Chief says proper safety precautions are a necessity with weekend’s festivities By Kellen Olshefski Editor With fireworks playing a large role in Fourth of July celebrations nationwide, City of Elkhorn Police Chief Joel Christensen said Monday police are aiming for a fun, but safe and legal, holiday weekend. With […]
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United Nations flag not likely to fly
Resident’s plea leads council to consider other gestures of peace By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Despite a resident’s impassioned plea, Whitewater municipal leaders will likely not move forward and fly a flag in support of the United Nations. But other gestures demonstrating the city’s support and desire of world peace could […]
Zelich bound over for trial
Detective says Zelich told him deaths were accidental By Kellen Olshefski Staff Writer Steven Zelich, accused of hiding two bodies in the Town of Geneva, has been bound over for trial during a preliminary hearing Thursday morning in Walworth County Circuit Court. According to testimony from Walworth County Sheriff’s Detective […]
Former Lake Geneva employees charged with misconduct
Top two street workers allegedly gave away, sold city property By Vicky Wedig Editor Two former Lake Geneva Street Department employees are charged with 10 felony and four misdemeanor offenses for allegedly giving away city property or selling it and keeping the proceeds in a “slush fund.” Ronald M. Carstensen, […]
DLSD looking for volunteers to clean up Delavan Lake
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan Lake Sanitary District is looking for high school students to help clean up debris on Delavan Lake. District Administrator Jim DeLuca has organized a lake clean-up service project for area students looking to fulfill high school service requirements the week of July 14 […]
‘Flying High Over the Fourth of July’
Whitewater’s free family festival set for July 3-5 The annual Fourth of July Free Family Festival is set for July 3-5 at Cravath Lakefront Park, 312 Whitewater St. in Whitewater. This year’s theme is “Flying High Over the Fourth of July.” “We’re honoring all aviators from all branches of the […]
House burns in Darien
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 […]
July Fourth parade to go to Phoenix Park
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 […]
Winding up
Sam Leibbrand of the Whitewater Junior Legion team gets ready to release a pitch during the June 19 game against Monroe which ended early due to rain. (Bob Mischka photo)
College musicians gain experience in Fellows Program
By Tom Ganser Correspondent Five southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois college students got the opportunity this season to play in a community orchestra through a new Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra program. During the 2013-14 season for the first time, the orchestra sponsored a Fellows Program as part of a new […]
