PHOTO BY Penny Gruetzmacher Gage Nicholson (left) and his brother, Riley Nicholson, both from Lake Geneva, enjoyed the main LEGO display. The LEGO pieces were more intricate than they used to be. The All-Star LEGO Show by the Northern Illinois LEGO Train Club, Kenosha LEGO Users Group & Chicago Area […]
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First Lady Tonette Walker presents hero award
By Bob Peryea CORRESPONDENT First Lady Tonette Walker visited Lake Geneva on Friday to present one of Walworth County’s most active fundraisers, Kevin Paluch, with the Wisconsin Heroes Award. Paluch is the Chief Operating Officer of Geneva National Golf Club and the founder of the Geneva National Foundation. Through the […]
School spirit
Above the Brookwood Cheerleading Squad complete a rotating pyramid during for the Brookwood Boys Basketball game against the Bristol Falcons. Cheerleaders this season include: Raylene Gonzalez, Lexi Laramy, Kelly Locander, Madisyn Wulf, Autumn Clark, Meakena Ludtke, Caitlyn Baylor, Drew Kraemer, Katelin Wong, Dana Stumpfol, Alexus Lopez, Madeleine Northern, Hope Ayres, Hailey […]
Winterfest in Lake Geneva draws crowds despite cold temperatures
By Bob Peryea CORRESPONDENT The weather this year was perfect for sculpting according to the participants at Lake Geneva’s Winterfest. The week started with a couple of warm days, but fell away to dropping temperatures and flurries of snow. The near zero temperatures were not a deterrent to the […]
Camp D-DHS
Aydyn Jones (from left), 6, Dylan Jones, 4 and Angie Raya, all of Darien, get their authentic Rosebowl footballs signed by Bucky Badger during the intermission at the University of Wisconsin Varsity Band concert at the Delavan-Darien High School Sunday. The boys got their footballs when they attended the Rose […]
Pesche’s loses perennial greenhouse in early morning fire
The store will be closed indefinitely until further notice By Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN STAFF The owners of Pesche’s Greenhouse, W4080 Highway 50 W, Lake Geneva, lost their main greenhouse in a fire early Sunday morning. Lake Geneva Fire Chief Brent Connelly said the department received the call at 2:35 a.m. […]
Lake Geneva’s 18th annual Winterfest returns
Lake Geneva will host more than 60,000 attendees Jan. 30 through Feb. 3 at the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competition during the city’s Winterfest. As the only nationally sanctioned snow sculpting event, guests will witness the lakefront be transformed into a walk-through gallery of 9-plus-foot-tall sculptures made of snow, water […]
A special kind of thrift
Animal shelter’s resale shop goes to an all-volunteer staff “These are people (boutique volunteers) that get what we are trying to do in this community. They understand that we are trying to save as many homeless animals as possible in our community and that we are doing whatever we can […]
City takes over Darien Police Department
By Vicky Wedig SLN STAFF Five full-time officers were sworn in as City of Delavan police at midnight Dec. 31 as the city took over Village of Darien police services Jan. 1. The city intended to hire four officers to accommodate Darien. One officer was hired to fill a vacancy […]
Sprecher’s to host fundraiser for Lakeland Animal Shelter
By Bob Peryea CORRESPONDENT Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN STAFF Sprecher’s Restaurant and Pub, 111 Center St., will be hosting a fundraising event for the Lakeland Animal Shelter. The event “Treat Yourself for Ty” will be from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 17. A portion of all the restaurant’s sales for […]