One resident injured One person was taken to a medical facility for evaluation after a fire at 237 N. Wisconsin St. in Darien at about 12:40 a.m. Wednesday. The Darien Fire Department was called to the fire at a single-family home with information that occupants were trapped inside. When firefighters […]

The City of Delavan’s Fourth of July parade Friday will go to Phoenix Park in Delavan, not Veteran’s Park, where festivities have taken place in the past. Last year’s Fourth of July information was inadvertently printed in this week’s Enterprise. The fireworks and flag ceremony will take place at Veteran’s […]

By Vicky Wedig Editor John Damrow put himself in a position academically that he could pick any college of his choosing. He and his family toured smaller colleges on the East Coast where Damrow could have certainly played football, but ultimately the 18-year-old knew his heart was with the University […]

Silver Moon likely to retain license; town to change ordinance By Vicky Wedig Editor Glenn Meine will likely retain the liquor license for the former Silver Moon in the Town of Darien. But, he said, the rigmarole he went through to keep it speaks to a larger issue – the […]

Taxpayers still offset cost for Medicaid patients By Vicky Wedig Editor The county-run nursing home has increased its daily rate and is attracting more private-pay customers, but its operation is still subsidized by $3.6 million in taxpayer collars yearly. The county’s cost to operate the nursing home vs. the amount […]

Church takes Open and Affirming stance, ordains first gay minister By Vicky Wedig Editor The Delavan United Church of Christ will ordain its first openly gay minister May 31. Erik Koepnick, whose family has attended the UCC for about eight years, will be ordained the day before his 30th birthday. […]

Public defender argues witnesses provided only hearsay, no testimony that crime occurred By Vicky Wedig Editor A Delavan man was bound over for trial Wednesday in the stabbing death of his cousin. Rafael Olivarez, 39, of Delavan, appeared at a preliminary hearing in Walworth County Circuit Court in custody represented […]

People smoked addictive ‘potpourri’ to get high, police say By Vicky Wedig Editor After seven years under police scrutiny, the owner of the Smoke Shop in Delavan has been charged with selling materials people smoked to get high. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for May 2 for David S. Yarmo, […]