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News from Western Kenosha County and the stateline area
Boyd G. Jones, 84, of Bassett, passed away peacefully Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, at Zilber Family Hospice in Wauwatosa. Boyd was born in Burlington on April 24, 1938, to Gerald and Leila (nee Rose) Jones. His early life was spent in Burlington, where he attended Burlington High School. He served […]
Jerome J. Epping, 67, of Salem, died suddenly in a motorcycle vs car accident Oct. 3, 2022. Jerry was born in Burlington on Oct. 3, 1955 to Claude and Betty (Ketterhagen) Epping. On Sept. 27, 1980, he was united in marriage to Colleen Sullivan. In 1980 he started Breezy Hill […]
Wilmot grad is battling bone cancer By Jason Arndt Editor The Wilmot Union High School football program, as well as the community at-large, joined together to support a former student-athlete stricken with Ewing sarcoma before a Sept. 16 contest against visiting Waterford. Kaleb Gendron, the youngest of three children to […]
By Jason Arndt Editor Meghan Lampos continued her stellar freshman campaign with another dazzling pitching performance for the Westosha Central softball team in an April 29 defeat of visiting Lake Geneva Badger. Lampos, who struck out 10 and walked just two Badger hitters, allowed one earned run on four hits […]
The Falcons bounced back in a big way last week after they experienced their first Southern Lakes Conference loss of the season. Westosha Central, which fell 3-2 in a tightly contested meeting with Elkhorn on April 26, responded by outscoring opponents 20-0 in the next four girls soccer contests to […]
Central on six-game winning streak through May 2 By Jason Arndt Editor For many years, Burlington nearly always seemed to have the upper hand in its baseball meetings with Westosha Central, winning six of eight regular season contests since 2016. But the trends changed last week, when the Falcons, not […]
The Knights of Columbus, Twin Lakes Council No. 6554, raised more than $5,000 for the people of Ukraine during an April 23 fundraiser at multiple area locations. Ukraine, besieged by a Russian invasion, has experienced loss of life and property during the conflict with many fleeing from the country. The […]
Kenosha County Public Health is now supplying fentanyl test strips to people who receive Narcan training, Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit announced on April 28. The county last week accepted delivery of a supply of 2,000 test strips that it ordered recently, after they were made legal in Wisconsin under […]
Authorities report no loss of life, injuries to law enforcement The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department reported no loss of life from a barn fire in the Town of Wheatland on Sunday. While the homeowners rescued the horses inside the barn, according to the Sheriff’s Department, a deputy and sergeant from […]
Extension Kenosha County marked Arbor Day on April 29 with the debut of a new feature on the Kenosha County Center grounds, aimed at educating the public about the importance of tree diversity and the many species that can survive and thrive in the regional climate. The Kenosha County Prairie […]
