By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT Despite concerns about how to pay for it, the Darien Village Board voted Monday to hire a new full-time police officer. The village hired Gerardo Baca, 27, who has worked as a part-time officer for the village and the city and town of Delavan. First […]
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New marina opens on former Maxxx Motorsports site
By Vicky Wedig Editor Delavan resident Mike Barkes plans to officially open a marina on the former Maxxx Motorsports property by Labor Day. Barkes is leasing the Highway 50 parcel from Hershel H. Herrendorf, who bought the site earlier this year from Randy Loch, who operated Maxxx Motorsports there through […]
Military shell found in local woman’s shed
Bomb Squad detonates device behind Street Department By Alexandrea Dahlstrom Staff Writer The widow of a World War II veteran found what authorities thought could be a live bomb in her shed Sunday. Officials detonated the device behind the Delavan Street Department, 420 Richmond Road, after a neighbor reported it […]
School district tax levy and mill rate decrease
State aid to district increases By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien School Board approved a tax levy and mill rate Monday that are about eight-tenths of a percent less than last year’s rates. The district set its tax levy at $16.4 million and mill rate at $9.02 per $1,000 […]
Extreme birthday: Delavan edition
Star of ABC’s home makeover show returns to birthplace for grandmother’s 90th birthday By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Joyce Alice Thomson remembers her father working for $1 a day shoveling snow in Delavan. As a designer on ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” Thomson’s granddaughter’s income is undoubtedly a bit more […]
