By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent A new leadership group called Teamwork Respect Accountability Integrity Leadership, or TRAIL, has emerged at Delavan-Darien High School to replace the Varsity Club. The school board approved transferring a $1,000 stipend that used to go to the Varsity Club to TRAIL. Athletics and activities director […]

      A car struck a power pole Monday on Ann Street in Delavan, knocking out electricity to the area. A second car also was involved in the crash. (Vicky Wedig photo)

Delavan’s 19th mural will be dedicated at noon Saturday during the annual Cinco de Mayo festival. The FranCisco Vargas mural is located behind Hawks Nest at 103 N. Second St. and is dedicated to the memory of FranCisco Vargas. Vargas lived from 1951 to 2015 and was an artist and […]

A Darien man was killed Saturday after being struck by a trailer while walking on Highway 14. Austin Fehrm, 30, was struck by a trailer being pulled by a pick-up truck on Highway 14 near S-D Townline Road at about 6:05 p.m. Saturday, according to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office. […]

      A Delavan man died Monday after the motorcycle he was driving crashed into a tree in the Town of Sugar Creek. Joshua Faber, 32, was found dead next to a tree at about 11:35 a.m. Monday at County Highway H and Sugar Creek Road, according to the […]

            A storm overnight Wednesday uprooted a hickory tree and dropped it onto a Volkswagen for sale at Black Stone Motors in the Town of Delavan. The tree also took down the sign for the business, which is selling inventory and planning to close, said […]

About 75 percent of City of Delavan residents were without electricity for about four hours Monday after a power pole caught fire. Delavan police officers on patrol discovered the pole on fire at about 2:30 a.m. on the railroad right of way east of Hallberg and Wisconsin streets, according to […]

By Tom Ganser Correspondent On March 19, Bethany Hartlaub, of the Town of Delavan, joined with four members of the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra for its third and final chamber music concert of the 2016-17 season at Holy Communion Episcopal Church in Lake Geneva. Hautlaub played piano as part of […]

The contracting firm for the rehabilitation of Highway 50 through Delavan presented its proposed work schedule and construction staging plan to the city March 22. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation hired Buteyn-Peterson Construction Co. Inc. of Sheboygan to complete the work. City Public Works Director Mark Wendorf said the project […]

The 10th annual Delavan Train Show will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday throughout downtown Delavan. More than 40 train layouts, 35 of which are active operating layouts, will be displayed at the American Legion Hall, 111 S. Second St. […]