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  • Hundreds come to clean up Silver Lake

    By Gail Peckler-Dziki Correspondent Once again, area residents and local groups and agencies came together to serve area residents stricken by recent floodwaters. One Salem Lakes resident, Allen Dunski sustained foundation damage to his home on Riverside Drive, but it did not stop him from coordinating last weekend’s volunteer efforts to help others. Flooding and…

  • ALL-AREA SOFTBALL: Panthers’ Jacobson Coach of the Year

    First team loaded with Wilmot, Westosha representatives By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor For the second consecutive season, a Southern Lakes Conference player takes our top spot. Not enough can be said about Union Grove senior catcher Kallista Hribar, who hit a whopping .658 this season with a ridiculous 17 home runs. The leadoff batter is…

  • Wilmot football, cheer contribute to the cause

    By Jason Arndt Editor When the Wilmot Union High School football team finished camp on Friday, the first item on its agenda for Saturday was to join forces with other community volunteers to clean up a flood-ravaged Silver Lake area, according to first-year coach Keiya Square. Square, who received a call to action from former…

  • Sharing Center receives donations to aid residents

    By Gail Peckler-Dziki Correspondent The Sharing Center was hustling on Monday morning following record-breaking floods touching all communities in Western Kenosha County. Not everyone at the Sharing Center were clients and volunteers, however, as community members stayed busy collecting money and other supplies to donate to nonprofit organization in Trevor. Pam Maddox, of the Silver…

  • Genoa City PD seeks information on Country Thunder hit-and-run

    Genoa City police is looking for information related to a July 22 hit-and-run, which left one of two pedestrians with severe head injuries, according to a department Facebook post. According to the post, police believe the driver and possible passengers from the vehicle attended Country Thunder on July 21, it states. The hit-and-run happened at…

  • STRONG FAITH

    The Packer Inn, of Silver Lake, shows faith the community can come together and restore the Village of Salem Lakes after record-breaking floods caused road closures and damaged properties last week. There were multiple Silver Lake organizations and businesses that helped in last week’s flooding. Binanti’s, of Silver Lake, was one of several organizations who…

  • Local residents feed flood victims

    By Gail Peckler-Dziki Correspondent It wasn’t quite the loaves and fishes, but when some Silver Lake area residents showed up at the Community Baptist Church in their boats, church members jumped into action. Community Baptist, located at 203 N. Fourth St., was within the area hit the hardest with heavy rainfall that caused widespread flooding…

  • Highway 50 to reopen Tuesday afternoon

    Officials advised motorists to obey barricades By Jason Arndt Editor More than a dozen county and state highways were shut down after last week’s flooding event, but the most significant closure was set to reopen Tuesday afternoon, when the state Department of Transportation removed barricades on Highway 50 in the Town of Wheatland. State Rep.…

  • Red Cross ready to help at Salem Grade School

    Organization coordinating with Sharing Center By Jason Arndt Editor While the Salem Grade School hallway is lined with an arsenal of cleaning kits, there are other services available to residents affected by last week’s flooding, courtesy of the American Red Cross. The Red Cross, which arrived at noon, is prepared to offer residents three meals…

  • Three bound over trial in village armed robbery

    By Jason Arndt Editor Three men charged in a June 22 armed robbery in Twin Lakes entered not guilty pleas and were bound over for trial at a July 7 preliminary hearing in Kenosha County Circuit Court. The three men, who waived their preliminary hearings, are set for an Aug. 3 arraignment before Circuit Court…