District named winner in America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education Students at Badger High School will soon be learning production agriculture year-round, and the crops they produce in the classroom will be served up on the lunch trays of their fellow students. Thanks to the support of local farmers and America’s […]
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Local WWII vets travel to D.C. on the Honor Flight
By Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN Staff As Gerry Pelishek and Otto Probst stood in front of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. Nov. 3, they contemplated the immensity of such a memorial for their World War II comrades. “If they were to name all the American soldiers who were lost in […]
Four teens arrested for home invasion in Lake Geneva
Four teens, ages 13-16, were arrested Tuesday after they invaded a Lake Geneva home, according to a press release from Lake Geneva Police Chief Michael S. Rasmussen. The Lake Geneva Police Department received a complaint of the home invasion in the 900 block of Marshall Street at 7:30 p.m. on […]
Badger swimmers win SLC title
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Lake Geneva Badger girls’ swim team clinched its first Southern Lakes Conference championship since 2002 by winning the SLC Conference Meet on Saturday. The Badgers had already gone a perfect 7-0 in SLC dual meets. Senior Anna Brooks led the way for Badger winning […]
Spooktakular time
Bobby Thomas (left) and Gavin Hoerth, both 11 of Genoa City, wait for the judging of the costume contest to begin at Spooktakular in Genoa City.
Boys & Girls Club to be named after governor
By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent Gov. Scott Walker visited his hometown last week for the announcement that the Boys and Girls Club of Walworth County will be named after him. Walker and his wife, Tonette Walker, supporters of the Boys and Girls Clubs in Milwaukee and Madison, attended a breakfast Tuesday […]
‘God girl’ goes home; 11-year-old dies in Whitewater crash
By Vicky Wedig and Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN Staff The last time Bridget McCarthy saw her daughter, she was singing – loudly — “jammin’ out” to the Jamie Grace song “God Girl” on the way to school. When McCarthy dropped the fifth-grader off at Delavan Christian School, Avery McCarthy told her […]
Governor visits Bradley’s to celebrate its 160 years
By Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN Staff Gov. Scott Walker made a trip to his hometown Tuesday to celebrate the anniversary of Delavan’s longest-running department store. Walker, a Delavan native, was present among dozens of locals and officials to celebrate the 160 years Bradley’s Department Store has been in business. “This is […]
Woman hit by car suffers serious injuries
By Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN Staff An Elkhorn woman who was hit by a car in Delavan three months ago returned home on Saturday. Shelly Mornard, 65, was crossing Borg Road on July 26 on her way to Kune’s Country Ford to pick up her car from work in the Shopko […]
Neglected Great Danes continuing to improve as investigation continues
By Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN Staff Six emaciated Great Danes entered the Lakeland Animal Shelter on Sept. 22. According to shelter officials, the dogs were found running at large on Sheridan Springs Road in the Town of Lyons. A resident called the […]
