The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Southeast Region will have a public involvement meeting to discuss proposed improvements to Highway 12 in Walworth County. The meeting will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday in the training room at the Walworth County Public Works Department, W4097 County Road NN, Elkhorn. The […]
Delavan
News from the Delavan area
No local races are on ballot
Judge contests top Tuesday’s vote Delavan area voters won’t find any local races among the county and state competitions on the ballot in Tuesday’s spring election. The race with the most significance locally is for the Walworth County Circuit Court Branch 3 judge seat currently held by Kristine Drettwan, a […]
Her condition led to a career goal
Girl born with heart defect pursues cardiology By Dave Fidlin Correspondent MiKayla Person believes in miracles. After four heart surgeries and a serious birth defect that could have claimed her life, the 14-year-old Delavan student has a perspective on life that points to the age-old notion of living each day […]
Firefighters left breathless to fight lung cancer
Area departments to participate in Fight for Air Climb in Milwaukee on Saturday By Vicky Wedig Editor Firefighter Frank Taylor figures climbing 94 flights of stairs carrying 70 pounds of equipment is like child birth – after the memory of the pain fades, one is willing to do it again. […]
Whodunnit?
Above: Harold Johnson, owner of the Breadloaf Bookstore in Lake Geneva, accuses another actor of murder during the murder mystery.
School board grateful referendum passed
District still short of funds By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien School District won a much-needed $1.25 million referendum to exceed revenue caps for operational costs on Feb. 17. Superintendent Robert Crist and School Board members said Monday they are grateful, but the district’s financial challenges are not over. […]
Leader of cemetery project get probation for child abuse
Man ordered to have no ‘violent contact’ with daughter By Vicky Wedig Editor A Delavan man known for his effort to restore the city’s Civil War monument was sentenced to two years probation March 4 for physically abusing his daughter. Kenneth M. Wargo, 45, was scheduled to go on trial […]
Meth lab discovered in Darien
Residents arrested, face felony charges Police busted a meth lab and arrested its suspected operators in Darien on Tuesday morning. Deputies from the Walworth County Drug Enforcement Unit and officers from the City of Delavan Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration and Division of Criminal Investigation executed a search […]
Marriage proposal brings gospel revival to Lake Geneva
Chicago group to celebrate 25 years with performance at Immanuel Lutheran By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer When Mark McAuliffe’s girlfriend threw him a 50th birthday party at their church with his grade-school friends on the guest list, he knew he wanted her to be his wife. “That day, I decided […]
Referendum passes by 72 votes
By Vicky Wedig Seventy-two voters decided Tuesday to allow the Delavan-Darien School District to levy an additional $1.25 in taxes for the next two years. In Tuesday’s primary election, a referendum to allow the district to generate additional revenue was the only item on the ballot in Delavan. The vote […]
