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Thursday, May 15, 2025
News from throughout Walworth County
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Most successful movie musical of all time coming to Whitewater Nearly everyone has seen the most successful musical of all time before, but now area residents are getting the chance to experience it up close and personal. A special production of “The Sound of Music” is playing at UW-Whitewater’s Young […]
Sean Carroll, singer of Hoi Polloi, rings in 2013 on stage at Lindey’s On Beulah Dec. 31. (Lindey Neudorff photo)
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent It’s a circle containing several images within it, and its creator says the simple design tells a far greater story about the Irving L. Young Memorial Library and the facility’s presence within a community with deep roots. Earlier this year, library staff held a contest in […]
The East Troy Food Pantry recently received $3,324 through the collaborative effort efforts of the employees and customers of three local businesses. When the employees of First Citizens State Bank shared information about their plans for the fourth annual bake sale to benefit the East Troy Food Pantry, Troy and […]
The Time is Now To Help As the New Year begins many of us make resolutions to improve our lives in some way for the coming year. We may make a resolution to exercise more, eat healthier, lose a few pounds or we may make a more spiritual resolution to […]
Some outages last overnight Dec. 20 By Alexandrea Dahlstrom STAFF WRITER A winter storm Dec. 20 downed power lines throughout Walworth County leaving 17,000 Alliant Energy customers without electricity. According to the National Weather Service, 1.85 inches of rain fell in Walworth County on Dec. 19 into Dec. 20 and […]
