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Car show among many events on Main Street The Twin Lakes Area Chamber & Business Association will host its annual Business in the Park celebration from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, on Main Street in Twin Lakes. And the car show returns as one of the event’s […]
By Gail Peckler-Dziki Correspondent Just a few weeks ago, Paddock Lake residents were faced with a more than 9 percent waste hauling increase from John’s Disposal, adding $1.65 to their monthly bill. “Their costs have gone up,” Paddock Lake Village Administrator Tim Popanda said at the Aug. 14 Committee of […]
For several years, the Aquanut Water Ski show team has helped thousands of special needs children reach their dreams, which is a journey on Lake Mary in the Village of Twin Lakes. The journey happened last Thursday, when the Aquanuts welcomed back Dreams for Kids, which runs Extreme Recess. With […]
Music and waterskiing will be showcased during Corn Fest, which is scheduled from noon to 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Lance Park in Twin Lakes. Admission is $6 for one day or $10 for both. Visit tlcornfest.com for more information. […]
By Gail Peckler-Dziki Correspondent The Town of Wheatland Board repealed and replaced the town code relating to animals and kennels at its regular meeting in mid-June. That item was on the agenda just before town residents Charles and Alyssa Hagman requested to keep chickens. During the citizens’ comment portion, several […]
Drivers satisfy need for speed at Wilmot Raceway By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Natalie Klemko’s auto racing roots run deep. Klemko, who grew up in the Village of Bristol, is the daughter of former Late Model driver Mike Klemko and remembers spending her Saturday afternoons watching the race trailers pass […]
An elderly Bristol man died a day after fire officials removed him and another person from a blaze in the Village of Bristol, the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department said on Friday. The Sheriff’s Department, which identified the man as James C. Weiss, 67, said he was pronounced dead at an […]
By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Haley Gorsuch captured the crown of Miss Bristol on her fifth try at the conclusion of the coronation banquet at Kenosha’s Parkway Chateau on July 12. Gorsuch, daughter of Dr. Dave and Carol Gorsuch and Bill and Brenda Flesch, said on Sunday she continued pursuing […]
Progress Days honors four Outstanding Citizens By Jason Arndt Staff Writer In 1969, when then-Bristol Town Chairman Earl W. Hollister requested a community event in the municipality, the Bristol Recreation Committee decided on a picnic. However, the simple community picnic turned into a larger event now known as Bristol Progress […]
By Gail Peckler-Dziki Correspondent The Village of Salem Lakes Board approved an easement agreement with WE Energies to relocate electric services for the Timber Lane drainage project at Monday’s special board meeting. The easement is a strip of land 12 feet wide and located in the southeast one-fourth of Section […]
