A contract for engineering related to designing repairs and modifications to the Lakes Elizabeth dam was approved by the Twin Lakes Village Board Monday. The contract not to exceed $21,000 was awarded to Vanderstappen Surveying and Engineering of Woodstock, Ill. Village officials have said the goal of the project is mostly to just repair and perhaps strengthen the structure that’s already there rather than to [...]
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Boater’s safety course set in Silver Lake
A boater’s safety course sponsored by the Silver Lake Water Patrol and the state Department of Natural Resources will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on July 30 and 31. The class will teach you the basics of boating and boating laws and regulations so that you can have a safe and fun [...]
Salem to get proposal for lake issues survey
Salem will be receiving a formal proposal from the Southeast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission for a survey of residents on lake-related issues. A SEWRPC representative addressed the Town Board Monday night about how the commission would conduct a survey. Town Board members are interested in surveying town residents about lake issues as a way to begin to settle the [...]
Silver Lake hires two officers for water patrol
The Silver Lake Village Board approved the hiring of two part-time water patrol officers for this boating season. The officers will start May 13 and will be paid $18.37 per hour. During discussion on the motion the following financials for the program last year were discussed: Total cost: about $21,000. Reimbursement of costs by Department [...]
Lake rules signs back up in Salem
Signs about lake rules are back up at some Salem lakes, even though the process of writing what may end up as new rules is still in the works, town administrator Patrick Casey said Monday. During citizens comments, a Lake Shangri-la resident complained that the signs were put up — with 200 foot limit from shore for [...]
Salem to form committee to work on ice recreation law
Salem will form a committee to draft an ordinance regulating recreational uses on the town’s frozen lakes and rivers. Regulating some ice uses — principally motorcycle riding on ice — has been an issue of controversy of late in the town. The Town Board had before it at Monday’s meeting an ordinance that would have [...]
Zuckowski Memorial Ice Derby coming to Benedict and Tombeau Feb. 5
The Mike Zukowski Memorial Ice Derby will take place on Lakes Benedict and Tombeau, Saturday, Feb. 5, from 7 a.m. to noon. Prizes for Largest Fish of the Day in the categories of walleye, bass and northern pike. Raffle tickets will be available at the event only. Lunch will be from noon to 1 p.m. $20 per person [...]
Tavern League Ice Fishing Party is Feb. 26
The Kenosha County Tavern League will host its seventh annual Ice Fishing Party on Saturday Feb. 26 The party location is at Marino’s Country Aire, New Munster. Doors open at 10 a.m. Fishing will be on all inland Kenosha County waters starting at 4 a.m. and ending at noon. There will be first, second and [...]
Salem to hold public hearing on lake laws today
Salem will be holding a public hearing on the extensive ordinance that governs activities on lakes and rivers in the town on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. at Salem Town Hall, 9814 Antioch Road. The ordinance, also referred to as Chapter 20, has been overhauled by village staff, elected officials and community members, including representatives from town lake districts and associations. [...]
Twin Lakes to seek bids for dam repair, electronic monitoring
Twin Lakes will seek bids for repairs to the dam between lakes Mary and Elizabeth as well as for an electronic level monitoring system. The Village Board, acting as lake district commissioners, unanimously approved the action at a district meeting Monday. The board took the vote after hearing a presentation on the two projects from members of [...]
Salem endorses lake district taking over dam
View Larger Map The Salem Town Board has endorsed the Camp and Center Lakes Rehabilitation District pursuing ownership and rehabilitation of the Center Lake outlet dam that apparently has no legal owner right now. Supervisor Dennis Faber, who lives on Camp Lake, explained that the district is willing to take on the rehabilitation and ownership [...]
Randall to replace water patrol boats
View Larger Map The Randall Town Board approved the purchase of two new water patrol boats at Thursday’s Town Board meeting. One of the boats will be used for Powers Lake and the other for Lake Benedict. Water Patrol member Darrell J. Borger presented several quotes he obtained for different boats — one set for [...]
Body recovered on Lake Elizabeth
View Larger Map The body of a man who drowned on Lake Elizabeth Thursday evening was recovered Friday night. The drowning victim was John A. Jones, 53, of Elgin, Ill., a Twin Lakes Police Department press release said. Firefighters and dive teams from multiple jurisdictions had searched for Jones on Thursday and for his body [...]
Virtual tour of Paddock Lake’s Lake Walk
Have you had a chance yet to hit the trail of Paddock Lake’s new 3.4 mile Lake Walk? Karen and I did recently. Above is a video of our tour. We hope it will give you an idea of what the walk is like and maybe encourage you to see it first hand.
DeWitt Park Beach closed due to high bacteria count
Yesterday, Silver Lake Trustee Chris Willkomm was picking up geese waste at DeWitt Park Beach. Today, the beach has been closed until further notice due to high bacteria counts in the water there, village staff reports. Willkomm said high water from recent rains has caused more geese waste to wash up on the beach lately.
Eagle Scout candidate and Troop 328 helpers clean up Runyard Park
Jacob Herreid and Salem’s Boy Scout Troop 328 spent three hours Saturday cleaning up brush at Runyard’s Park, located on Rock Lake Road in Trevor. This was the first phase of Herreid’s Boy Scout Eagle Project to help the park become handicap accessible. The morning began with Jacob delegating jobs to his fellow Scouts to [...]
Salem to investigate letting lake district post no wake
Salem town staff will be investigating the feasibility of a proposal by Chairman Linda Valentine to have lake districts representatives post and remove no wake notices when authorized by the town’s Public Safety Department. Valentine said getting some help with the posting of such notices could help out public safety. But town administrator Patrick Casey [...]
Zuckowski Memorial Ice Derby coming to Benedict and Tombeau Feb. 6
The Mike Zukowski Memorial Ice Derby will take place on lakes Benedict and Tombeau, Saturday, Feb. 6 from 7 a.m. to noon. Prizes for largest fish of the day — walleye, bass and northern — will be awarded. There will be raffle prizes as well, but raffle tickets are available at the event only. The $20 per [...]
Lake Shangri-la ice fishing derby this weekend
The Lake Shangri-la Property Owners Association will host its 41st annual ice fishing derby this Saturday and Sunday. Headquarters for the event is the Community Center, 22112 121st St. Food and refreshments will be served from 6 a.m. until closing both days. There will be hourly door prizes, special raffles and prizes for all members of the [...]
Reps want Rock Lake electric motor rule to be official
View Larger Map Representatives of the Rock Lake Homeowners Association have long thought that only the use of electric boat motors on their body of water was an enforceable town law. The rule is even posted at the public boat launch on the lake. But research by town administrator Patrick Casey found that the rule, though requested, was never [...]
Salem Lakes Committee to meet tonight
The work to revise and update all the various documents that regulate lakes within Salem will continue today with a meeting of the relatively new Lakes Committee. The committee met for the first time Jan. 4. It is made up of representatives of the lake districts within the town and three members of the Town Board. At the last [...]
Why not parking fees for ice fishermen?
Why are boaters charged launch fees to use the Department of Natural Resources launch on Powers Lake and not people who park in the same lot to ice fish on the lake? That question was asked during citizens comments at last week’s Randall Town Board meeting by Charles Gitzinger. “It’s just as crowded now,” Gitzinger said. “All the spaces are filled.” It should be noted that [...]
Randall Town Board likes new Lake Benedict no wake level
View Larger Map After two years of research, the Lake Benedict/Tombeau Lake Management District has come up with a level for declaring no wake conditions on Lake Benedict — 828.8 feet above sea level. The level was unanimously approved Thursday by the Randall Town Board for inclusion in a revised set of lake-related town ordinances. Supervisor Ken Mangold [...]
Salem Lakes Committee to meet
A committee aimed at dealing with issues related to Salem’s nine lakes will have it first meeting next week. The committee will be made up of town Supervisors Dennis Faber and Jo Weidman and town Chairman Linda Valentine with at large members from the Lake Districts and Homeowners Associations associated with lakes in the town. The [...]
Salem moves to extend wake hours on Hooker Lake
View Larger Map The first step toward extending wake allowed hours for boaters on Hooker Lake was narrowly approved by the Salem Town Board Monday night. The ordinance, approved by a 3 to 2 vote, would extend wake allowed hours just on Hooker Lake to a half hour before sundown on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Wakes are not [...]
Wrench recognized for work with Twin Lakes protection district
Gerald Wrench was recognized with a special award for his work with the Twin Lakes Rehabilitation and Protection District at the group’s annual meeting and budget hearing Saturday morning at Wilmot High School. Wrench thanked district leaders for the honor, but humbly deflected the limelight from himself. “This is just a result of the new [...]
Advice to large pier owners: Get it grandfathered!
If you have a pier that’s outside of new Department of Natural Resources size guidelines, get it grandfathered — if possible – now. That was the advice of attorney Jeff Janik speaking at the Twin Lakes Protection and Rehabilitation District Annual Meeting and Budget Hearing Saturday morning. “Once you have this thing registered, the DNR [...]
Twin Lakes protection district meeting is Saturday
View Larger Map Presentations on two proposed projects highlight the Twin Lakes Protection and Rehabilitation District annual meeting and budget haring Saturday. The meeting will start at 9 a.m. at Wilmot High School, 11112 308th Ave. Included on the agenda are presentations on: The proposed Esch Road Storm Water Improvements. The proposed Dam/Spillway Modifications Project. New [...]
