By Bob Peryea CORRESPONDENT City of Lake Geneva officials have reluctantly released the memorandum of understanding that details the city’s agreement with Geneva Ridge Joint Venture in a dispute over a development proposal. The memo, which was signed June 13, 2011, shows the city’s insurer paid Geneva Ridge $2.1 million […]
Lake Geneva area
News from communities on the east side of Geneva Lake
An author’s tale
Walworth resident writes book for a cause By Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN STAFF ‘“Santa called God and said, “I am finished with the Meeker family and on my way home to the North Pole.” “Thank you Santa, I will send you the names and addresses of next year’s families […]
Gingerbread Galore
PHOTO BY Jenny Klopfer The handmade stockings are located in The Forum of the Grand Geneva. The stockings will be displayed until Dec. 29 when they will be auctioned off. All proceeds will go to the United Way of Walworth County. The resort also features handmade gingerbread house contest. Hotel […]
Genoa City Police & Rescue Departments participated in ‘Shop with a Hero’ with students
By Karen M. Bullock CORRESPONDENT Ten local students were chosen for Genoa City Police & Rescue’s Shop with a Hero Program. Five students were each selected by their teachers. The children were chosen because for positive behavior including showing kindness. The students met at Wayne’s Pizza in Genoa City […]
City refuses to release memo to multiple outlets
By Bob Peryea Correspondent The City of Lake Geneva finds itself the subject of legal action in an attempt by a local citizens’ action group to review a memo of under-standing between the City and a local land-holding corporation. According to a press re-lease from Care for Lake Geneva, a […]
Art stolen from deceased father’s estate auction
By Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN STAFF Police are looking for someone who stole a $3,000 painting from a Lake Geneva auction site Nov. 17. A Judy Larson horse print went missing from the home of Keith Krause, a 45-year-old building contractor, who died July 12 after falling through a roof on […]
Light up your life
Enjoy an elaborate display of more than a million lights across Grand Geneva Resort & Spa’s 1,300 acres of rolling countryside. The resort’s 18th annual Christmas in the Country festival continues through Dec. 30 inside The Lodge at Grand Geneva and features dozens of mechanical holiday displays, daily holiday teas, […]
Badger High School serves up farm-to-school program with 10K grant
District named winner in America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education Students at Badger High School will soon be learning production agriculture year-round, and the crops they produce in the classroom will be served up on the lunch trays of their fellow students. Thanks to the support of local farmers and America’s […]
The Cove Hotel’s financial woes continue
By Bob Peryea Correspondent The saga of the receivership and the whereabouts of over $1 million at the Cove in Lake Geneva continue as the parties are headed back to court on Nov. 14. Last month, PNC Bank sued in court to have a receiver assigned to the hotel to […]
Four teens arrested for home invasion in Lake Geneva
Four teens, ages 13-16, were arrested Tuesday after they invaded a Lake Geneva home, according to a press release from Lake Geneva Police Chief Michael S. Rasmussen. The Lake Geneva Police Department received a complaint of the home invasion in the 900 block of Marshall Street at 7:30 p.m. on […]
