Several referendums were on Tuesday’s ballot, with a school referendum in Whitewater passing, while Elkhorn’s failed. Whitewater Unified School District, with all votes in from Walworth, Rock and Jefferson County, passed its referendum with 3,012 “yes” votes and 2,755 “no” votes. Elkhorn’s, meanwhile, failed, with 4,057 “no” votes and 3,446 […]
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Second fire in a month at Darien property
Late in the afternoon last Thursday, Darien Fire/EMS was dispatched to a report of structure fire with flames and smoke visible at N2886 North Rd. in the Township of Darien, according to a press release from officials. Automatic mutual aid response was dispatched at the same time – at about […]
School Board approves new WUSD summer school classes
By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT Whitewater Unified School District officials were entertaining warm weathered thoughts at this week’s School Board meeting as a presentation on new components of this year’s summer school program took place. Justin Crandall, athletic director, and Jason Bleck, an equitable multi-level system of support specialist, gave […]
Williams Bay to go to referendum for police funding
By Susan Steele Correspondent The Village of Williams Bay is the latest municipality to ask its registered voters to increase police department funding through the passage of a referendum to exceed a state levy limit. On Jan. 17, village trustees passed a resolution to exceed the state levy limit […]
Motion hearing now set in Richards’ trial
By Jennifer Eisenbart editor A motion hearing has been set for Feb. 18 in Walworth County Circuit Court for a 23-year-old man accused of killing a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student athlete in August. Chad T. Richards was in court for a status conference Jan. 23, where Judge Estee Scholtz went […]
Village of Darien agrees to police contract – for now
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Village of Darien board approved an amended contract with the City of Delavan to continue to provide police services to the village on Jan. 20. The board may look to renegotiate in the future. The city has been providing police services since 2012. The […]
Schools partner to provide program with ‘character’
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With a gathering at Gateway Technical College that featured six students, numerous teachers and administration, the Elkhorn and Delavan-Darien School Districts showed off a new partnership Jan. 22. The program is called Craftsman With Character – a semester-long initiative connecting students with skilled trades and emphasizing […]
Commission votes to rezone library land
By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT Land encompassing the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library in Whitewater is being rezoned at a time when the venerable public institution is undergoing an expansion. The city’s Plan and Architectural Review Commission on Jan. 13 gave a favorable recommendation to rezone the library parcel and […]
Kiwanis recognizes East Troy district students
The Kiwanis Organization is an international service organization whose focus is on fulfilling the unmet needs of children around the world. Locally the Kiwanis Club has built the East Troy Manor in the 1970’s, The Heritage Senior Living Facility and supported many other local programs such as the ET Food […]
Motion to suppress cell phone data in fatal crash denied
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A motion to suppress information from a woman’s cell phone was denied in a case involving the death of a prominent Elkhorn woman. Brianna C. Laas, of Silver Lake, was originally scheduled to go on trial for the death of Barbara Fischer this month on a […]
