 7 at Shop with a Cop, an event supported by several local businesses and groups in the community. Above; Jayceon Selph-Turner gets some shopping help from Leah Flitcroft and Lt. Josh Flitcroft at Fleet Farm. […]
Mayor Mel will not seek re-election
It’ll be the end of an era in the City of Delavan By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent After 18 years as mayor of the City of Delavan and three years before that as an alderman, Mayor Mel Nieuwenhuis announced he will not seek re-election in April. Nieuwenhuis said he had […]
Meijer still interested in Delavan location
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Despite rumors to the contrary in the community, the Meijer grocery store chain remains interested in building a store in Delavan at the corner of East Geneva Street and North Shore Drive. The company received final approval from the city on Dec. 4, 2018. Though […]
Holiday lights
At the tree lighting ceremony in Tower Park in Delavan, Mayor Mel Nieuwenhuis kicks things off once Santa arrived by fire truck. See more photos in the Dec. 12 Enterprise. (Dave Dresdow photo)
Delavan officials respond to questions about closed session
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent City Attorney Steve Koch responded to questions about why a discussion by the Common Council on Nov. 19 about the Temperance House was conducted in closed session. Koch said doing so was proper and no one associated with the Temperance House should be surprised the […]