Elkhorn grad sets standard for athletic program By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent There is no more simple way to put it. Wrestler Jake Stilling set the standard for Elkhorn Area High School individual achievement in athletics in the calendar year 2013. That is why he is the Elkhorn Independent’s […]
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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)
Planting seeds of faith
“If everyone knew Jesus, they wouldn’t feel lonely or afraid anymore.” ~Avery Johanna McCarthy Family starts ministry for girl killed in car crash By Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN STAFF On Oct. 24, the Delavan community learned it had lost one of their children. It seemed everybody mourned the 11-year-old girl they […]
‘Zombie Prom’
Miss Strict, played by Delavan-Darien High School senior Sarah Kieffer, belts out the last few notes of “Rules, Regulations, and Respect,” during the D-DHS production of “Zombie Prom.” (Photo by Kyle Forster)
Fifth Street residents stand behind their turkey
Post office won’t deliver mail to neighborhood By Vicky Wedig SLN STAFF To North Fifth Street residents, the turkey who has wandered the neighborhood since it was born and abandoned there is one of their own. He attracts paparazzi of sorts – locals who stop to take pictures; has his […]
Update: Toddler attacked by dogs dies
A Town of Walworth toddler attacked by two pit bulls at his family’s home died of his injuries Wednesday afternoon. According to a press release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department, at approximately 12:46 p.m. the sheriff’s department received a 911 call from Susan Iwicki, 30, located at N2037 […]
Sound of music
Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra “Symphony Gala” was held Feb. 16 at the Riviera Ballroom in Lake Geneva. Badger Junior Matt Frazier, first place winner at the 2012 Young Artist Concerto Competition and Rotary Club of Lake Geneva Neal Heffernan Art Scholarship. The concert was a fundraiser for the orchestra. […]
Early birds
One of more than a dozen robins that Turtle Creek Drive resident Pat Stranc spotted in her yard Friday perches in a Washington hawthorn tree. Stranc has tracked the robins’ arrivals for three years and saw them in February for the first time this year. Stranc said they […]
Lake Geneva man dies in Highway 11 crash
A Lake Geneva man was killed Tuesday when the truck he was driving collided with a semi on Highway 11 in the Town of Darien. Carlos R Cantu, 44, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened about 50 feet east of Old Highway 89 at about […]
Downhill adventure
PHOTO BY Alexandrea Dahlstrom Six-year-old Caden Kummer climbs back up the hill after sailing down at the Rudy Lange Sledding Hill on Feb. 9. With weather in the low 30s, children crowded the hill for some outdoor activity.
