Category: News

  • Twin Lakes Food Pantry needs donations

    The Twin Lakes Food Pantry is in need of non-perishable food donations or monetary donations. The food pantry is located at 701 N. Lake Avenue in Twin Lakes and is open from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and 7 to 8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month.                   Last year 1,236…

  • Take a Lantern Tour of Green Ridge Cemetery this month

    The Kenosha History Center, in cooperation with the Kenosha Cemetery Association and Friends of Green Ridge Cemetery, honors and celebrates Kenosha’s past each year through its Lantern Tours at Green Ridge Cemetery. These guided tours will take the public this year through segments of the twilit cemetery on Tuesday, Oct. 9, Wednesday, Oct. 10 and…

  • Join St. John the Evangelist Church in dedication ceremony for new shrine

    On Sunday, Oct. 14, Bishop Hying will dedicate St. John the Evangelist’s new shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe, “Mother of the Americas,” with a Spanish children’s choir followed by 10 a.m. Mass. An Aztec dance group will participate in the liturgy. Such dance is a form of communication. It is a rich blend of…

  • Second annual Wildlife Education Day at Meadowlark Acres to benefit Fellow Mortals

    Fellow Mortals Wildlife Hospital will hold its Second Annual Wildlife Education Day at Meadowlark Acres Nature and Education Center, N5146 North Road, Burlington. The event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Event fees help fund the rehabilitation of injured and orphaned wildlife. The entrance fee of $5 (kids…

  • Open House at Aurora Health Center

    Come to an Aurora Health Center Open House on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 9 a.m. to noon at 1020 35th Street, Kenosha. The event is free, fun and everyone is welcome. No RSVP required. Meet Aurora physicians: • Giuseppe Garretto, DO–Internal Medicine; • Snesha Modi, MD–Internal Medicine; • Farah Salahuddin, MD – Endocrinology • Ellen…

  • Library to host book sale

    Friends of Community Library will host a book sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13 and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Twin Lakes branch, 110 S. Lake Avenue, Twin Lakes. Donations are accepted at all of the Community Library locations; however, materials must be in…

  • DMV customer service centers closed Oct. 8

    Division of Motor Vehicles’ (DMV) customer service centers and phone centers throughout Wis. will be closed for business on Monday, Oct. 8, Columbus Day, so that all front-line customer service representatives may receive technical process and procedural updates and training. Although staff at DMV phone centers will be in training and unable to take calls,…

  • New TV series ‘Vegas’ has a local twist

    By Todd Rohde~CORRESPONDENT                   A bit of Hollywood glitter is shining on Twin Lakes these days. The new TV series “Vegas,” which premiered last week about the life of Sheriff Ralph Lamb, has a local connection.                   That’s because Lamb’s wife Rae Cornell, the daughter of the late Fred and Joan Cornell, grew up and…

  • Panthers gear up for Homecoming 2012

    “Midnight Masquerade” has been selected as this year’s homecoming theme at Wilmot Union High School. Festivities begin Monday, Oct. 8 and conclude with the homecoming dance on Saturday, Oct. 13. Homecoming court nomination deadline was Oct. 5. Monday, Oct. 8 kicks of a week of festivities, pajama day; Tuesday, Oct. 9, is color wars. Freshmen…

  • Gas prices on slow decline

    Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have fallen 4.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.85 per gallon Sunday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.79, according to gasoline price website WisconsinGasPrices.com. Including the change in gas prices in Wisconsin during…