For summertime stayers, life on Geneva Lake is a ritual By Maureen Vander Sanden SLN Staff For nearly four decades, schoolteacher Kathy Elwood has been making road trips from suburban Chicago to spend her summer months unwinding in a quaint 1908 cottage that sits in the rolling hillside of Buena […]
Walworth-Fontana area
News from communities on the west side of Geneva Lake
Walworth village, school officials continue Highway 14 debate
“Unfortunately it’s the best way, short of a bypass. It’s less convenient, but I’m not convinced it’s more of a safety factor.” – David Rasmussen, Walworth Village Board president By Edwin Scherzer Correspondent One thing is certain after last week’s open house meeting concerning reconstruction and resurfacing of Highway 14 […]
Parading for the past
A horse-drawn hearse led by Philip Nelson, director of the Sharon Toynton Funeral home and horse owner Philip Nielsen parade down the street in celebration of the Village of Walworth’s 175th anniversary held Aug. 25. The wagon hearse was used for local funerals in the past. (Photo by Penny Gruetzmacher)
Downed aircraft kills pilot
A Darien man was killed Wednesday after crashing his aircraft into a Town of Walworth airfield. Walworth County Sheriffs Department and Walworth Fire and Rescue Units responded to a report of an Ultralight Aircraft going down in a cornfield alongside the Big Foot Airfield on Wednesday, Aug. 29, at approximately […]
Public meeting set US 14 reconstruction
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Southeast Region is proposing a project to rehabilitate US 14 between County K and the Illinois State Line in Walworth County. The project scope includes resurfacing in the rural areas and reconstruction in the village of Walworth. Construction is expected to take place between 2017 […]
A howling good time
Tucker Milligan, middleweight division (from left), Pedro Sierra and Charlie Chalcoff, both heavyweight division, were among the Big Foot Wolves that were having fun playing on the wooden train playground equipment at Toynton Park during the Big Foot Wolves Pig Roast Fundraiser held last Saturday. Lily Arntz was in the […]
School Board gets first peek at early budget
By Bob Peryea Correspondent The Big Foot High School Board got its first look at the 2012-13 preliminary school budget last Monday, which will be ready for citizen approval at the Annual Meeting at the end of October. District Administrator Dorothy Kaufmann, who presented the preliminary budget to the School […]
Biking for business
Organizers hope Cycling Series will brand Sharon By Christopher Bennett Correspondent “We’re trying to bring money into these little towns. It might not be a ton of money, but we’re hoping that in five years, if it catches on, there will be more…” – Lon Haldeman, Sharon Cycle Series organizer […]
Take a walk through the cemetery, revisit the past
As part of the Village of Walworth’s 175th anniversary celebration, a Cemetery Walk & Re-visitation will be held at the Walworth Center Cemetery, County Highway B, Walworth, on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 1 to 3 p.m. Local residents will tell about their ancestors or old Walworth families including Bruce Thompson […]
Yerkes relaunches youth astronomy camp
“It’s a fun experience where kids can just have fun and they’re learning… It starts their dreams out in what they want to do.” – Rebecca Russell, YAAYS coordinator By Chelsey Hinsenkamp SLN Staff Every child, perhaps only briefly, dreams of flying to the moon in an astronaut suit, […]
