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Village approves stipend for new commission

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Darien Village Board on Monday approved a resolution amending the 2018 budget to allow paying a stipend to the appointed commissioners of the newly created Joint Commission of Fire and EMS Commissioners. The board approved the appointment of Randy Wutke, Alice Davis, Charlie Scott, […]

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School Board approves referendum

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent After discussing the need for a referendum for several months, the Delavan-Darien School Board on Monday approved asking for a vote April 3. The referendum has two parts. With a budget deficit last reported at $3.7 million, the board must again address the need for […]

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Elkhorn man dies in crash

An Elkhorn man died Thursday when he lost control of the car he was driving on Dam Road and was ejected when it rolled multiple times. The single-car crash occurred at about 1:50 a.m. Thursday on Dam Road in the Town of Sugar Creek. The driver, Jeff Myers, 24, of […]

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Police seek armed robbery suspect

Black men in rusty car pointed gun at bicyclist, took money Delavan police are seeking a man suspected of pointing a gun at a bicyclist and demanding money Oct. 18. The victim told police he was robbed at gunpoint on Terrace Street south of Washington Street at about 9:15 a.m. […]

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Fourth Street homes condemned

By Vicky Wedig Editor Two Fourth Street homes – at 329 S. Fourth St. and 215 N. Fourth St. – have been condemned and are being demolished. The Delavan Fire Department conducted a practice burn drill on the South Fourth Street home Monday, and the North Fourth Street home is […]

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Author to talk about Wright’s Penwern

Author Mark Hertzberg will present an illustrated talk about “Penwern,” Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fred B. Jones estate on Delavan Lake at 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Walworth County Historical Society’s Heritage Hall, 9 E. Rockwell St., Elkhorn. Hertzberg, the author of three books about Wright’s work in Racine, has […]

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Woman who wandered from home found safe

Firefighters locate 84-year-old nearly 2 miles away By Vicky Wedig Editor Firefighters found an 84-year-old woman nearly two miles from her home Saturday three hours after she reportedly wandered from her condominium. Delavan firefighters Chris Lofy and Capt. Adam Booth found 84-year-old Rita Cichon at Wright and Ann streets after […]