By Vicky Wedig Editor A Lake Geneva woman and her kids were found in Savannah, Ga., Tuesday morning after a person there recognized them from photos on a press release police issued Monday. “When we put it out to media last night, we got a citizen tip of someone who […]

Town of Geneva man shot 11 times after lunging at police, reports say By Vicky Wedig Editor Two Town of Geneva police officers are able to return to work after being on administrative leave since fatally shooting a man Jan. 8 on Lincoln Drive. A state Department of Justice investigation […]

Experts educate parents about online safety By Vicky Wedig Editor When staff at the Association for the Prevention of Family Violence noticed most recent sexual assaults of middle- and high-schoolers had a social media component, they began educating parents about online safety. The APFV had its first online safety workshop […]

Couple allegedly locked boy in room, forced him to eat his own feces By Kellen Olshefski Staff Writer A Genoa City couple were found guilty April 1 by a 12-person jury in Walworth County Circuit Court of seven of nine counts that stemmed from allegations the pair abused their son. […]

      The former Sears building is torn down March 29 at Main Street and Peller Road. A new building will be constructed on the site and will be the home of a Noodles and Co. and a Qdoba Mexican Grill. (Michael S. Hoey photo)

Community State Bank invited four Badger High School to an economic forum at Geneva National on March 18 featuring Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. Seniors Stephanie Besenhofer, Tanner Hagen, Sophia Merry and Andrew Ploch were guests of the bank because of their role in the MyLIFE financial literacy day […]

By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School baseball team was scheduled to begin its season this week pending the whims of Mother Nature. Saturday’s opener at East Troy was postponed because of a wintery day and the weather report heading into this week did not look promising for […]

      Lily and Aaris Anderson, both from Chicago, are excited about their Easter eggs found March 26 at the Easter Egg Hunt held at Duck Pond in Fontana. They attended the festivities with their grandparents, Sarah and Randy Anderson, of Fontana. Easter Egg Hunt at Duck Pond in […]

      Lakeview Elementary School team members Josie Treder (from the left), Izzy Dieter, Jazmin Cederberg and Tyler Wright battle their way to a fourth-place finish in the elementary school State Battle of the Books competition recently that featured 215 teams through the state. Due to a number of […]

      A meth lab was discovered and two people arrested on Highway H in Genoa City on Sunday. While conducting an investigation Sunday, the Walworth County Drug Enforcement Unit and Genoa City Police Department discovered a methamphetamine manufacturing operation in apartments 202 and 204 at 1201 Highway H. […]