Darien News

If you believe the allegations flying around here, the former police chief conducted illegal surveillance at the police station, the former village president tried to defraud the village's insurer, and the Village Board broke the open meetings law three times in 3 1/2 weeks.

ROTHSCHILD -- A convention center planned within the Cedar Creek Mall will boost the local economy and already has suitors interested in booking events in the space, project organizers said.

North Road Bridge in Delavan Township is deteriorated and closed because it doesn't pass inspection.

Two Rockford, Ill., area men suspected in a Walworth County burglary were arrested Wednesday evening after a high-speed car chase that ended at the interchange of Interstate 39/90 and Interstate 43 near Beloit.

The issue: Darien Police Chief Steve DeVoy has been suspended with pay since Dec.

Do you think there should be a wolf hunting season in Wisconsin? Yes, it would be good to protect livestock and pets.

An expo center is on its way to the Cedar Creek Mall, filling what organizers consider a major local need and potentially providing an economic boost to the Wausau area.

The board Monday could put officer Craig Konopski back onto the villagea s part-time officer call list.

Local literacy councils provide opportunities both for people who want to teach and those who want to learn.

MADISON - Oshkosh Lourdes junior Mike Janssen dropped his first-round match in the WIAA Division 2 state boys tennis singles tournament Thursday to Travis Murphy of Delavan-Darien 6-7 , 6-4, . This is the second time in as many years Janssen has been eliminated in the first round after he split the first two sets and forced a super tie-breaker, ...

Several of the popular summertime celebrations in the Wausau area will be expanded this year to include more music and entertainment.

Chief John Kramer's and Capt. Todd Blume's presentation Tuesday night was meant only to be informational, Chairman Cecil Logterman said.

Cindy Hall, the owner of Green Mountain Reporters in Montpelier, has reported for two U.S. presidents and a lot of lawyers, judges, celebrities, and politicians since entering court-reporting school in 1972.

It won't happen again, she said. Olmstead, of 185 Andrea Ave., Darien, faces a charge of failing to identify a sponsor on her campaign fliers.

The Delavan Town Board decided Tuesday it doesn't have enough information to commit to the study, Chairwoman Dorothy Burwell said.

Fifteen Walworth County school districts will share nearly $3.7 million in federal stimulus dollars: Big Foot - $119,600 Delavan/Darien - $648,832 East Troy - $422,154 Elkhorn - $675,570 Fontana - $81,528 Wood - $40,954 Brookwood - $127,242 Lake Geneva Joint 1 - $511,124 Badger - $270,204 Traver - $24,328 Reek - $26,038 Sharon - $ 71,990 Walworth - ...

But the current village attorney said the move is irrelevant. Delavan attorney Frank Lettenberger on Thursday sent a letter of resignation to newly elected village board President Evelyn Etten.

Life in Wisconsin: "It's a small town . You do one thing, make one person mad, everyone knows about it." So it goes in Darien, Wisc., where, like most small towns, "If [your kids are] out causing trouble, a lot of times you know about it before they get home." Unfortunately, the town of 1,600, about an hour west of Milwaukee, is embroiled in ...

During the 1990s, the Clinton administration funneled millions of dollars in aid to the Palestinian Authority and its gangster-in-chief, Yasser Arafat, in the vain hope that the Palestinian leadership would focus on development and reconcile itself to the existence of the state of Israel.

But the six candidates running for three seats on the board have hopes the village can soon get back to business.