Kindergarten teacher Cathy Boldger assists Jayanne Aron, a Big Foot High School helper, and kindergarten student Luke Ahrens in counting the dots during a dice game at a recent weekly meeting for the high school’s Parent and Child Development class. The meeting takes place each Tuesday and the theme this […]
News
News from throughout Walworth County
Elkhorn looks at ways to further fund parks
By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn is pursuing potential ways to raise funds for future parks projects, specifically for Babe Mann Park. Parks and Recreation Director Karl Sorvick presented two ideas – applying for grants and selling commemorative bricks – to councilmembers at a Committee of the Whole […]
Special delivery
From the left; (back) Aaron, Elizabeth and Jake Katzman, members of the Stone School 4-H Club, challenged family, friends and the Whitewater community to purchase pie certificates from the Jefferson County 4-H pizza and pie fundraiser and then donated the certificates to the Whitewater Food Pantry. For every pie certificate […]
Santa Cause is coming to town
The annual Tree Festival, Santa Cruise run through Jan. 4 You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout … Santa Cause is coming to town. The 4th Annual Santa Cause Tree Festival began last night Friday and runs through Jan. 4 and is held during the […]
Beef cow and calf meeting planned
While Wisconsin is known as “America’s Dairyland,” interest in raising beef cattle is on the rise. A recent USDA census showed that a majority of cow/calf operations have less than 50 head of cattle, but raise nearly one third of the U.S. calf crop annually. With a plentiful supply of […]
Thankful for family
At Immanuel United Church of Christ in Walworth’s annual Turkey Dinner Nov. 9 nearly 750 were served people between dine-in and carryout. Above; Pamela Tientadue, from Brodhead, enjoys dinner at the church with her grandchildren Liam and Delin Bunas. See more photos from the dinner in the Nov. 22 Times/Reporter. […]
Pack Friday instead of ‘Black Friday’
The third annual Pack Friday community-wide food packaging event will be Friday, Nov. 29, at Calvary Community Church, at the corner of Highway 50 and Harris Road, in Lake Geneva. The event is held in conjunction with OneMeal, a division of Kids Around the World. Pack Friday has been intentionally […]
Serving the public
The Walworth County Clerk’s Office was awarded the Purple Angel Oct. 31. The clerk’s office has many visitors every day and can often encounter someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia so officials felt it was important to learn how to best communicate with someone with this disease, providing them with the […]
Solar farm coming to Delavan-Darien area
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Darien Solar Energy Center is in the developmental stages toward bringing a power generation facility to the Town of Darien in the next few years. Invenergy Senior Associate of Renewable Development Cooper Johnson made a presentation to the Village of Darien board Nov. 18 […]
Building relationships
Participants in the first community service project of Whitewater Middle School’s Builders Club Oct. 24 included, back row, from left, Lynn Binnie, Colton McDermitt, Andrew O’Toole, Owen Hicks, David Servin, Aimee Servin, Marco Avilla, Leo Ortiz, Jasen Porres and Mr. Juan Gomez; front row, Aaron Arranda, Dylan Sears, Evan Copeland, […]
