Comets’ lead scorer is out with injury By Jennifer Cesarz CORRESPONDENT Playing without leading scorer Kylie Collins, who is out with an injury, the Delavan-Darien High School girls’ basketball team dropped two Southern Lakes Conference games last week. The Comets lost to Burlington 50-24 and Wilmot 62-42. Despite the losses, […]
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Boys end season with win
Comets beat Westosha Central 49-48 after 65-45 loss to Burlington “We allowed their big men too much space in the second quarter. Once we collapsed the zone and tightened up our interior defense, we were able to hold their two big guys to four points in the second half.” – […]
Chiefs question impetus of studying shared services
Town officials say board is ‘fact finding;’ no plans are proposed By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT The Town of Delavan has no plans to have the city take over its police department, town officials said last week. The town has begun talks with the City of Delavan about possible ways […]
Darien OKs funds for Village Hall planning
However, one trustee wonders how village will pay for project By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT The Darien Village Board on Monday approved a resolution to cover the initial engineering and financial planning costs for a new village hall and police department building. The village has been planning to tear down […]
Delavan-Darien music teacher has compositions published
Two of Delavan-Darien School District elementary instrumental music teacher Tom May’s works will be published. The Hal Leonard Corp., the world’s largest publisher of print music, selected two of May’s original compositions, “Bowin’ the Blues” and “Treasure Quest” for publication. May teaches 190 fourth- and fifth-grade orchestra and band […]
New handbook brings new changes to Badger High School
By Bob Peryea CORRESPONDENT On Feb. 11 the Badger High School Board took a step that others school boards have delayed: the Board voted to put into place an employee handbook that involved little input from the teaching staff. The new handbook contains significant changes to the educators’ terms of […]
First Lady Tonette Walker presents hero award
By Bob Peryea CORRESPONDENT First Lady Tonette Walker visited Lake Geneva on Friday to present one of Walworth County’s most active fundraisers, Kevin Paluch, with the Wisconsin Heroes Award. Paluch is the Chief Operating Officer of Geneva National Golf Club and the founder of the Geneva National Foundation. Through the […]
Preparing kids for life
Montessori methods of learning offered at area school By Kellen Olshefski Staff Writer On a parcel of land between East Troy and Mukwonago, a man has built a program, providing educational experiences unlike any other in the area. Geoffrey Bishop, founder and executive director of Nature’s Classroom Institute and Montessori […]
Curing cancer through care and cheer
Six-year survivor pays it forward By Maureen Vander Sanden Contributor It’s hard to believe that not long ago today’s young and vivacious Natasha Helbling was battling cancer, with routine trips to the hospital for rounds of chemotherapy, radiation and related surgeries. Last week, the 23-year-old University of Wisconsin-Whitewater graduate celebrated […]
East Troy man faces child porn charges
An East Troy man faces two felony counts of child pornography following an ongoing investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation and Walworth County Sheriff’s Office. Daniel M. Taubert, a resident of 1839 Division St., was charged Feb. 14 with possession of child pornography and sexual […]
