1968 grad is among 20 honored for sports, service By Vicky Wedig Editor A Wisconsin School for the Deaf graduate who was a victim of and helped expose sexual abuse by an Archdiocese of Milwaukee priest was among 20 people inducted into WSD’s Hall of Fame on Saturday. Arthur Douglas […]
Sports & Other News
District poverty second in state
65 students listed as homeless By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Sixty-five students in the Delavan-Darien School District are listed as homeless according to an internal database the district keeps. That number is up from 50 homeless students last year, Sara Halberg, the district’s director of student services and special education, […]
Comets win regional soccer championship
Delavan-Darien advances to sectional with 4-1 win over St. Anthony’s By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School boys soccer team won the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association regional champion title Oct. 16 with a 4-1 win over St. Anthony School of Milwaukee. St. Anthony’s ousted the Comets from the No. 3 spot […]
City finalizes purchase of property
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Plans to purchase a dormant Elkhorn Road property that has been locked in foreclosure proceedings have been finalized, following a decision last week. The Common Council on Oct. 7 voted to partially fund the purchase by borrowing from the city’s wastewater equipment fund to purchase the […]
Library prepares for three-county program
The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library in Whitewater announces that trio – a tri-county program featuring libraries in Dodge, Jefferson and Washington counties – will be launched Nov. 20. The program will allow the local library, and its patrons, access to more than 1.5 million items within the three counties. […]
In her memory
Second annual AvieFest is Oct. 25 at LDs BBQ By Tracy Ouellette Editor LDs BBQ, at the East Troy BP gas station on the corner of highway ES and 20, will hold the second annual AvieFest starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, to raise money for the Avielle […]
Two people injured in home invasion this morning in East Troy
Two people were injured when three men broke into a home early Monday morning in the Town of Troy. The break in occurred in the living quarters attached to Barley’s Hop & Malt bar/restaurant, N8720 Highway N. According to a press release form the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office, the 911 […]
Halloween art
Above: Some of the pumpkins carved by Kyle Ehr, of Delavan, are displayed at Pearce’s farm stand in the Town of Walworth on Saturday. At left: Ehr carves a pumpkin at Pearce’s. Ehr has been carving pumpkins at the farm stand at Highway 67 and North Walworth Road for three […]
Football picks up second conference win
D-DHS beats Westosha 45-8 By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent After losing four in a row in the Southern Lakes Conference, the Delavan-Darien High School football team picked up its second conference victory, beating Westosha Central, 45-8 at D-DHS on Friday. “The win felt like a huge monkey off of our backs,” […]
Fire destroys garage, damages homes
By Vicky Wedig Editor Fire destroyed a detached garage and damaged three adjacent buildings Saturday. Delavan police received numerous 911 calls of a one-car unattached garage fully engulfed in flames at 4:32 p.m., said police and fire Chief Tim O’Neill. The garage at 123 Harrison St. is a complete loss, […]
