Complete news coverage of Walworth County from Southern Lakes Newspapers
Sunday, April 13, 2025
News from communities on the west side of Geneva Lake
Ellen Holly (center) of the Walworth County Democrats speaks at a “Hands Off” protest in Walworth’s Village Square Saturday afternoon. One of many nation-wide protests that drew anywhere from hundreds to thousands, the Walworth event drew about 200 to 300 people protesting the actions of the current U.S. administration. For […]
By Susan Steele Correspondent At Sherwood Lodge Assisted Living in Williams Bay, Florence Henrietta Terry Mercer celebrated her remarkable 102nd birthday with cupcakes, police sirens, a champagne toast and the uplifting performance of the Williams Bay Junior High School choir. Though the joyous fanfare may fade with time, the dedicated […]
Several referendums were on Tuesday’s ballot, with a school referendum in Whitewater passing, while Elkhorn’s failed. Whitewater Unified School District, with all votes in from Walworth, Rock and Jefferson County, passed its referendum with 3,012 “yes” votes and 2,755 “no” votes. Elkhorn’s, meanwhile, failed, with 4,057 “no” votes and 3,446 […]
By Susan Steele Correspondent The Village of Williams Bay is the latest municipality to ask its registered voters to increase police department funding through the passage of a referendum to exceed a state levy limit. On Jan. 17, village trustees passed a resolution to exceed the state levy limit […]
By Susan Steele Correspondent Walworth County Administrator Mark Luberda introduced the 2025 Walworth County budget Sept. 10 at a Committee of the Whole meeting of the County Board of Supervisors. Luberda said fiscal stability and operational sustainability goals were consistent with what he referred to as “local governments, including Walworth […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A number of partisan primary elections are on the ballot for the Tuesday, Aug. 13, election. In addition to the primaries for seats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, a number of important local races are on the ballot. A number of referendum questions, […]
Michael S. Hoey correspondent Bill White, Superintendent for the Williams Bay School District, addressed the Town of Delavan board on March 19 to explain the need for a non-recurring operational referendum that is on the April 2 ballot. Part of the Town of Delavan is in the Williams Bay […]
After being charged last week in the double homicide of Gina and Emerson Weingart, Thomas Routt Jr. was in court Feb. 20. Routt voluntarily waved the right to a preliminary hearing through his attorney Russell Jones, and will have an arraignment hearing March 8 at 1:15 p.m. in room 3045 […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Growing up in Illinois, Sherry Camp knew nothing of a regular home life. With two parents that abused her amidst alcohol and drug abuse, Camp’s father promised her as a bride to the Klu Klux Klan. Her mother never said the words, “I love you,” and […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart editor The year 2023 provided numerous challenges for the area, as well as both good news and sad deaths. Here are a selection of the top news stories of 2023 in Walworth County: New Sheriff After the retirement of Kurt Picknell in December of 2022, Dave […]
