The Walworth Theater and Showette, two of the most popular places in the history of downtown Walworth, will be featured at the next meeting of the Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot Prairie on Thursday, Oct. 25. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the lower-level community room of […]
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Fast times at ‘Mountain High’
By Alexandrea Dahlstrom Staff Writer “I’m not going to lie. It was pretty terrifying. I never got that scared before, but I love it. I live for it,” said 25-year-old Kerry Lofy of his recent BASE-jumping experience in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. BASE (bridges, antennae, spans and earth) jumping is when […]
Jazz Ambassadors performing at LGMS
By Karen Bullock Correspondent Lake Geneva Middle School will host the Jazz Ambassadors at 7 p.m. Oct. 26. The Jazz Ambassadors is the United States Army’s touring big band. Since 1967, this 19-member group has performed for audiences in all 50 states and in countries around the world. The group […]
Trick-or-treat hours
Trick-or-treat times Trick-or-treat times in Delavan are: • Town of Delavan – noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 28; and • City of Delavan – 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 31.
Haunted house spooks old fire station
By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT The former fire station at the Brad Liddle Safety Building in Delavan is haunted. At least that is what the Southern Lakes Association of the Deaf wants the public to think for three weekends in October. In two weeks, a five-person committee and volunteers transformed […]
Boys and Girls Club asks for school space
By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT The Boys and Girls Club of Walworth County asked the Delavan-Darien School Board on Oct. 8 to consider allowing it to use space in district schools. School Board members were amenable to the request and plan to consider it formally in November or December. Board […]
Gas prices continue to fall in state
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have fallen 7.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.74 per yesterday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.8 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.77, according to gasoline price website WisconsinGasPrices.com. Including the change in gas […]
Workshops will discuss Whitewater’s pedestrian plan
The City of Whitewater is in the midst of developing a Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan for the community and will hold “Walking Workshops” as the next step in the process. The city is working with consultants from Alta Planning & Design and the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin to develop […]
Teens find niche building competition robots
By Vanessa Lenz SLN Staff For teens like Rachel Hunter, who have long been embracing a love of science and engaging in the not so typical activity of building robots, the creation of East Troy’s first robotics team has been a long time coming. Hunter was among a group of […]
Vandals strike at Home Lumber, $1,000 reward offered
By Vanessa Lenz SLN Staff The staff at Home Lumber Company was shocked to discover upon returning to work Saturday morning that vandals had destroyed the large wooden American flag that has graced its front entrance for more than a decade. General manager John Padinger said the vandals did the […]
