At 8:46 p.m., Twin Lakes Fire Department is responding to the 100 block of Sunset Court for a report of a vehicle on fire. UPDATE 8:51 p.m. — Police officer at the scene reports fire is out. View Larger Map
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Units responding for possible gas leak
At 5:38 p.m., Twin Lakes Fire Department is responding to a report of a possible a gas leak in the 600 block of Barry Road.
Earthquake in Illinois felt here
View Larger Map The above map shows (green arrow) the epicenter of the Jan. 30, 2012 earthquake. There was a minor earthquake in Illinois last night that some people in Wester Kenosha County reported feeling. The quake registered 2.4 magnitude and happened just before 10 p.m. The quake was centered at McHenry, Illinois. Those reporting to the U.S. Geological [...]
Units responding for crash on Highway P
At 7:49 a.m., Twin Lakes Fire and Rescue and Twin Lakes Police are responding to a report of a single vehicle crash in the 12400 block of Highway P. Dispatch reports that a vehicle hit a pole. A first responder on the scene reported to dispatch that no one was trapped in the vehicle. An ambulance was sent to [...]
Units responding for report of kitchen fire
At 3:52 p.m., Twin Lakes Fire Department, Randall Fire Department, Town of Wheatland Fire Department and Richmond Fire Department as well as Twin Lakes Police are responding to a report of a possible fire in a kitchen of a residence in the 200 block of Christie Court, Twin Lakes. UPDATE 3:58 p.m. — Police officer reports that [...]
Twin Lakes Randall Recreation to host skiing and snowboarding
Twin Lakes Randall Recreation will host skiing and snowboarding at Wilmot Mountain on Thursdays Jan. 19 and 26 and Feb. 2, from 4 to 9:30 p.m. Participants will meet in the main lodge at Wilmot Mountain; look for the sign. Costs are: Lift & Lesson : $23.00 + $5.00 (insurance) =$28. Lift, Lesson & Ski Rental [...]
Twin Lakes postpones decision on LED streetlights
The Twin Lakes Village Board is still considering how much light and how much savings would make a switch to LED fixtures downtown and in one park worth a change. Changing out the lights could save $4,000 in power costs a year. At that rate, the savings could pay for the estimated $15,000 in replacement costs [...]
Lakewood and Randall students get a chance to Shop With a Hero
Members of the Twin Lakes Police Department and Twin Lakes Fire and Rescue took 30 children — 15 from Lakewood School and 15 from Randall School – to Walmart in Lake Geneva for a $150 Christmas spending spree as part of the annual “Shop with a Hero” program on Saturday, Dec. 17. The children who participated [...]
Twin Lakes Village Board gives nod to residential commercial building downtown — again
A local developer is again going to try to receive tax credits to build a mixed use senior housing/commercial building in downtown Twin Lakes. The effort by Bear Development received the blessing of the Twin Lakes Village Board Monday night. The development is essentially the same concept as was presented earlier this year, when Bear Development first applied to receive the state tax credits, [...]
Units responding to report of car fire
At about 3:48 p.m., Twin Lakes Fire Department and village police are responding to a report of a car fire near Zerfas and Pheasant, Twin Lakes. Person reporting incident said someone came to her door looking a phone and said their car blew up when started. UPDATE 3:53 p.m. — Personnel on scene reports no [...]
Twin Lakes considering street light change to save power costs
The Twin Lakes Village Board is considering a change in street lighting downtown and at one village park that could save $4,000 in power costs a year. At that rate, the savings could pay for the estimated $15,000 in replacement costs on the lights in under 4 years, according to numbers presented to the board by village administrator David Cox at [...]
Twin Lakes library rehab nearing completion, says village president
The renovation of the Twin Lakes branch of the Community Library is proceeding well, Twin Lakes village President Howard Skinner reported to the Village Board Monday night. Skinner said he visited the site Monday and found much of the work completed or nearly so. The library may be able to begin moving material and furnishings back into the library [...]
Twin Lakes Holiday Light Parade and Trees on Parade & Holiday Shopping coverage
The Twin Lakes Area Chamber and Business Association held its annual Trees on Parade and Shopping Friday night and Saturday. Saturday also featured the annual Holiday Light Parade down Main Street. That concluded with the lighting of the Christmas tree just outside of the chamber office. Santa oversaw the lighting, was in the parade and visited with youngsters. Click on the link [...]
Santa at Twin Lakes Fire Department coverage
Santa visited the Twin Lakes Fire Department today to visit with youngsters and find out their Christmas wishes. Each child attending was able to have their photo taken with Santa and pick out a stuffed animal. If they had a letter to drop off for Santa, there was a box for that too. Afterwards, the children and their parents were welcome [...]
Trees on Parade & Holiday Shopping this weekend in Twin Lakes
Trees on Parade & Holiday Shopping will take place on Friday, Dec. 2 from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Rumpoles Banquet Hall, Twin Lakes. The Holiday Light Parade will begin at 5:30 on Saturday, Dec. 3 down Main Street in Twin Lakes and end at [...]
Visit Santa at Twin Lakes Fire Department Saturday
Santa will be at the Twin Lakes Fire House on Main Street on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event includes refreshments and a photo and a chance to chat with Santa.
Flight for Life called to Twin Lakes
At 8:38 a.m., Twin Lakes Fire Department members are setting up a landing zone for the Flight for Life medical transport helicopter. Twin Lakes Rescue earlier responded to a call for a hand injury at an industrial business in 36600 block of 89th St., Twin Lakes. After the initial call, more manpower was dispatched to the scene.
Twin Lakes to stick with Veolia for garbage collection
Twin Lakes garbage collection services will remain with Veolia, it’s current contractor, after action taken by the Village Board at a special meeting Monday. The board voted unanimousily to accept a proposed five-year contract with Veolia. Trustees Aaron Karow and Jeremy Knoll were absent (Knoll, a Twin Lakes firefighter, was on a mutual aid call [...]
Units responding for fire alarm
At 4:23 p.m., Twin Fire Department is being dispatched to a report of an activated fie alarm in the 400 block of Waldeck Drive, Twin Lakes. UPDATE 4:26 p.m. — Police officer at the scene reports there is no sign of fire and a keyholder is at the scene. View Larger Map
Twin Lakes adopts tax levy with slight increase; defers garbage decision
The Twin Lakes Village Board Monday passed a tax levy for 2012 with a .85 percent increase over 2011. The 2011 levy was $3,268,723. The 2012 levy will be $3,296,634, a difference of $27,911. Included in the board’s levy related moves Monday was a motion to abate the $41,935 associated with levy for the debt service on the purchase of the Lake [...]
Police seeking tips regarding playground fire
View Larger Map Twin Lakes Police are seeking information regarding a fire in Arrowhead Park that burned the playground area early this morning. According to a press release from the department: On Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 at 12:25 a.m. the Twin Lakes Fire Department and the Twin Lakes Police Department responded to a report of a fire in Arrowhead Park, [...]
Governor signs Twin Lakes valuation correction bill
Twin Lakes taxpayers can officially let out a sigh of relief regarding their 2012 property tax bill. A bill spearheaded by state Rep. Samantha Kerkman and aimed at correcting a state error in the village’s equalized valuation was signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker Wednesday. Without the correction, Twin Lakes taxpayers would have paid [...]
Twin Lakes won’t ban carrying weapons in village buildings
Twin Lakes Village Board members on Monday expressed no support for enacting a ban on carrying concealed or openly displayed weapons in village owned buildings. The issue has arisen because of changes in state law that make it legal to carry a concealed weapon in Wisconsin with a permit. However, the new state law provides that businesses [...]
Twin Lakes equalized value error correction bill passes Senate
Twin Lakes taxpayers are yet another step closer to having an error in the village’s equalized value not effect their next property tax bill. The state Senate has now also passed a bill, originally introduced by state Rep. Samantha Kerkman, to correct the error. From a press release from Kerkman’s office: The Senate concurred in [...]
Halloween trick or treat hours round-up
With a little less than a week to go, it’s time to make sure you have the right hours carved out for trick or treating with the youngsters this year. With Halloween returning to a week day this year there was a lot less debate about trick or treat hours at municipal board meetings. Most municipalities that [...]
Twin Lakes equalized valuation error correction bill passes Assembly
A state legislature bill to correct an error in Twin Lakes equalized assessed valuation — that if uncorrected would have resulted in higher tax bills for village property owners — has passed the Assembly. This evening on a vote of 96-0, the Assembly passed Assembly Bill 273, authored by state Rep. Samantha Kerkman. Kerkman introduced the bill [...]
Twin Lakes board football loyalties on display at meeting
Voters can take a lot of different factors into consideration when deciding whether to support a given public official come election time. How about NFL football team allegiance? Well we don’t know if that’s something you consider mandatory, but knowing how divided loyalties are in Kenosha County we felt it our duty to pass on what we [...]
Twin Lakes approves lending money for motel sprinkler
The Twin Lakes Village Board on Monday unanimously approved loaning the owners of the motel being rebuilt at the Donovan’s Reef property the money for a fire suppression sprinkler system. The motel had a fire in February. One person died in the fire and ultimately it was decided to demolish the building and rebuild. Len Sattler, one of the owners of Donovan’s Reef, told the [...]
Units responding to report of sparks on fire from roof
At 3:31 p.m., Twin Lake Fire Department and Randall Fire Department along with Twin Lakes police are responding to a report of sparks an smoke coming from the roof of a house in the 1300 block of Lucille Avenue, Twin Lakes. UPDATE 3:46 p.m. — Personnel at scene reports sme sparks seen from electrical stack [...]
Twin Lakes residents can get another recyclables tote
Are you a Twin Lakes resident who has trouble fitting all of their recycling into the provided container between every other week collections? Then you might want to inquire about getting an additional recycling tote, village administrator Daivd Cox advises. The topic of perhaps increasing the number of recyclable collections each month was brought up at the Village Board Committee of [...]
