One of the newer businesses recently welcomed as a member of the Delavan-Delavan Lake Area Chamber of Commerce is Jonathan’s on Brick Street, 116 E. Walworth Ave. (from the left) Rudy Krause and Lucia Crivolio, Jonathan’s; Melissa DeBuck, Geneva Supply; Leslie Roanhouse and Laura Holmstrom, Delavan Health Services; Johnathan […]
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GriefShare program helps those dealing with loss
Linn Church to host the program beginning Feb. 4 Are you grieving the loss of a loved one’s death? Whether the loss is recent, or happened some time ago, GriefShare is a free national program with local chapters, focused on an individual loss and healing. As a local chapter, Linn […]
Creating a lasting legacy
Family donates trauma kits to honor late deputy sheriff Henry Johnson’s legacy will live on. Johnson, a former Walworth County deputy sheriff, died in October 2018, at the age of 64. His family was so touched by the law enforcement community for the support it showed when he died and […]
Red Cross issues plea for blood donors
Drives slated in several area communities The American Red Cross has extended its urgent call for donors of all blood types to give blood or platelets. With influenza escalating across the country and preventing some donors from giving, and winter weather threatening to cancel blood drives, the Red Cross now […]
Community steps up to help family in need
Area man supported while battling brain cancer By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff When Rich Hinners, of Kansasville, was diagnosed with brain cancer last summer, his wife, Marla, thought they would be facing the battle on their own. She was wrong. “I could say thank you a million times and it […]
School dropout discussed by Delavan-Darien board
Prevention and data collection addressed at recent meeting By Cathy Kozlowicz Correspondent Among topics covered at a recent Delavan-Darien School District board meeting was a discussion on school dropout including data collection and prevention. At the Jan. 13 meeting, representatives of the Girls and Boys Club of Dane County announced […]
Stand up and be counted
Committee emphasizing importance of the Census By Tom Ganser Correspondent Lisa Dawsey Smith kicked off the awareness/education phase of the 2020 U.S. Census for members of the Whitewater Rotary Club at their luncheon meeting Jan. 14. Dawsey Smith is chairwoman of the City of Whitewater Complete Count Committee. Patti Gillette, […]
Study approved for Highway 67 and Potter
By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted in favor of a traffic study being conducted at a troublesome intersection on Highway 12. At its meeting Jan. 20, the council approved moving forward with Traffic Analysis and Design, Inc., at the signalized intersection of Highway 12/67 and […]
A fun time
At the Walworth Parents Club’s Winterfest event Jan. 17, Ayla Gibbs, a Big Foot High School student, paints the face of Abbey Tarbox, 7. The event featured a variety of food, games and raffle prizes for guests with proceeds helping to defray the cost of field trips and other […]
Library to feature women’s right to vote exhibit
The Samuel Phoenix Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and the Lake Geneva Public Library are teaming up to bring a special exhibit to the Lake Geneva area. “We Stand on Their Shoulders: A History of Wisconsin Women and Voting” is a Wisconsin Historical Society traveling exhibit that […]
