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Delavan Lake Oktoberfest

     Delavan Lake is holding their annual Oktoberfest Celebration this Saturday evening, October 25th from 5pm to 10pm.       The main feature appears to be food with an extensive selection of German food being offered as soon as the doors to the Community Park building open.  Last year's crowd came early resulting in all of the specialties running out by 8 pm so an early arrival is recommended! This year's food selection includes: Bratwurst with Smoked Bacon Sauerkraut German Weiner with Smoked Bacon Sauerkraut Knackwurst Schnitzel Sandwich Schnitzel Plate German Sausage Plate German Potato Salad Spaetzle Hot Pretzels Deserts include : Honey Cake Apple Strudel German Chocolate Cake Special beverage selections include: Paulaner Oktoberfest Beer Hacker Pschorr Hefe Weisse Beer Hofbrau Dunkel Beer Huber Bock Beer Riesling Wine Budaherz Blaufrankish Wine There will also be soda, water, and Miller products for sale. Afterwards, patrons

Delavan Lake 3rd Quarter 2014 Real Estate Update

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     The Delavan Lake real estate market is tightening up with inventory shrinking and prices finally increasing.  This year included the highest lakefront sale price in four years and a clearing out of bargain condo/hotel units. HOME SALES      For the first nine months, there were 13 lakefront properties sold and 31 lake access properties sold.  Last year at this time there were 17 lakefronts sold and 25 lake access properties sold.  Only eight of the sales were on the main body of the lake this year.  The lake access properties that sold this year ranged from a $26,000 three-bedroom cottage in the Delmar Subdivision to a $385,000 three-bedroom cape cod in Assembly Park that featured a large front porch and full basement.  The lakefronts sales ranged from a $215,000 three-bedroom home with 100 feet of frontage on Brown’s Channel to a $1,325,000 seven-bedroom, seven-bath South Shore estate that included a guest house near the water’s edge and 158 feet of frontage.  Recent