Badger High School students who won gold medals at the Wisconsin High School State Forensic Association meet are (back, from left) Sam Hill in solo serious, Sara Pison in prose and Karen Castro in public address; and (front, from left) Austyn Hisaw in impromptu, Mel Soto in oratory, Bella Peetz […]
Lake Geneva area
News from communities on the east side of Geneva Lake
Man allegedly stabbed two others over fireworks
An initial appearance was scheduled to resume June 25 for a Pell Lake man charged with stabbing two men on South Lake Shore Drive in Bloomfield. San Daniel Courtney, 22, was charged June 21 in Walworth County Circuit Court with two counts each of second-degree recklessly endangering safety with aggravated […]
Come grow
Eastview students Julian Lopes (from left), Aitza Higgin, Eliza Carter, Maddie Reed, Cera Claybourn and Emma Derrick take part in Come Grow with Us. New this year Eastview started an afterschool Garden Club lead by two teachers. Master Gardener George Mroch donated supplies, seeds and his time to the […]
Author to present story about dog lost in Yellowstone
At the Lake Geneva Library at 6:30 p.m. June 28, author Michelle Caffrey will present her book, “Bring Jade Home: The True Story of a Dog Lost in Yellowstone.” Caffrey will tell the true tale of a 15-month-old Australian shepherd who is lost in the wilderness of Yellowstone National Park […]
PD earns dementia friendly designation
The Lake Geneva Police Department is awarded a purple angel June 7, designating it as dementia friendly. City of Lake Geneva Mayor Tom Hart (from left), Bernadette Russow, Bonnie Beam-Stratz, Eric Russow, Police Chief Michael Rasmussen, Lt. Edward Gritzner III and Lt. Bridgette Way attended the presentation. The Russows […]
Bike-rental shop created on heels of White River Trail
Pedal and Cup offers bicycles, refreshments in old train depot By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer The idea for a bike-rental and coffee shop in the Town of Springfield was kick started when a Walworth County representative approached Tim and Karen Schinke about cutting through their property to create the White […]
Former Showboat theater to open under Emagine in August
Michigan-based company renovates Lyons venue into luxury cinema By Vicky Wedig SLN staff Nearly a year after it closed abruptly, the former Showboat movie theater will reopen under new ownership and with a new ambience in August. Michigan-based Emagine Entertainment purchased the Town of Lyons theater in January and has […]
Genoa City Girl Scout earns award for butterfly garden project
A Genoa City Girl Scout was honored in Sauk Prairie for earning the highest award available in Girl Scouting. Heidi Lininger, a 2017 high school graduate and member of Troop 3256, received her Gold Award pin after working on a “Take Action” project for creating a butterfly garden in her […]
Hikers find body of man missing since October
Two teenage hikers found the body of a 70-year-old man on private property in a marsh area off County Highway H in the Town of Geneva at about 4:15 p.m. Sunday. The body was identified as James Louis Demeuse, who was reported missing and endangered in the Town […]
Jury finds brothers guilty of assaulting boy
Men acquitted on charges of showing boy porn, assaulting his sister By Vicky Wedig SLN staff After less than two hours of deliberating, a jury Wednesday found two Lake Geneva brothers guilty of sexually assaulting a boy they knew in Pell Lake five to seven years ago. Brady T. Schoonover, […]
