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September 30, 2010Fontana — Pyramiding is a term many people in Walworth County aren't familiar with. However, in Fontana that will soon change.
Pyramiding is increasing the access to a public body of water through private real estate transactions. In the Geneva Lake area that could mean riparian rights would be transferred across the street. Other effects of pyramiding includes increasing the number of boats, piers and buoys on the lake.
During Monday night's Plan Commission meeting, Village Attorney Dale Thorpe presented an ordinance that would prohibit pyramiding. In the next month, village officials will tweak Thorpe's proposal, and there will be a public hearing in October.  |
September 30, 2010Williams Bay — Police are investigating a burglary at Lucke's Cantina after someone broke into the restaurant last week and stole an ATM full of cash.
The theif or thieves also broke into a safe that contained cash and took jackets that were left overnight by employees.
Village police officer Dan Lauderdale said this type of crime is unusual for Williams Bay. |
Recent Geneva Lake West Construction on new Town Hall beginsSeptember 23, 2010Walworth Township — Town officials are ready to break ground on a new Town Hall facility after months of planning. On Monday afternoon, town officials, representatives from Walworth State Bank, contractors and top executives from Kikkoman Foods came to the site of the new Town Hall to celebrate all that planning coming to fruition. During the April 13 annual meeting, Town residents voted 89-3 to spend up to $740,000 to build a new Town Hall on Brick Church Road.
Animal neglect case ends with 47 citationsWoman to pay $1,000 in finesSeptember 23, 2010Williams Bay — When police found 47 cats living in a small village home earlier this year, they told the owner she wouldn’t face charges if she turned over the cats and cooperated with police.But Katie Grashel refused to provide all the information to police, which was revealed during a Saturday municipal court trial in Williams Bay.Police cited Grashel with 47 sanitation violations, one for each cat in the house. She was fined $1,000 plus court costs.
Voters deny lakefront
referendumSeptember 16, 2010Fontana — Village residents overwhelmingly voted against a $2.8 million referendum to make improvements to the lakefront. More than 70 percent of the people who cast ballots in Tuesday’s referendum election were against it. Of the 505 people who voted, only 135 supported it.“The voters have spoken,” Village President Arvid “Pete” Petersen said. “It is pretty much the end of the issue.”
Bay district rejects request to boost school tax capSeptember 16, 2010Williams Bay — Voters turned back a request by the School Board to increase the school district’s revenue cap over the next three years.The referendum asked voters to approve spending cap increases by $498,000 for the 2010-11 school year, $498,000 for 2011-12 and $890,000 for 2012-13 and thereafter.Complete unofficial returns showed the Williams Bay district electors refused with 698 voting no, and 411 voting yes.
Bay voters to decide schools’ futureOpponents say district needs plan before asking for tax increaseSeptember 09, 2010Williams Bay — Sept. 14 is decision day for the Williams Bay School District.Voters will decide whether to approve an increase in their school district’s revenue cap, or require the School Board to go back, crunch the numbers, do some planning and perhaps make some cuts.During recent public meetings on the referendum proposal that would raise the district’s cap over the next three years, Williams Bay Superintendent Fred Vorlop has argued that without permission from the voters to increase the state-imposed cap, programs and teachers will have to be cut. The leverage created by the 2003 revenue cap increase is running out and the district is running deficits, Vorlop said.
Will voters approve the Lakefront project?September 09, 2010Fontana — It’s almost time for the voters to determine the fate of a project that has been in the works for more than eight years.On Tuesday Sept. 14, voters will decide whether the village can spend up to $2.8 million to reconstruct Lake Street and the adjacent parking lot. Officials also want to build a new lakefront activity center.If voters approve the referendum, the project would be funded with tax increment funds, which are the taxes collected from the increased value within the tax increment district. TIF is a tool used to make capital improvements.
Small classes, big impact on Bay’s WKCE resultsSeptember 02, 2010Williams Bay — Sometimes small is better, especially when teaching students or testing them, said Superintendent Fred Vorlop.And at the bottom of the last page of the most recent Bay Window, the school district’s news letter, is the observation: “Good Schools come in small packages.”This year, Williams Bay’s high school’s juniors again ranked among the leaders in the ACT test. The test, with a maximum of 36 points, measures students’ skills in English, math, reading and science. With 94 percent of the class of ‘10 taking the test for college placement, they scored an average of 24, up from last year’s average of 23.7.
Pork sandwiches in Fontana? Must be time for Pig in ParkKids games, beer tent, live music part of plansSeptember 02, 2010Fontana — There is certainly a buzz for this weekend’s Pig in the Park and village officials are expecting a large turnout.On Saturday, Sept. 4, from 4:30 to 10 p.m., in Reid Park the village’s Park Commission will host its third annual Pig In The Park. The beer tent, music and kids area opens at 4:30 p.m. and food service starts at 5:30.A $10 ticket includes a pork sandwich, baked beans, chips corn, dessert and a non-alcoholic beverage. The pork sandwich can be substituted for a hot dog or a brat.
Cyberbullies face offline consequencesSchools, police address Internet issuesSeptember 02, 2010Walworth — Sexting and cyberbullying have made national headlines across the country, and local schools report these incidents have occurred within their walls, too.Big Foot Principal Mike Hinske said the district has experienced it. “We have seen some, but not a lot,” he said.Area educators are well aware of the issues spawning from new technology and expect to see more incidents in the future.
Williams Bay schools seek means to balance budgetAugust 26, 2010Williams Bay — School officials, like everyone else, need to live within their means.But what does that mean?Parents and taxpayers in the Williams Bay School District face the painful dilemma. Either they approve a rise in the district’s spending cap, which would increase the district’s means, but also increase property taxes.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999...
