Category: Paddock Lake-Salem

  • Changes to FEMA Silver Lake floodplain map ordinance

    By Gail Peckler-Dziki, Correspondent Some Silver Lake residents will receive a notice from mortgage holders that the floodplain status of their property has changed. The Silver Lake Village Board unanimously voted to have village clerk Terry Faber start work on a new FEMA floodplain map ordinance at the regular board meeting held on Feb. 15.…

  • Silver Lake explores consolidation of emergency services

    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 the village and the Silver…

  • Central parent/teacher conferences set for Thursday

      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 be holding an informational session…

  • Lenten fish fry offered by st. John the Baptist parish

    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 6 to12, $5 and children…

  • Chili cook-off is Sunday

    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 their favorite chili concoction for…

  • Town considers SAC Wireless as water tower’s rental agent

    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 the board that with the…

  • KCGS to meet Feb. 13

    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 Bajabir, Reference Services Librarian, will…

  • Silver Lake Police Report

    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 owner agreed to pay any…

  • BlurtITout is Feb. 19

    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 what it is, bring it…

  • Silver Lake Police Reports

    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 10 p.m., an officer on…