Whitewater police seek donations for first K-9 unit By Vanessa Lenz Staff Writer The Whitewater Police Department has kicked off a fundraising campaign to start its first K-9 unit. Police Chief Lisa Otterbacher announced plans to acquire a K-9 service dog during the Whitewater Common Council meeting Dec. 18. Captain […]
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ETHS ‘Geek Squad’ gets official status
By Vanessa Lenz Staff Writer With the Harry Potter craze and “Twilight” movie series shattering box office records, embracing your inner-geek has become the new cool thing to do for many teens. Thanks to a new class at East Troy High School, commonly known as the ETHS Geek Squad, the […]
Discover Wisconsin explores Ice Age Trail
The City of Whitewater and its glacially influenced landscape will be featured on Discover Wisconsin in the spring of 2013. To produce the segment, Discover Wisconsin is working with the Ice Age Trail Alliance and the Whitewater Area Chamber of Commerce. Chad Diedrick, Discover Wisconsin managing producer, noted that this […]
Whitewater will see one contested race April 2
With the deadline for filing candidacy papers having passed, the spring election season in Whitewater is taking shape with one contested race. On the Whitewater City Council, three seats expire in April. The seats include aldermanic districts 1, 3 and 5, as well as an at-large seat. In districts 1 […]
Teens hurt in New Year’s Day crash
Car left road and hit tree By Ed Nadolski EDITOR IN CHIEF Two teenagers from the Burlington area suffered serious injuries when the car they were in left the road and crashed into a tree in Town of Lyons shortly before 8 a.m. New Year’s Day. The driver of the […]
Sprecher’s to host fundraiser for Lakeland Animal Shelter
By Bob Peryea CORRESPONDENT Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN STAFF Sprecher’s Restaurant and Pub, 111 Center St., will be hosting a fundraising event for the Lakeland Animal Shelter. The event “Treat Yourself for Ty” will be from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 17. A portion of all the restaurant’s sales for […]
Enterprise office moves this week
Newspaper will have new phone numbers The Delavan Enterprise news and advertising office will move to a new location this week. The newspaper’s staff will move from its Geneva Street office to 1102 Ann St., Delavan, on Thursday and will resume normal operations at the new location Friday. Indeed, relocating […]
Land sales expected to pick up in 2013
By Vicky Wedig SLN STAFF As empty building space fills in Walworth County, companies are expected to start buying land and building. NAI MLG Commercial Senior Vice President John Henderson, who has been in corporate real estate sales for 27 years, said Delavan’s industrial park has had some interested buyers […]
School transportation contract up for renewal in April
District working with Dousman Transport to reduce cost “Nothing can overshadow the health and safety of our kids.” — Superintendent Robert Crist By Vicky Wedig SLN STAFF The Delavan-Darien School Board will likely consider in April renewing its contract with Dousman Transport Co., which has provided busing for the […]
East Troy library director to retire
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After more than two decades at the helm of the East Troy Lions Public Library, Director Jackie Gotz is retiring. Her successor is expected to be named in the coming weeks, officials say. Ann Zess, president of the Library Board, said she and the other six […]
