Above: Brian Buzzell salutes a wreath placed at the Civil War Monument in the Spring Grove Cemetery during the Memorial Day observance Monday in Delavan. At right: Delavan American Legion Post 95 Color Guard marches down Walworth Avenue during Monday’s Memorial Day Parade. See page 2 for more photos from […]

Principal, activities director bring experience to local schools Two new, experienced administrators will join the Delavan-Darien School District leadership team over summer. Deborah K. Erdmann, principal at Marshall Elementary School in the Dane County Village of Marshall, will become the new director of curriculum and Instruction. She replaces Cora Rund, […]

Ladders OK for large, above-ground pools in Darien By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Darien residents will need a permit to have a swimming pool this summer but will not be required to pay a fee and will be allowed to use a removable ladder in lieu of a fence for […]

Highway 50 at Highway 12 in Lake Geneva will be closed overnight Tuesday to complete bridge work on Highway 12. From 7 p.m. June 2 to 6 a.m. June 3, the state Department of Transportation will close Highway 50 under Highway 12 from Edwards Boulevard to Grand Geneva Way. According […]

Brick Street Market to expand in renovated space By Vicky Wedig Editor Building and business owners will soon remove the plywood masking the sights and sounds of construction at the 101-year-old Van Velzer building in the 100 block of East Walworth Avenue. “It’s going to be really dramatic when we […]

Man faces drug, animal cruelty charges By Vicky Wedig Editor A Delavan man faces drug and animal cruelty charges after police found “deplorable” conditions when they executed a search warrant at his Lawson School Road home last week. Elkhorn police executed a search warrant for a drug case at 501 […]

The Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services will take applications for the Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program on April 22 in Delavan and on April 27 in Whitewater. Residents who are eligible based on their incomes – 60 percent of the state median income – can apply between […]

A spaghetti dinner will be served from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday in the Activity Center at the Walworth County Fairgrounds in Elkhorn to benefit the Walworth County 4-H out-of-state exchange program. Cost is $8 for adults, $5 for children 6 to 12 years old and free for children 5 […]

The 15th annual faculty and staff vs. seniors and alumni charity basketball games will take place in the Delavan-Darien High School main gym Friday. Proceeds for the event are donated to the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Fund. The women’s game starts at 5:30 p.m. and the men tip off […]