Category: News
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Bong has programs to beat January deep freeze
The Richard Bong State Recreation Area, 26313 Burlington Road in Kansasville, announced the naturalist programs for January. The programs are as follows: • Knee-High Naturalist Thursday, Jan. 12 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Bring your 3 to 5 year old to this fun and involving program – “Let’s Go Sledding!” Dress to…
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Senior menus, activities for week
The Kenosha County Senior Dining Program hosts a nutrition program for older adults at noon, Monday through Friday, at the American Legion, 989 Legion Drive in Twin Lakes. On some days, programs are scheduled and are noted below. Activities are offered daily from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and include card playing, horse pitching,…
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Twin Lakes Food Pantry needs donations
The Twin Lakes Food Pantry has been hit hard this year. Donations are down and government grants have been cut substantially. Due to this cutback, the pantry has had to cut back on the amount of food per box to enable them to continue to provide service to as many as possible. The Twin Lakes…
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Silver Lake’s 12th Night celebration is Friday
The Village of Silver Lake will host its annual Twelfth Night celebration on Friday, Jan. 6, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Silver Lake Fire House, 113 S. First Street, Silver Lake. Anyone having a fresh trees or evergreen boughs, wreaths and swags can deposit them at the clearing across from the fire house. The lighting…
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Twin Lakes Library renovation chugging forward
The doors at the Twin Lakes/Randall Community Library closed Sept. 18 and soon after storage pods took up residence in the parking lot, housing thousands of books and related equipment. Although it may not look like much is happening from the outside, patrons will be amazed at the changes they will see when…
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Local man’s body recovered by search party on Christmas Eve
“I really believe if we hadn’t found him when we did we never would have found him. I can’t even believe how thick the trees and overgrowth was back there. – Childhood friend Allen Dunski By Annette Newcomb Editor The last few days of Roger Baker’s life are a bit of a mystery and…
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New Year’s Eve events set for Dec. 31
Ring in the New Year with one of the events being offered by various places around Southeast Wisconsin. The events include the following: • New Year’s Eve Celebration. Dec. 31. This event takes place at Wilmot Mountain, 11931 Fox River Road in Wilmot. Many great activities for the whole family are planned for New Year’s…
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Festival of Lights continues
LaSallete Shrine continues its Festival of Lights Sunday, Jan. 1. Thousands of miniature lights are turned on from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. weekends only. LaSalette is located on Highway KD outside Twin Lakes. Call (262) 877-3373, ext. 151 or log on to www.lasaletteshrine.org.
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Christmas services to be held in area churches
Following is a list of area church services for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: • Community Baptist Church 203 S. Fourth Street in Silver Lake. Dec. 25 10:30 a.m. C hristmas Sunday service; • St. Alphonsus 6211 344th Avenue in New Munster Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Nativity of the…
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Missing teen found, man charged
By Maureen Vander Sanden Editor, the Elkhorn Independent A 21-year-old Nebraska man is facing sexual assault charges stemming from the disappearance of a 13-year-old Lake Geneva girl who went missing Sunday. Lake Geneva Sgnt. Russ Carstensen said Tuesday that charges were referred to the Walworth County District Attorney’s Office for Jacob T. Cambridge after he…