Category: News
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Powder Puff Pride
During Wilmot Union High School’s homecoming festivities held last week, girls powder puff football team members Meghan Jarnigo, Kaytlyn Eidson, Josie Lane Gieser, Stephen Zeczkowski and Bennett Kothe have a pre-game huddle. Members of the Panther varsity football team took on the role of coaches and also refs. (Photo by Earlene Frederick)
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Flying boats
Dropping lake levels left more than one boat stuck in the muck. With winter on the way, time is running out to get boats to dry dock. Last week a group of boaters used a crane to remove their boats from the Hooker Lake. (Linda Valentine photo)
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Region leads in gas price decline
American consumers are now seeing relief at the pump as retail prices more closely reflect the long-anticipated autumn decline that comes with winter blend gasoline, flat demand and stronger supply levels. But nowhere in the country are the price decreases more pronounced than in the Great Lakes region. “The biggest weekly decline occurred in Michigan…
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Gas prices continue to fall in state
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have fallen 7.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.74 per yesterday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.8 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.77, according to gasoline price website WisconsinGasPrices.com. Including the change in gas prices in Wisconsin during the…
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Memorial service scheduled for Monday for music director Lance Haas
Beloved music teacher and mentor Lance George Haas, 64, of Twin Lakes, died Oct. 12, 2012, at the Aurora VNA Zilber Family Hospice in Wauwatosa, following a gallant fight against cancer. The Haas Family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15 at the Lance G. Haas Auditorium for the Performing Arts,…
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Kenosha County fire danger is high
Kenosha County is among 29 counties in the state where fire danger remains high. According to the Department of Natural Resources, fire danger remains high to very high in most of the state. This is due to a combination of dry and windy conditions. The Department of Natural Resources is asking everyone to keep this…
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Gas prices present a mixed bag
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have fallen 2.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.82 per gallon yesterday. This compares with the national average that has increased 0.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.80, according to gasoline price website WisconsinGasPrices.com. Including the change in gas prices in Wisconsin during…
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No mail delivery Monday
Monday, Oct. 8, is Columbus Day and a legal holiday for the U.S. Postal Service. Lobbies will be open so customers can retrieve mail from boxes but service counters will be closed. There will be no home delivery or pick up. Service resumes on Tuesday. Other postal holidays with no delivery/pick up include: Monday,…
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Dog united with owner after five years
McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren has announced that a 6 year old female Siberian Husky will be reunited with its owner after the canine was missing for nearly 5 years. On Oct. 5, members of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Bureau received a telephone call from Heather Jackson who resides in Chatsworth, Georgia.…
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Hard freeze expected Saturday night
The National Weather Service has issued the following frost warning for Oct. 6 thought Oct. 8: A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TONIGHT AS SKIES CLEAR AND WINDS BECOME LIGHT. FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S BUT A HARD FREEZE MAY NOT…