Complete news coverage of Walworth County from Southern Lakes Newspapers
Saturday, May 18, 2024
East Troy’s eTREC robotics team qualified for the state championship at the Jan. 7 FIRST Tech Challenge regional qualifier. Read about how the students prepared for the competition season in this week’s East Troy News. Also in this week’s edition, Lynch & Associates is moving its engineering firm to downtown […]
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent With a long break for the holidays, there could have been a little rust for the East Troy High School boys basketball team to shake off when it hosted Evansville last week. Not a chance. East Troy jumped out to a 32-22 first-half lead and cruised […]
By Vicky Wedig Editor A 4 ½-year-old girl found not breathing at the bottom of the pool at Lake Lawn Resort last week was revived and is doing well, according to Delavan police. Lake Lawn staff notified authorities when the child’s parents found her not breathing at the bottom of […]
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent After discussing the need for a referendum for several months, the Delavan-Darien School Board on Monday approved asking for a vote April 3. The referendum has two parts. With a budget deficit last reported at $3.7 million, the board must again address the need for […]
By Vicky Wedig SLN Staff An initial appearance was adjourned until Jan. 9 for a California man charged with an eighth drunken-driving offense in the Town of East Troy. Daniel Roman Bialk, 50, of San Diego, was charged Jan. 3 in Walworth County Circuit Court with operating while intoxicated, eighth […]
Alan Johnson, 32, of Lima Center, was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison and 10 years extended supervision for the Oct. 25, 2016, shooting death of his brother-in-law Ken Myskewicz in Whitewater. Myskewicz’s wife and son, Kimberly and Tyler Myskewicz, Johnson’s sister and nephew, made statements at Johnson’s sentencing […]
Pasta sauce fundraiser returns for a second year By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff A local sausage maker once again has spearheaded a fundraiser to benefit area organizations and kids. Elena Bisabarros, owner of Hometown Sausage Kitchen in East Troy, in 2016 came up with the idea of producing locally sourced […]
The Big Foot girls resume action Friday night against visiting Evansville (5-7 overall, 3-5 RVC). They’ll host Brodhead tonight – results from both games will be covered in the Jan. 12 Times/Reporter. As of early last week, Big Foot was 7-4 overall and 6-2 in the RVC, good for a […]
State to amend complaint in sexual assault case By Vicky Wedig SLN staff A judge Dec. 21 denied a father’s motion to dismiss a sexual assault complaint against him but agreed that a 5-1/2-year charging window violated the man’s rights. The 46-year-old West Bend man, whose identity is being withheld […]
An initial appearance was scheduled for Dec. 29 for a Sharon man found with a gun after being convicted of a felony. Cody J. Lenard, 24, was charged Dec. 28 in Walworth County Circuit Court with possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of an illegally obtained prescription and […]
