Alert Top Story Spotlight Hillmoor Park: Turn Vision into Action Alderman Joel Hoiland Nov 6, 2025 Nov 6, 2025 Alderman Joel Hoiland Submitted Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Alderman Joel Hoiland The City of Lake Geneva owns one of the most beautiful underdeveloped properties in southern Wisconsin — the 230-acre Hillmoor site.kAm(:E9 :ED C@==:?8 E6CC2:?[ >625@HD[ H6E=2?5D[ 2?5 H@@565 2C62D DEC6E49:?8 E@H2C5 5@H?E@H?[ w:==>@@C 9@=5D 6IEC2@C5:?2CJ A@E6?E:2= E@ 364@>6 2 D:8?2EFC6 A2C< 2?5 2 =2DE:?8 8:7E E@ E96 4@>>F?:EJ]k^AmkAmu@C J62CD[ C6D:56?ED 92G6 D92C65 4C62E:G6 :562D 7@C H92E w:==>@@C 4@F=5 364@>6 — ?2EFC6 EC2:=D[ A:4?:4 2C62D[ H:=5=:76 923:E2ED[ 4@>>F?:EJ 82E96C:?8 DA246D[ C64C62E:@? K@?6D[ 2?5 4F=EFC2= @C 65F42E:@?2= 762EFC6D]k^Am kAm!F3=:4 6?E9FD:2D> C6>2:?D DEC@?8] *6E AC@8C6DD E@H2C5 2 C62=[ 24E:@?23=6 A=2? 92D DE2==65] |@C6 2?5 >@C6 C6D:56?ED 2C6 2D<:?8 2 72:C BF6DE:@?i (96? 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Plus a best-selling author visit & local live music Judge orders Trump to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it Jacob Misiorowski strong again as Brewers use 6-run 8th inning to power past Rays Brewers finally announce cable, satellite TV channels for broadcasts Riga-Tony’s serves Italian with style, fun and flair Pam Bondi, Trump loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, is out as attorney general Student shoots a teacher at Texas high school before fatally shooting self, authorities say Journalist from Madison area kidnapped in Iraq Look Ahead: Buggin' Out on balloons in Williams Bay plus tributes to Pink, Carole King in Lake Geneva kAmp !C@46DD :? {:>3@ – s@K6?D @7 >66E:?8D[ DFCG6JD[ 2?5 AF3=:4 5:D4FDD:@?D 42AEFC65 2? :?DA:C:?8 C2?86 @7 A@DD:3:=:E:6D] %96 p5 w@4 4@>>:EE66 H2D 5:DD@=G65 :? DAC:?8 a_ac[ 2?5 =2E6C E92E J62C[ E96 w:==>@@C r@>>:DD:@? 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