Complete news coverage of Walworth County from Southern Lakes Newspapers
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
News from throughout Walworth County
By Chelsey Hinsenkamp SLN Staff Walking into Sue Zimmerman’s quaint bungalow-style home, visitors are greeted with country style and warmth in a cozy setting. Arched doorways and well thought out décor adds to the charm of the classic, welcoming home. Zimmerman’s comfortable cottage at 290 N. Washington St., is […]
Job Seekers interested in manufacturing work are invited to attend Walworth County Manufacturing Job Fair 2012 on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Gateway Technical College, 400 County Road H, in Room #112 in the South Building. Sponsored by the Walworth County Job Center, the fair is free to jobseekers and will […]
By Bob Peryea Correspondent The Williams Bay School Board has begun steps to build a new elementary school in the Village. The new school is expected to serve approximately 450 to 475 students at a time. Accordong to Vance Dalzin, the District Administrator, there is a future growth study being […]
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 27 for a Sharon man charged with burglarizing a barn in the Town of Walworth. Corey W. Shumak, 34, was charged Oct. 31 in Walworth County Circuit Court with burglary of a building or dwelling and obstructing an officer. According to the criminal […]
The Walworth County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a two-vehicle crash that shut down Highway 12 near Indian Mound Parkway in Whitewater for several hours early Tuesday morning. David L. Wegner, 54, of Fort Atkinson, suffered multiple injuries and was transported by Flight for Life to an area hospital following the […]
District named winner in America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education Students at Badger High School will soon be learning production agriculture year-round, and the crops they produce in the classroom will be served up on the lunch trays of their fellow students. Thanks to the support of local farmers and America’s […]
By Bob Peryea Correspondent The saga of the receivership and the whereabouts of over $1 million at the Cove in Lake Geneva continue as the parties are headed back to court on Nov. 14. Last month, PNC Bank sued in court to have a receiver assigned to the hotel to […]
Growing herd, relaxed rules should increase opportunities By Ed Nadolski Editor in chief Area residents will join hundreds of thousands of other hunters throughout the state in pursuit of white-tailed deer as Wisconsin’s annual nine-day gun season opens Saturday. State wildlife officials are offering an opportunistic forecast for the season […]
By Maureen Vander Sanden SLN staff After Gov. Scott Walker signed his bill into law last spring that requires schools teach sex education by stressing abstinence as the only reliable way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, officials from Elkhorn Area School District got to work to update its […]
By Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN Staff As Gerry Pelishek and Otto Probst stood in front of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. Nov. 3, they contemplated the immensity of such a memorial for their World War II comrades. “If they were to name all the American soldiers who were lost in […]
