Lake Geneva City Council Piers, Harbors and Lakefront Committee and Board of Park Commissioner members have recommended to hire city planning firm Vanderwalle & Associates of Madison to help the city develop an outdoor recreation plan, which will include amenities for Lake Geneva’s parks…
The 1948-49 blizzard left over 75,000 people marooned and close to 34,000 miles of roads impassable. See photos of how Nebraska weathered the storm.
The Kenosha Hometown Heroes Commission has named Robert E. Ibsen as the 2025 Kenosha Hometown Hero of the Year.
After six years as board chair of the Williams Bay-based Yerkes Future Foundation (YFF), Dianna Colman on Dec. 31 stepped off the Yerkes Board of Directors as her second term as a Foundation trustee came to an end.
The festive sounds of the holiday season rang out at Williams Bay Middle-High School on Dec. 17 as the school hosted its annual Winter Band Concert. An audience of several hundred filled the school's lecture center and spilled out into the adjoing commons for the hour-long holiday music conc…
A large standing-room-only crowd of more than 400 Williams Bay village residents were in attendance at Williams Bay High School on Dec. 9 as the Williams Bay Plan Commission and Williams Bay Villag Board convened a joint meeting to consider proposed Comprehensive Land Use Plan amendments tha…
Celebrating a diamond anniversary 60 years of community service, the Geneva Lake Women’s Association (GLWA) will hold its first-ever gala, “Bling It On Gala: Diamond Anniversary Celebration,” on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Grand Geneva Resort, 7036 Grand Geneva Way, Lake Geneva. Since 1964, GLWA has been a lifeline for many, providing financial support to local charities, scholarships to students, and creating opportunities for growth and empowerment to community members.
Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102 of Walworth will host a POW-MIA (Prisoner of War-Missing in Action) Silent March at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21 in Williams Bay.
With a patriotic theme of "Stars, Stripes and Fair Delights," the 175th Walworth County Fair welcomed large crowds to the 99-acre Walworth County Fairgrounds in county seat Elkhorn over its 6-day Aug. 28-Sept. 2 run.
With a patriotic theme of “Stars, Stripes and Fair Delights,” the 175th Walworth County Fair welcomed large crowds to the 99-acre Walworth County Fairgrounds in county seat Elkhorn over its 6-day Aug. 28-Sept. 2 run.
The public is invited to attend the Williams Bay Historical Society's annual meeting on Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Barrett Memorial Library. The brief annual meeting will be followed by a presentation on the Williams Bay Historical Society's new public access online local history archive, a joint initiative with the library.
“Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.” — American ragtime music
Walworth-based Ingalls-Koeppen Post 102 conducted a full slate of morning Memorial Day activities on Monday, May 27, including parades in Walworth and Fontana and solemn Memorial Day observances at Cobblestone Cemetery and Brick Church Cemetery in the Town of Walworth, Walworth Center Cemete…
Continuing a patriotic longtime West End tradition, Williams Bay-based Geneva Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2373 observed Memorial Day on May 27, with a patriotic 10:45 a.m. parade through downtown Williams Bay followed by 11:15 a.m. solemn Memorial Day observances at Edgewater Park on …
Pausing to poignantly remember the nation’s fallen war dead on Monday, May 27, Walworth-based Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102, joined by members of Williams Bay-based Geneva Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2373, held a slate of six solemn, patriotic Memorial Day observances at Wa…
Yerkes Observatory and four-time Grammy winner Eighth Blackbird have collaborated to host the May 28-June 11 Blackbird Creative Lab in Williams Bay at the intersection of art and science. Ticketed world premier public performances of works created out of the immersive, inspirational 2-week music lab are scheduled for this weekend.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on May 21 confirmed the emergence of cicadas in Wisconsin, with the first confirmed report of 17-year Brood XIII periodical cicadas recorded in Walworth County at Lake Geneva.
The Fontana Village Board on May 13 considered the question of possibly approving a temporary ordinance amendment proposal that would extend bar closing hours from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. in the village for any Class B or Class C licensed premise during the July 15-19 Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee.
In the wake of the April 2 spring general election, the Fontana Village Board on April 16 held a virtual organizational meeting to approve Village President Patrick Kenny's appointments per the village's municipal code of ordinances.
With the April 30 close of Wisconsin's open enrollment application window for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year, the Williams Bay Board of Education on May 13 approved a slate of both incoming and outgoing open enrollment applications.
Held on the last Monday of May and deeply steeped in tradition, history, patriotism and plaintive bugle calls honoring lives cut short in preserving the cause of freedom, Memorial Day is a national holiday set apart to honor the nearly 1.3 million men and women who have died serving in the U…
Kenosha’s compost and brush drop-off site opens April 6, 2026, with free seasonal disposal and curbside compostable collection running April 27 to June 5.
Wisconsin DNR finalized a deal to protect 100 acres that will expand Devil’s Lake State Park, enhancing recreation and future Ice Age Trail opportunities.
Kenosha enforces alternate side parking annually from Dec. 1 to March 31 to help snowplow and emergency vehicles safely clear narrow city streets.
City of Kenosha honored student winners of its 2026 “I Voted” sticker contest, whose artwork will appear on official stickers for the April 7 Spring Election.
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