By Tyler Lamb Editor Each year, the Walworth County Fair honors area senior citizens who dutifully contribute to their community. This year’s Walworth County Fair’s Outstanding Senior Citizen winners include a fire chief, a nursing manager, as well as an active member of the Walworth County Home and Community educators. […]
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Sharon native crowned Fairest of the Fair
By Kellen Olshefski Staff Writer Sharon native Emilie Cerny was crowned Walworth County Fair’s 2014 Fairest of the Fair. Cerny, 22, graduated from Big Foot High School in 2010 and then from Black Hawk East College in the spring of 2013 with honors. A participant in Big Foot FFA, Cerny […]
Fair’s attendance: 2013 numbers lowest since 1975
By Tyler Lamb and Kellen Olshefski Elkhorn Independent Staff A late summer heat wave followed by a Friday evening storm put a dent into attendance numbers at the Walworth County Fair. Wednesday through Sunday, attendance was 103,475. Monday’s turnout of 27,210 put the total attendance for the fair at 130,685. […]
Badger football loses defensive battle
Cross country, golf seasons begin By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The ninth-ranked Lake Geneva Badger football team squared off with No. 5 Mukwonago last Friday in what turned out to be a game dominated by both defenses. Mukwonago came out on top 9-7. Last week the Badgers (1-1) rolled up […]
Fairest of the Fair
Top: Harness-race drivers Adam Turnbull (from left), Richard Vandenbroucke and Edward Cockroft compete in a pace race Friday at the Walworth County Fair. Turnbull won the race, which was sponsored by Ketterhagen Ford, of Whitewater. Above: Randy Greidanus, of Delavan, grooms his animal for competition in the dairy barn at […]
Teachers begin Year 3 of Act 10
Budget repair bill nixed salary schedule, changed benefits By Vicky Wedig Editor The start of the 2013-14 school year Tuesday marked the beginning of the third year Delavan-Darien School District staff are operating under Act 10 – Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill adopted in 2011. Among the law’s provisions […]
Public meeting scheduled for County NN interchange
By Tyler Lamb Editor The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has announced a public information meeting to discuss improvements to the County NN interchange from just east of I-43 to approximately 0.25 miles east of Bray Road. The meeting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, Sept. 10, from 4 p.m. until […]
Library to conduct session on Affordable Health Care Act changes
An informational meeting on the new Affordable Health Care Act will be held on Monday, September 16,at 6:30 p.m., at Matheson Memorial Library, 101 N. Wisconsin St. The meeting will focus on what changes will be taking place Oct. 1 under federal regulations on health care, and what the changes […]
Fair’s attendance: 2013 numbers lowest since 1975
By Tyler Lamb Editor A late summer heat wave followed by a Friday evening storm put a dent into attendance numbers at the Walworth County Fair. Wednesday through Sunday, attendance was 103,475. Monday’s turnout of 27,210 put the total attendance for the fair at 130,685. Last year 134,409 people attended […]
Walworth County Board to begin 2014 budget deliberations
Board supervisors will get their first peek at Walworth County Administrator Dave Bretl’s 2014 budget when he presents a first draft at a committee of the whole workshop at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5. The Public Works Committee will hear capital improvement project appeals to the budget at 3:30 p.m. […]
