Numerous Big Foot High School students involved with the school’s FFA chapter are being recognized this weekend as part of the 88th National FFA Convention and Expo in Lousiville, Ky. According to a press release from Wisconsin FFA Foundation Executive Director Sara Schoenborn, Big Foot High School students are among […]

A Walworth man was scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 28 on charges of repeatedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in Walworth. Silverio A. Moreno, 32, was charged Sept. 21 in Walworth County Circuit Court with repeated sexual assault of a child, at least three violations of first degree sexual assault, […]

Ceremony set for Veteran’s Day to dedicate memorial garden Walworth Memorial Library’s newest addition, a memorial garden on the west side of the building thanks to an award from Lowe’s, is now nearing completion. According to a press release from the library, the purpose of the garden is to provide […]

Walworth Memorial Library named as newest recipient of Lowe’s Hero Program Walworth Memorial Library is in the process of gaining a new memorial garden on the west side of the building thanks to an award from Lowe’s. The library is the newest recipient of the Lowe’s Hero Program and as […]

2002 graduate of military academy receives prestigious Nininger award By Kellen Olshefski Editor A former Walworth Elementary school student recently received the prestigious Alexander R. Nininger Award for Valor at Arms during a Sept. 24 acceptance ceremony in West Point, N.Y. Maj. Christopher P. Dean, who graduated from the United […]

Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot to spend several months transforming it into museum and office By Fred Noer Contributor The sale of the former Walworth Memorial Library building to the Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot Prairie for use as a museum and office formally occurred Wednesday, […]

A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Sept. 21 for an Illinois man charged with stealing, forging and cashing checks of close family friends totaling more than $13,000. Richard J. Geier, 23, of St. Charles, Ill., was charged Sept. 2 in Walworth County Circuit Court with theft by false representation of […]

By Fred Noer Contributor One hundred years of continuous ownership by the Rowbotham family of farm properties in Walworth Township was recognized at the Sept. 24 meeting of the Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot Prairie. The meeting, attended by 75 people, was at the Rowbotham Farms property just […]

Mother raises money for clinical trial to extended quantity and quality of life By Kellen Olshefski Editor A year after her daughter’s death, Lisa Spedale, a resident of Elmhurst, Ill., and seasonal resident of Indian Hills in Fontana, is continuing the fight against Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma and keeping her […]

Williams Bay students released early because of plumbing backup By Kellen Olshefski Editor Students at Williams Bay Senior and Junior High School were sent home early Sept. 3 after a blockage in the plumbing system caused a backup, rendering the school’s lavatories useless. Williams Bay Schools District Administrator Dr. Wayne […]