Walworth-Fontana area
News from communities on the west side of Geneva Lake
School board continues fight against Highway 14
By Anne Trautner Assistant Editor The Walworth Joint School District 1 School Board is reaching up to those in high places for help as it seeks to squelch the latest plan to redirect Highway 14. The Walworth Village Board has been working with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for […]
Walworth residents question village board about Highway 14 plan at April 14 meeting
By Anne Trautner Assistant Editor Three small children played in the foyer of the Walworth Municipal Building on April 14, their voices carrying over into the room where the village board was meeting. Safety for those children, as well as all Walworth children, was the main topic of Monday’s meeting. […]
Area students score above state average in social studies, struggle in reading category
Teachers asked to develop interventions for struggling students as part of school-wide goal to improve scores By Anne Trautner Assistant Editor Students at Sharon Community School and Walworth Joint School District 1 fell behind the state average in reading, but scored above the state average in social studies on […]
Ruosch to assume Sharon Village President seat; voters give BFHS referendum a resounding yes
Unofficial election results for the 2014 April 1 election are now posted on the Walworth County website. For more extensive coverage of the spring election, see this week’s editions of the Walworth/Fontana/Williams Bay Times and Sharon Reporter. Election results for the Village of Sharon races are as follows: President […]
Hey, it’s good to be back home again
Travis Frederick returns home for jersey retirement and to visit with area students By Kellen Olshefski Editor Sharon native and starting center for the Dallas Cowboys Travis Frederick returned home last weekend not only for the retirement of his number by Big Foot High School, but also for a surprise […]
Walworth Village Board continues along path to form second municipal court
By Anne Trautner Assistant Editor The Walworth Village Board continues spending money as it goes forward with creating a second branch of the municipal court, a decision the board made on Jan. 13, even though the new court may run pretrial negotiations in the same manner as the current branch. […]
Fontana board approves recommendations for new village positions
By Anne Trautner Assistant Editor At its meeting Monday night, the Fontana Village Board approved the village human resources study recommendations that call for hiring a village administrator, a part-time village treasurer and fulltime public works director. In order to iron out final contract details and prepare any necessary ordinance […]
Fire ravages Sharon home
Tuesday morning fire is estimated to have done $80,000 worth of damage to South Street home By Kellen Olshefski Editor A fire that broke out Tuesday morning is estimated to have done $80,000 worth of damage to the home at 111 South St., Sharon. According to Sharon Fire Department Chief […]
Village of Sharon set to join SMART network
By Kellen Olshefski Editor The Village of Sharon voted at its Monday night meeting in favor of a resolution entering the Village of Sharon Police Department into a mutual aid agreement. SMART – Suburban Mutual Assistance Response Teams – is a program allowing law enforcement areas to request assistance from […]