Gov. Scott Walker’s 2015-17 biennial budget includes an investment in the Fabrication Laboratories Program that will allow the Delavan-Darien School District to fund new fab lab facilities at its middle school. Delavan-Darien School District was awarded $25,000 to create a Fab Lab at Phoenix Middle School and expand the Delavan-Darien […]

An initial appearance was scheduled to resume May 5 for a Whitewater man charged with stealing jewelry and tools and pawning them. Eric D. Kienbaum, 37, was charged April 26 in Walworth County Circuit Court with burglary of a building or dwelling and theft of movable property valued at $2,500 […]

By Vicky Wedig Editor A state Department of Justice investigation and Walworth County District Attorney’s office review found that Town of Geneva police officers’ fatal shooting of Eric C. Olsen, 26, on Jan. 8, was justified. The departments determined officers Eric Anderson and Jason Sweeney’s use of lethal force was […]

Olivarez also sentenced to 20 years extended supervision on reduced charge By Vicky Wedig Editor A Delavan man pleaded guilty last week to stabbing and killing his cousin nearly two years ago and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Rafael Olivarez, 41, pleaded guilty April 25 to a reduced […]

Chris Fountain is no stranger to dealing with challenging situations. He has spent 27 years at Norris Junior and Senior High School, an alternative public school setting for at-risk students. The past six years, he has been the school’s principal and director of instruction. He has also been a volunteer […]

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Superintendent Robert Crist updated the Delavan-Darien School Board on April 11 on the progress that has been made in transitioning to the center-schools model by fall. Crist said almost all of the staff members who will move to a new school know where they will […]

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Multiple residents opposed paying for the installation of new curb and gutter along their street during an April 12 public hearing before the Delavan Common Council. City ordinance requires property owners to pay the full cost of new curb and gutter when they’re installed for […]

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien School Board on Monday approved borrowing nearly $3 million to complete energy efficiency building projects at Phoenix Middle School, Turtle Creek Elementary School, the School Administration Center and Darien Elementary School. Most of the projects will be completed this summer. The board approved […]

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 19 for a Town of Delavan man who allegedly held his girlfriend and another man against their will and threatened to kill them. Blaec A. Miller, 30, was charged March 14 in Walworth County Circuit Court with kidnapping, false imprisonment, strangulation and suffocation […]

Warrant expected to be issued for arrest of Milwaukee man By Vicky Wedig Editor Users of social media identified a Milwaukee man suspected of holding up the Speedway station in Delavan last week. Police Chief Tim O’Neill said a man entered the store at 803 E. Geneva St. at about […]