The two young women who won top honors at last year’s Walworth County Fair talent show participated in the second annual Wisconsin State Fair Amateur Talent Show on Aug. 14 at the state fairgrounds Exposition Hall in West Allis. Walworth County’s youth division winner Melissa Konkel, 13, a vocalist from […]

Trees down, Aurora Clinic damaged in Lake Geneva By Vicky Wedig Editor Six buildings in the Town of Lyons sustained significant damage and others including one in the Geneva Square shopping center in Lake Geneva sustained minor damage in Tuesday’s tornado, according to the Wisconsin Emergency Operations Center. A line […]

The on-ramp at the highways 12 and 50 interchange will close at 7 a.m. Tuesday and re-open around 8 p.m. The closure was previously scheduled to take place Monday but the paving contractor’s asphalt producing plant broke down, putting crews a day behind schedule. Beginning at 7 a.m., the Wisconsin […]

Music, carnival, fireworks are on tap The Lake Geneva Jaycees will celebrate their 53rd Venetian Fest in downtown Lake Geneva this month. The annual festival will run from Aug. 19 through 23 at Flat Iron, Seminary and Library Parks. Venetian Fest is open Wednesday through Friday from 5 p.m. to […]

The date of a Black Point Estate presentation at the Lake Geneva Public Library was incorrect in captions that accompanied photographs of the event in the June 11 edition of the Lake Geneva Times. The Black Point program, “Life in 1888 at Black Point Estate and Beyond,” will be presented […]

Arts Foundation presents awards to students at exhibit The Geneva Lake Arts Foundation had its annual Student Art Awards presentation at the opening reception of the exhibition on May 1 at the foundation’s gallery at 647 Main Street in Lake Geneva. Each year, art students representing three area high schools […]

By Tom Ganser Correspondent Claire Kinder, a 2011 graduate of Badger High School, participated in Undergraduate Research Day at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on March 18. Kinder was among more than 250 students to present the results of their research projects or creative activities at the 20th annual event. In […]

City incumbents challenged in districts 1 and 4 By Vicky Wedig Editor The City of Lake Geneva will have two contested races on the ballot April 7 in aldermanic districts 1 and 4. In District 1, incumbent Ellyn Kehoe is seeking re-election against newcomer Christopher Gelting. In District 4, incumbent […]

Man allegedly had inappropriate relationship with girl, 17 A Badger High School art teacher charged with sexually assaulting a student is scheduled to appear in court April 28. Donald R. Hammon, 50, was charged March 25 in Walworth County Circuit Court with two counts of sexual assault of a student […]

A 25-year-old Spring Prairie man died this morning when the truck he was driving crashed into a tree on South Road in the Town of Lyons. Earl J. Finke, the sole occupant of the 2005 Ford F250, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department. […]