By Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN Staff An Elkhorn woman who was hit by a car in Delavan three months ago returned home on Saturday. Shelly Mornard, 65, was crossing Borg Road on July 26 on her way to Kune’s Country Ford to pick up her car from work in the Shopko […]
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Trick-or-treat hours
Trick-or-treat times Trick-or-treat times in Delavan are: • Town of Delavan – noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 28; and • City of Delavan – 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 31.
Haunted house spooks old fire station
By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT The former fire station at the Brad Liddle Safety Building in Delavan is haunted. At least that is what the Southern Lakes Association of the Deaf wants the public to think for three weekends in October. In two weeks, a five-person committee and volunteers transformed […]
Boys and Girls Club asks for school space
By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT The Boys and Girls Club of Walworth County asked the Delavan-Darien School Board on Oct. 8 to consider allowing it to use space in district schools. School Board members were amenable to the request and plan to consider it formally in November or December. Board […]
School Board approves booster club raffle
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien School Board approved a new raffle from the high school booster club on Monday night. The raffle is a calendar-based raffle and will replace the auctions the booster club has conducted in the past. Julie Supernaw represented the booster club and said […]
WSD begins construction of new high school building
State Superintendent Tony Evers will was expected to visit the Wisconsin School for the Deaf on Monday for a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off construction of a new high school building. Construction was expected to start Monday and last 13 months. The new high school building will replace Walker Hall, […]
Defendant’s condition delays sexual assault case again
By Vicky Wedig SLN Staff A Delavan man appeared in court last week intending to waive a preliminary hearing in a sexual assault case against him but his attorney said he was not competent to do so Oct. 2. The man, 67, was found not competent July 13 […]
Artists to create 18 murals in Delavan
By Vicky Wedig SLN Staff The City of Delavan is ready to paint the town – literally –in 2015. The Walldogs – a group of artists who paint murals on buildings – plan to create 18 paintings in Delavan. For the past two decades, the Walldogs have created locally significant […]
Elkhorn man dies after crash on Highway 50
By Alexandrea Dahlstrom Staff Writer A 43-year-old Elkhorn man died Friday after the car he was driving on Highway 50 in Delavan collided with another vehicle in front of Lake Lawn Resort. Brad L. Zimmerman was taken to Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Zimmerman’s […]
School District moves forward with strategic plan
By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT Interim Superintendent Bob Crist updated the Delavan-Darien School Board on Monday about how the district is moving forward with its strategic plan. Crist said district staff and administrators are taking the necessary steps to ensure the plan is permeating the lives of the students every […]