By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School track teams finished second at the Walworth County Invitational in Elkhorn on May 8. The Badger girls finished second with 161 points behind only Elkhorn’s 179. Hope Ayres-Schulz had a big day finishing first in the 100-meter hurdles (17.18), second in […]
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Softball wins back-to-back games against East Troy
Comets beat Westosha in one game of double-header By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School softball team was 2-6 overall going into the week of April 30 and had four games to play on the schedule over five days. The Comets first played Burlington at home on May 1 […]
Big Foot student awarded FFA scholarship
Amelia Hayden, of Big Foot FFA, is among 43 Wisconsin FFA members to receive 2018 post-secondary scholarships from the Wisconsin FFA Foundation. Hayden was awarded the Walter and Delores Bjoraker endowment. Members from 35 chapters received $31,017 in scholarships. Recipients will be recognized at the 89th Wisconsin FFA Convention in […]
A little change goes a long way
Members of the Jackson Elementary School Student Council present a check to the officers of Hope Now, Inc. recently. When the council learned more about what Hope Now does for the local community, they encouraged all of the students and staff at Jackson Elementary to bring quarters and loose […]
Badgers get wins over Waterford
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School softball team defeated Waterford 8-4 at home on May 8. The win avenged a 6-4 loss in Waterford on April 12. Badger scored all eight of its runs in the first two innings and then hung on behind the pitching of […]
Comets split with Elks
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien baseball team split two games with Elkhorn last week. An invitational in Edgerton on Saturday was rained out. The Comets beat the Elks 7-1 on May 8 at home to earn their first Southern Lakes Conference win. Noal Brouwer pitched six shut-out innings […]
Darien threatens to form own school district
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Darien Village Board President Kurt Zipp addressed the Delavan-Darien School Board on Monday night and expressed his community’s disappointment in the district’s recent decision to close Darien Elementary School at the end of the school year. The district voted to close the school in response […]
Working at the car wash
In an effort to raise money for a one-day trip to Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells for a music festival, Walworth Middle School band students hold a car wash April 28 at Emmanuel United Church of Christ. Director Stacey Zwirlein and students (not in order) Mariana Luna, Alyssa Marsh, […]
Bethel UMC to host golf outing
Bethel United Methodist Church has a 145-year history of serving Elkhorn and the neighbors of the community. For the past 12 years, the church has hosted Birdies Fore Bethel Golf Outing, Luncheon, Raffle and Silent Auction. Funds raised help the church support many organizations including the Elkhorn Food Pantry, Twin […]
This week in the East Troy News…
Leon Davis, owner of LD’s BBQ in East Troy, will be moving his restaurant into the old Burger King building on Highway ES. Davis has plans for more indoor seating at the new location and will be adding outdoor seating. Read about LD’s expansion and what’s planned for the East […]
