Acquisition connects east and west sides of preserve, expanding recreational opportunities The Nature Conservancy has added another 30.5 acres of land to the Newell and Ann Meyer Nature Preserve, located southwest of Eagle on Highway 67 in Walworth County. The parcel of land connects the east and west sides of […]
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Golden State Foods donates $50,000 to Field of Dreams
The Golden State Foods Foundation recently presented a $50,000 donation to the Whitewater Community Foundation to help make Treyton Kilar’s Field of Dreams a reality. The field is to be built this year in memory of Treyton Kilar, a young baseball fan who was killed by a drunken driver just […]
On that long, long road
Local man’s last wish is for music to be heard around the world By Dave Fidlin Correspondent To say Pat Peterson is living each day as if it were his last would be an understatement. The 40-year-old lifelong resident of Whitewater received a grim prognosis from doctors last month. After […]
Spectacular sunset
Booth Lake residents and passersby got a rare winter view with this sunset on Jan. 19. (Vanessa Lenz photo)
Pesche’s loses perennial greenhouse in early morning fire
The store will be closed indefinitely until further notice By Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN STAFF The owners of Pesche’s Greenhouse, W4080 Highway 50 W, Lake Geneva, lost their main greenhouse in a fire early Sunday morning. Lake Geneva Fire Chief Brent Connelly said the department received the call at 2:35 a.m. […]
Lake Geneva’s 18th annual Winterfest returns
Lake Geneva will host more than 60,000 attendees Jan. 30 through Feb. 3 at the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competition during the city’s Winterfest. As the only nationally sanctioned snow sculpting event, guests will witness the lakefront be transformed into a walk-through gallery of 9-plus-foot-tall sculptures made of snow, water […]
A special kind of thrift
Animal shelter’s resale shop goes to an all-volunteer staff “These are people (boutique volunteers) that get what we are trying to do in this community. They understand that we are trying to save as many homeless animals as possible in our community and that we are doing whatever we can […]
Deputy shoots, kills inmate during escape attempt at Lakeland Hospital
By John Koski SLN Staff A Walworth County Sheriff’s Deputy shot and killed a jail inmate Monday evening at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center near Elkhorn, according to Walworth County Sheriff David Graves. Jail inmate Alfredo Emilio Villarreal, 18, of Janesville, had been transferred from the Walworth County Jail for medical […]
City takes over Darien Police Department
By Vicky Wedig SLN STAFF Five full-time officers were sworn in as City of Delavan police at midnight Dec. 31 as the city took over Village of Darien police services Jan. 1. The city intended to hire four officers to accommodate Darien. One officer was hired to fill a vacancy […]
Elkhorn names new district administrator
By John Koski SLN Staff At its Jan. 14 meeting. the Elkhorn Area School Board unanimously selected Jason Tadlock as its new district administrator. Tadlock is set to begin July 2 and will replace current district administrator Greg Westcott, who will retire on June 29 after a 40-year career […]
