Once again Architects McCormack & Etten was “selected” to design and direct the Riviera remodeling and restoration. Only two firms gave presentations to the “interview committee” for City. Administer Jordan, Utility Director Winkler, and Aldermen Tolar and Marcella and former Mayor Chesen did the “selecting”. The original Request for Proposals (RFP) for selection of the [...]

The Cove of Lake Geneva once again is on the brink of losing their liquor license for failure to turn over the room tax money they have collected during 2009. This makes three years in a row they have failed to pay the taxes on time. The Cove according to Finance chairman Krause owes the [...]

The White River Trail Project, envisioned in 1995, took a step closer to getting off the ground when the Lake Geneva City Council authorized an appraisal in order for Lake Geneva  to apply for a grant from the State of Wisconsin. According to City Business Administrator Jordan, this 60 acre parcel of wetlands is environmentally [...]

The Committee for the Beautification of Lake Geneva should really be called the Lake Geneva Concrete Committee, for their plans to “beautify” Flat Iron Park appears to involve a lot of concrete. This private group presented their plans on April 14th, 2010 to spend what appears to be over a million dollars of Tax Increment [...]

Jim Conners was elected as Mayor of Lake Geneva in the April 6, 2010 Spring election, he defeated Scott Storms 973 to 652. Other election results: Cty Lake Geneva Treasurer Total Number of Precincts 4 Precincts Reporting 4 Vote For 1 Total Votes 1554 Teresa M. Klein 1081 Tom Spellman 473 Write-in Votes 0 Cty [...]

“I want to get back to where the eight council members run this city. Not the fire department, not a church, not a bunch of developers, not Mr. Winkler.” stated former alderman Bill Huntress at the Committee of the Whole on 2.1.10. During the special election in December, uniformed firemen, were according to Huntress, “going [...]

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin’s popular reality cable TV show over the appointment of Spyro Condos continues to entertain residents when, during the last city council meeting of 2009, another attempt was made to fill the council seat vacated in July by Gary Dunham. Perhaps the city should consider syndicating the show on a national level, it [...]