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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Peterson has no intention of honoring boards wishes By Anne Trautner Assistant Editor The Walworth Village Board requested Monday that John “Jay” Peterson resign from his position as Walworth municipal judge, but Peterson has no intention to resign. The call for the resignation came after Peterson, who was re-elected to […]

Car crash claims lives of two girls, their father By Anne Trautner Assistant Editor Students at Sharon Community School are piecing together a memory book. The art staff at Big Foot High school is framing artwork by a talented young artist. It is how they are trying to cope after […]

A Sharon woman and two members of her family died after the car she was driving collided with a truck in the Town of Bradford in Rock County at about 10:20 a.m. Saturday. Talia S. Enciso, 18, of Sharon, and two family members – Alvino Ortiz, 43, and a 7-year-old […]