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By Jason Arndt Editor When Wilmot Union High School valedictorian Lauren Daniels was asked to talk about the future in her June 3 commencement speech, the senior stopped to reflect on the four years worth of milestones her class achieved. “How am I going to write a speech about looking […]
Area benefits from Kenosha Community Foundation grant By Jason Arndt Editor When students come together to plant a garden, the activity not only fosters learning, but it also encourages healthy eating. The activity is happening at eight area schools, courtesy of a Kenosha Community Foundation grant, reports Sharing Center Executive […]
Wilmot Valedictorian named Outstanding Senior By Jason Arndt Editor When Lauren Daniels isn’t in the classroom, she is either volunteering for a wide array of community organizations, working at the Club at Strawberry Creek or hitting the court as a member of the Wilmot Union High School varsity volleyball team. […]
A Sunday evening crash in the Town of Lyons left three people dead after a vehicle lost control and struck a tree, a Walworth County Sheriff’s Office news release states. In an updated news release issued Monday afternoon, the Sheriff’s Department identified the three as Jason Davis and Hunter Morby, […]
By Jason Arndt Editor The Town of Wheatland Volunteer Fire Department plans to seek insight from at least three design firms to address its outdated Geneva Road facility after meeting with the Wheatland Town Board Monday at the fire station. Although plans are in its preliminary stages, Fire Chief Lou […]
Annual 5K run set for June 3 By Jason Arndt Editor In the last five years, Lakewood School has sought to bring the community together for its annual 5K run, which has changed themes to offer a fresh perspective for participants. This year, the annual 5K run plans to go […]
By Jason Arndt Editor The appeal and decision took a year, but a Wisconsin appeals court reversed a Department of Health Services placement of a sexually violent offender into a Town of Wheatland residence, where a family with a child lives two doors down. Michael McGee, 54, convicted in 1987 […]
Summer round-up targeted By Jason Arndt Editor In the last 25 years, the resident Canada geese population has exploded in Wisconsin, the Department of Natural Resources reports. The Village of Twin Lakes, according to some lakefront property owners is one of the areas experiencing the explosion, which led the Lake […]
Wright allegedly ran over ex-boyfriend By Jason Arndt Editor Anna Wright, of Twin Lakes, has been bound over for trial after she appeared in Kenosha County Circuit Court for a preliminary hearing on allegations she ran over her 38-year-old boyfriend with her Jeep. According to online court records, Court Commissioner […]
Same Wheatland residence involved By Jason Arndt Editor Unlike the first time, Kenosha County officials are ready to fight a proposed placement of two sexually violent offenders into a Town of Wheatland residence, where the Department of Health Services attempted to move two other offenders in May 2016. Last year, […]
