Southern Lakes Association of the Deaf in Delavan will have its 23rd annual pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. Jan. 16 at the association’s clubhouse, 715 E. Wisconsin St., Delavan. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children younger than 8 years old. Monetary donations are welcome, […]

      Above: Delavan police officers Chris Kristalidis (left) and Michael Sulzer (right) stop by the Rudy Lange sledding hill in Delavan during the snow to take with the kids. At right: Kids take to the Rudy Lange sledding hill in Delavan during the season’s first major snowfall over […]

New construction, changes from non-exempt status absorb increased collections By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan Common Council approved its 2017 budget on Nov. 15 with a tax levy of $5.6 million and a mill rate of $10.55 per $1,000 of equalized property value. The tax levy was higher than […]

A former Darien couple were sentenced to two years and four years, respectively, in state prison for manufacturing meth in 2015. Heather A. Opper, 29, now of Wilton, pleaded guilty to manufacturing amphetamine and neglecting a child and was sentenced Jan. 29 to two years in state prison, two years […]

Two juveniles were arrested Wednesday after a high-speed chase that began in the Town of Sugar Creek. A Walworth County sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a black 2008 Nissan Versa traveling west on Highway A near Highway H after the car was clocked going 87 mph in a 55-mph zone […]

Nine homes and church breached in early 2013 By Vicky Wedig Editor Two men charged with breaking into 14 homes in the Town of Delavan in January 2013 are now charged with breaking into nine homes and a church in the Town of Whitewater area around the same time. Jesse […]

Passer-by rouses residents after seeing flames By Vicky Wedig Editor Delavan residents escaped their burning house safely early Saturday when a passer-by roused them after noticing flames on their porch. A person passing by a house at 222 Phoenix St. at about 3:30 a.m. saw the porch burning, called 911 […]

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan Town Board denied a variance request by John and Mary Connelly to adjust a lot line and separate a parcel they own that is identified by two tax identification numbers to facilitate the sale of one of the newly created parcels. Supervisor Kim […]

Repair of Westshire Farms alarm system after lightning strike was extensive By Vicky Wedig Editor Laurie Whitby knows exactly how long elevators at Westshire Farms were not functioning after a lightning strike at the senior housing complex July 21. “Forty-one days. That’s a travesty,” said the Janesville woman whose parents […]