By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy baseball team gave new head coach Rick Brandner his first varsity victory April 6. East Troy gained a split in a non-conference doubleheader with visiting Waterloo, as it won the second game 7-3. The victory came on the heels of an […]
Sports & Other News
Trojan girls fifth at TFA Indoor Championships
Santos sisters lead team By David Paulsen Correspondent Competing against numerous Division 1 schools, the East Troy High School girls track team tied for fifth at the Wisconsin Track and Field Association State Indoor Championships Saturday at UW-Whitewater. The Trojan girls tallied 22 […]
Whitewater hardballers drop season opener
By David Paulsen Correspondent The Whitewater High School baseball team took it on the chin Saturday in opening season action. The Whippets hosted Delavan-Darien in non-conference action and the Comets handed the Whippet boys a 19-6 defeat. Delavan-Darien jumped on Whitewater with seven runs in the top […]
Weather delays start of softball season
By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent The weather hasn’t been cooperating with the Delavan-Darien High School softball team – it still hasn’t been able to play its first game of the season, and most practices have been spent indoors. “The weather has not been on our side at all so far […]
‘Fifth Street turkey’ romancing the ‘ladies’
Bird seen in area less frequently, mail delivery resumes By Vicky Wedig SLN Staff The “Fifth Street turkey” was seen Thursday morning following a few “ladies” around the neighborhood. The wild turkey, who has wandered the Fifth Street area for nearly two years, has his eye on three hens as […]
Baseball team starts season with 20-6 win
By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School baseball team started its season off right when it beat Whitewater 20-6 on Saturday in non-conference action. Looking to improve on their 13-10 record last year – 7-7 in the Southern Lakes Conference – the Comets collected 15 hits, while allowing only […]
68-year-old man gets 30 years for sexual assault
By Jean Matheson Correspondent A 68-year-old Delavan man who admitted sexually molesting two young girls will serve 30 years in prison – likely a life term for him. David L. Burdick, who earlier had pleaded guilty to two felony counts of repeated sexual assaults of the same child, was sentenced […]
Wind makes challenging game for Comets vs. Chiefs
D-DHS ties 1-1 with Big Foot By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent With wind gusts of more than 20 mph, the Delavan-Darien High School girls’ soccer team battled Mother Nature along with Big Foot High School on Saturday. In their opening game of the 2013 season, the Comets played to a 1-1 […]
Bunny hug
Violet Sky, 2, of Delavan, and her grandpa, Bob Ryan, hug the Easter Bunny before the Delavan-Delavan Lake Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Easter egg hunt in Phoenix Park on March 30. (Photo by Alexandrea Dahlstrom)
Delavan soldier up for Bronze Star
21-year-old injured leading unit in Afghanistan By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent U.S. Army Cpl. Daniel Weilandt, who was born and raised in Delavan, was injured March 12 leading his unit through an ambush in southern Afghanistan and is being considered for a Bronze Star. Daniel Weilandt’s father, Terry Weilandt, said […]
