Lake Geneva Downtown Mech Monsters on the Move
In small town Wisconsin sometimes local "business leaders" put improvements into their downtown and get… [more]
Kayaking on the White River outside Lake Geneva is NOW
April 25, 2013 The spring kayaking season is roaring down the White River outside Lake Geneva… [more]
Grand Geneva Resort and Lyons Township’s “Close” Relationship
During the tax-evasion trial of Leona Helmsley, a former housekeeper testified that she heard her employer… [more]
Copper Kettle Ranch in Lyons may become County Park
The Copper Kettle Ranch owned by Duane Clark for nearly five decades, has given Walworth County an option… [more]
City of Lake Geneva News
Care for Lake Geneva Files Lawsuit Againest City of Lake Geneva
Linn township group, Care for Lake Geneva filed a complaint in Walworth County Circuit Court against the City of Lake Geneva over violations of Wisconsin Open Meetings Statutes. In recent years the city has conducted a larger and larger amount of their business in “Closed Session”. According to City officials what goes on in Closed [...]
Kayaking on the White River outside Lake Geneva is NOW
April 25, 2013 The spring kayaking season is roaring down the White River outside Lake Geneva this year, with the resent heavy rains, the river is really ripping. The launching place most of the local kayaks take off from is on Sheridan Springs Road in the Township of Lyons. Going north on Sheridan Springs [...]
Grand Geneva Resort and Lyons Township’s “Close” Relationship
During the tax-evasion trial of Leona Helmsley, a former housekeeper testified that she heard her employer say: “We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.” How much are two golf courses at ” one of the top award-winning golf resorts in the country and ranked as one of the 2012 top 10 northern [...]
Copper Kettle Ranch in Lyons may become County Park
The Copper Kettle Ranch owned by Duane Clark for nearly five decades, has given Walworth County an option to purchase his 190 acres ranch to for the purpose of becoming a natural resource park. The property has one hundred eleven acres tillable with soil of numerous types. The farm was in the soil bank for [...]
Marina Bay Boat Rental will reduce pier in Baker Park
Marina Bay Boat Rental after having their appeal rejected by the Wisconsin Supreme Court is now applying for a new pier which will meet the city of Lake Geneva’s 100 foot pier-head ordinance. The Lake Geneva Planning commission will hear their application on 2. 18.13. The pier is in Baker Park and subject to the [...]
Lake Geneva City Hall News
Lake Geneva Plugs Holes in its Budget with TIF Funds
“Don’t tax you, don’t tax me, tax the fellow behind the tree.” So stated Russell Billiu Long U.S. Senate Finance Committee chairman from Louisiana. At the 5.13.13 Lake Geneva City Council meeting Tom Hartz, lobbying for the Geneva Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, spoke in favor of keeping the downtown Lake Geneva TIF distinct open, [...]
Lake Geneva Downtown Mech Monsters on the Move
In small town Wisconsin sometimes local “business leaders” put improvements into their downtown and get it wrong, very wrong from an esthetic perspective, or lack there of. About 15 years ago Lake Geneva formed a committee for downtown beautification and selected new street lights to improve the downtown, the criteria was bigger is better – [...]
Lake Geneva tries to Crack Down on Vacation Rentals
The last 12 years in areas of the City of Lake Geneva, homes have been converted to vacation rentals and split up into multifamily residences, while the elected officials have ignored pleas from the neighborhoods. It is the power of the local realtors, who have a lucrative side line renting homes weekly to vacationers, and [...]
Lake Geneva City Council award more one bid contracts to Cronys
Crony capitalism is alive and flourishing in the City of Lake Geneva with Good O’ Boys Gage Marine and McCormack & Etten getting juicy contracts for government work on the taxpayer’s dime. Gage Marine once again got the job of adding more boat slips to the municipal pier on the West End of Library Park. [...]
Marina Bay Boat Rentals case rejected by the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Legal options run out for Marina Bay and Harbor Cove, pier must come into conformity with municipal 100 foot length. The city of Lake Geneva prevails in battle with Marina Bay Boat Rentals to get the business to comply with the law requiring piers to be 100 feet or less on Lake Geneva. The Wisconsin [...]
Lake Geneva Featured News
Copper Kettle Ranch in Lyons may become County Park
The Copper Kettle Ranch owned by Duane Clark for nearly five decades, has given Walworth County an option to purchase his 190 acres ranch to for the purpose of becoming a natural resource park. The property has one hundred eleven acres tillable with soil of numerous types. The farm was in the soil bank for [...]
Neal Kedzie and Tyler Auguest Score Zero for environmental voting
The Sierra Club legislative scorecard for the 2011-2012 legislative session gave Lake Geneva representatives a big fat zero for environmental protections last session. The Sierra Club John Muir Chapter reports, “The disturbing truth is that the GOP launched an all-out assault on environmental protections last session and we witnessed an unprecedented level of partisan voting [...]
Lake Geneva Politicals are Collateral Damage
In every war there are the front line troops, and the puppet masters behind the scenes, who profit both from the war and from its outcome. In Lake Geneva, Wisconsin between 2008 and 2011 a political conflict between land speculators, their lackeys and the People of Lake Geneva and a small environmental group caught five [...]
Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay Wisconsin Gets Longterm Support
Jim Gee Director UCEC, Manager Yerkes Observatory at a reception on 9.22.2012 announced that the University of Chicago will continue to fund and expand the Observatory in Williams Bay Wisconsin. Extensive maintenance is taking place along with expanding the teaching mission of Yerkes. A Fab Lab is just beginning to be created in the basement [...]
Lake Geneva Aldermen Leave Their Legacy
At their last city council meeting the aldermen who will no longer represent the residents of the City of Lake Geneva have a chance to leave their legacy, their last action as elected officials for which they will go down is the history books, and on 4.9.12 they didn’t disappoint. For on that date Todd [...]