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Coverage of buyers dinner, TLFD anniversary coming
Saturday was a busy one for events. Besides the Silver Lake business expo, westofthei.com also was at the Buyers Appreciation Dinner at the fairgrounds and the Twin Lakes Fire Department 80th anniversary celebration. We will have video and photos posted Sunday morning from both . Check back! UPDATE: Buyers dinner coverage here and TLFD anniversary [...]
West of the I poll result: Packers backers stronger for team than Bears fans
More West of the I Packers fans feel their team will do better than the Bears than vice versa our poll showed. The question was who between the Packers and the Bears will end up with the better season record? 56 percent of respondents said they were Packers fans and they feel the Packers will [...]
Salem college student wins West of the I fair contest
Hundreds tried, but none were as close to guessing the number of candy pieses in a bottle at the West of the I booth in the commercial building at the Kenosha County Fair as Becky Semke of Salem. The official tally was 671 pieces of candy. Semke was closest with her guess of 680. As [...]
A word about our sponsors: Lakeland Septic receives small animal buyer award
At westofthei.com, we are proud of our sponsors. Periodically, we will be telling you a little more about them. Lakeland Septic Service, a westofthei.com sponsor, is one of the two 2009 recipients of the Kenosha County Fair Small Animal Buyer Award. Congratulations to Dan and Marie Weis and family on this honor.
Transit questions answered at fair today, Friday
Do you have a question about how Western Kenosha County Transit, the bus service for people west of the I, works? If you’re going to be at the Kenosha County Fair today you will get a great chance to get your answer. Stephanie Phillips, transportation coordinator for the service, will be at the West of [...]
We’re in the commercial building
While you’re at the Kenosha County Fair this week be sure to visit the West of the I booth in the commercial building. There you can chat with our staff and ask any question you might have about the website. We’re a good resource for questions about the fair too. If we don’t know the [...]
A word from our sponsors: Reliable now sells American Standard furnances, AC
Reliable Heating and Air Conditioning has announced that it is now selling American Standard heating and cooling equipment. Perhaps the most significant aspect of the addition is that American Standard is supplied from quarters in Zion, Illinois, just 22 miles away. That means faster access to parts and units, explained Ray Sheehan, Reliable owner. “To [...]
Salem fire station/public works facility approved
The Salem Town Board reasserted its desire to move forward with a new Trevor fire station at a special meeting Thursday night. The special meeting was called after a confused meeting on the facility took place Aug. 3. At that meeting, Supervisor Dennis Faber voted against moving forward and Chairman Linda Valentine abstained. Thursday night, [...]
Cable out for us; how about you?
Our Time-Warner supplied digital cable is out as of Sunday night 8:30 p.m. It’s been out for about two hours at least. When we called to report the outage (finally) at about 8:30 p.m. we were told by a mechanical voice that in fact there was an outage (thanks!) in our area and that restoration [...]
West of the I adds Twitter feed
Have you gotten into Twitter yet? West of the I has. Here’s how Twitter explains itself on its website: “A real-time short messaging service that works over multiple networks and devices. In countries all around the world, people follow the sources most relevant to them and access information via Twitter as it happens-from breaking world news [...]
What we’re doing today: Lake district and baseball
Coming up today, we’ll have coverage of the Twin Lakes Lake District Annual Meeting, with useful info on pier regulations and a special presentation made by the district board. Also, we’ll have some photos and video from the big state Little League tournament going on at Brightondale County park this afternoon. Check back!
A word from our sponsors: Lakeland Septic
At westofthei.com, we are proud of our sponsors. Periodically, we will be telling you a little more about them. Lakeland Septic Service delivers quality work at a reasonable price. Lakeland is owned and operated by Dan Weis and family, performing septic and holding tank pumping. The company is licensed and insured and can serve your [...]
West of the I sponsors have Progress Days spirit
Several West of the I sponsors had entries in the Progress Days parade in Bristol Sunday.
What we’re doing tonight: Salem and Bristol town board meetings
We’re going to have people out reporting on the Salem and Bristol town board meetings tonight. Bristol will be considering a Plan Commission recommendation to approve a residential development for the Sunflower Farms horse complex. Among the items on Salem’s lengthy agenda is a report from the Public Safety Department regarding an ordinance to regulate [...]
New photo added to banner: George Lake double rainbows
We’ve added a new photo to our rotating banner. It was submitted by Julie Serritella. The photo was taken “facing east on George Lake in Bristol about five years ago after a vicious storm in June,” Julie explained. “The double rainbow was a complete rainbow on both ends and a really beautiful sight.” Note: Have a [...]
A word from our sponsors: Reliable Heating and Air Conditioning
At westofthei.com, we are proud of our sponsors. Periodically, we will be telling you a little more about them. Reliable Heating and Air Conditioning is located at the corner of Highways 75 and K in Kenosha County near Paddock Lake. The company was established by the Sheehan family in 1985 and has been serving the [...]
Morning Show with Berg and West of the I today
Just a reminder that we will appear on The Morning Show with Greg Berg on WGTD 91.1 FM starting at 8:10 a.m., today. You will hear us talk about changes in media, how we got this site started and about our philosophy of local online news.
West of the I on WGTD Monday
If you think hearing Karen and me talk about this website sounds like an interesting way to pass the better part of an hour you’re in luck. We will appear on The Morning Show with Greg Berg on WGTD 91.1 FM starting at 8:10 a.m., Monday. You will hear us talk about changes in media, [...]
Pull over and talk on camera
If you happened to see this scene on Tuesday afternoon … … this is what was going on.
Public TV crew reporting on Paris School vote
A crew from Wisconsin Public Television in Madison was here yesterday and today reporting on the Paris School referendum. But don’t expect to tune in tonight to see what happened. Or tomorrow. Or next month. Or this year. The Paris coverage is slated to be part of a program to air in January 2010. It [...]
What we’re doing tonight: Paddock Lake, Central HS
We’ll be at a couple of government meetings tonight. First there will be the Paddock Lake special Village Board meeting. The announced agenda includes the controversial committee assignments and open trustee seat issues, so it might be a lively one. We’re prepared to update live from the scene if warranted, so check in for the [...]
New banner image added: Spring garden
We’ve added a new photo to our rotating banner. It was submitted by Lynn Perry of Salem. To fit into the header, we had to crop it some. Above is the photo as submitted. From that view, it may be easier to identify the site of this gorgeous spring garden scene (click on the photo [...]
We’re adding a garage sale page
Spring means the return of the garage sale season. Starting this week, we’re introducing a new feature to westofthei.com — a garage sales page. Click on the garage sale tab at the top of the page and you cna get the rundown of weekend garage sales in the area. If you’d like to be included [...]
New banner image added: Wilmot sunrise
We’ve added a new photo to our rotating banner. It was submitted by Jon Lorek, the Wilmot terminal manager at Dousman Transport Company. Though we had to crop it down quite a bit to fit the banner it still looks nice, but I thought you might want to see what it looks like in its [...]
What we’re doing today: More cougar, Randall Town Board
We’ve got some more to report about the mountain lion possible sighting in Twin Lakes (no more sightings yet BTW). We’re also going to a Randall Town Board meeting, so we’ll report on that. C’mon back.
Welcome! Glad you found us!
Welcome to westofthei.com. Karen and I are striving to make this site the ultimate source of news and information about Western Kenosha County. Here you should expect to find information about local people, local government, local schools, local business and anything else that has an impact on people who live in Western Kenosha County. We [...]
Deal of the Day rules
Here is a rundown of our Deal of the Day rules. Restrictions: The gift certificate or gift card purchased through West of the I’s Deal of the Day is not valid with other offers and has no cash value. Only one gift certificate per-merchant per-person each 30 days. Gift certificates cannot be combined with other offers without [...]
