Four Walworth County pizza restaurants donated four pizzas each to provide dinner for the girls and staff at Agape House in Walworth on Saturday, and the girls got to choose which place served the best pizza in Walworth County. In a blind taste test, the girls chose Nayeli’s in Walworth, […]

  Experienced Williams Bay librarian takes over leadership position By Ryan Spoehr Staff Writer A longtime, local library employee has been hired as director for Powers Memorial Library in Palmyra. Laura Gest started as the library’s new director was Feb. 17. She took over after Angie Zimmermann left to take […]

Walworth County USDA Farm Service Agency Executive Director Tom Oasen reminds producers to review available USDA crop risk protection options, including federal crop insurance and Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program coverage, before the spring-seeded crop deadline of March 15. Federal crop insurance covers crop losses from natural adversities such as […]

Big Foot Union FFA members were among the nearly 200 high school students who attended the Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s FFA Farm Forum in Wisconsin Rapids Feb. 17 and 18. “Wisconsin Farm Bureau takes pride in hosting this special event with the FFA to help develop our next generation of agriculture […]

Local man injured when other vehicle hit ice, struck his SUV Icy roads are to blame for a two-vehicle crash near Walworth last Thursday that killed a Harvard, Ill. man and injured a man from Fontana. Walworth Fire and Rescue units and Walworth County Sheriff’s Department deputies were dispatched to […]

      Sue Vavra (on left), of the Williams Bay Historical Society, and Etta Gray, of the Friends of Barrett Memorial Library, help guests check out at the library’s book sale last month. The event included deals on books, CDs and DVDs. (Penny Gruetzmacher photo)

Walworth County is following State of Wisconsin trends and is seeing a significant increase in reported influenza infections and hospitalizations. There have been 48 flu-related hospitalizations since the beginning of the year, compared to two for the same time period last year. Nearly 30 percent of the hospitalizations this year […]

During Red Cross Month in March, the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to join in its lifesaving mission by giving blood. Since 1943, every U.S. president has designated March as Red Cross Month to recognize how the Red Cross helps people across the country and around the world. Red […]

      From the top: Vivian and Scott Vanderveen man the sausage patty station at the Fighting Forty Association’s breakfast at the Sharon Firehouse last weekend; Jackson Andritsch and his mom, Stephanie, show off his special fire helmet; Mike Brooke (on left) and Mark Ruosch keep two of several […]

St. Benedict Parish, Fontana, will host fish fry events on the six Fridays of Lent with each benefitting local charitable organizations. The March 3 fish fry will benefit Open Arms Free Clinic; March 10 – Cub Scouts; March 17 – St. Benedict Human Concerns Commission and the St. Vincent de […]