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News from Western Kenosha County and the stateline area
By Gail Peckler-Dziki correspondent Several months ago, a committee made up of representatives from the Silver Lake Rescue Squad and Silver Lake Fire Department, residents and village board members began meeting to discuss a possible consolidation of the two emergency services agencies. The Silver Lake Fire Department is owned by […]
Central High School will be holding Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday, March 1, from 4 to 7 p.m. Conferences will take place in the gym and cafetorium. Student progress reports will be available at that time. Conferences will be on a first come/first serve basis. The Counseling Department will also […]
St. John the Baptist Parish, 1501 172 Avenue (Highway D and 142) in Paris, is hosting its annual Lenten Fish Fry on Friday, Feb. 24, from 4 to 7:30 p.m. in St. John’s Holy Cross Hall. Both baked and fried fish will be available. Cost is $9.50 for adults; children […]
Salem United Methodist Church, 25130 85th Street, Salem, is hosting a chili cook-off on Sunday, Feb. 19, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $5 for adults, donation of canned goods for children, all proceeds to go to the Sharing Center. Vote for your favorite chili. Cooks are needed to share […]
By TS Targos Staff writer At a special meeting scheduled to focus on a personnel matter, the Salem Town Board discussed the hiring of a contractor to screen and select the cellular companies that could rent spaces atop the town’s new water tower. Salem Town Administrator Patrick Casey explained to […]
Kenosha County Genealogy Society (KCGS) will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, in Room 120 of the Bioscience Building of Gateway Technical College, 3520 30th Avenue in Kenosha. The Bioscience Building is located at the north end of the campus, on 30th Avenue, north of 35th Street. Patricia […]
Dog bite at 6:23 p.m., a woman came into the police department to report that while she was out walking her dog on N. Cogswell Drive, a black labrador came up and attacked her dog. The police identified the black lab’s owner, and when confronted with the injury, the lab’s […]
The Western Kenosha County Historic Society will host BlutITout on Sunday, Feb. 19, at Wheatland Center School. Communities to be featured include Randall, Wheatland, Powers Lake, New Munster, Wheatland, Nippersink and Bassett. Bring any historic items pertaining to these communities for show and tell. If you don’t know […]
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Check welfare at 4:30 p.m., an officer was contacted about a welfare concern. There was a woman on N. Fifth Street who appeared to have a flat bicycle tire. The officer found the woman, and the woman said she was fine with walking her bike home; Traffic at […]
The Village of Paddock Lake is hosting bingo night from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, the village hall, 6969 236thAvenue. Pet food donations for the Pitter Patter Animal Rescue will be accepted.
