Long-time owner to retire By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Dousman Transport of Delavan is in the process of being sold to Landmark Student Transportation of Aurora, Ontario, Canada. The sale is expected to be final by the end of January. “After 42 years with Dousman Transport, 26 as owner, I […]

Whitewater’s Home Lumber takes over business By Vicky Wedig Editor After 144 years in the Delavan area, Barker Lumber is no more. But the business will continue to operate as a lumber yard. Owners Ron and Shirley Kastein sold Barker Lumber to the Hale family, of Home Lumber in Whitewater. […]

Historical Society stores bound volumes of Delavan Enterprise, Republican By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Southern Lakes Newspapers has put bound copies of the Delavan Enterprise and Delavan Republican on permanent loan with the Delavan Historical Society at 240 S. Seventh St. The Historical Society took possession of the collection Oct. […]

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Representatives of the Birdseye Foods plant in Darien met with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Dec. 18 to respond to two citations OSHA issued to the plant by in early December for one repeat offense and 12 new safety […]

Stoneburner was founding member of Historical Society, active in Legion By Vicky Wedig Editor A founding member of the Delavan Historical Society and a man known for more than a decade as Delavan’s Uncle Sam has died. Franklin R. Stoneburner, 82, died Dec. 28 at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in […]

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien School Board unanimously approved a third attempt at a referendum to exceed state revenue caps for operational costs in the district on the Feb. 3 primary ballot. The district will ask for the same amount it asked for in November – $1.25 million. […]

Youth Comets’ No. 2 jersey retired after death of ‘Lightning Lilly’ By Vicky Wedig Editor With her signature scowl and an appetite for taking down ball carriers – and then offering a hand to help them up, seventh-grader Lilly Perry was already scheming how she’d play a contact position in […]

Jim Cairns (from left), Ken Boss, Will Baldwin and Sharon Yanz dish up a Thanksgiving meal to go for Erica Gonzalez (right) to deliver at Community Park on Thanksgiving day. The Walworth-Lakeland Elks Lodge No. 2201 served 240 free Thanksgiving meals at Community Park, and Boy Scout Troop 328, Cub […]

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent A Town of Delavan police officer who has worked with the department for 23 years is now its chief. The Town of Delavan agreed to contract terms with Detective Sgt. Ray Clark to become to the new chief of police on Nov. 25. Former Chief […]

Some districts find requirements too burdensome By Vicky Wedig Editor Opting out of federal school breakfast and lunch requirements isn’t an option for the Delavan-Darien School District where nearly 70 percent of students are eligible for free- or reduced-price meals. “We wouldn’t be in the position to go the route […]