Green Lake sings praises of local businesses

Dr. Tom Willett acknowledges the crowd’s raucous applause with a wide grin after he received a “Living Legend” award from Green Lake Renewal Board President Fran Hill.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018 11:16 AM

Green Lake Renewal hosted the first-ever Green Lake Entrepreneur of the Year Awards breakfast last week Friday in the Town Square ballroom.

Green Lake sings praises of local businesses

Green Lake Renewal hosted the first-ever Green Lake Entrepreneur of the Year Awards breakfast last week Friday in the Town Square ballroom.
A one, and a two, and a three ...

A choral concert Sunday, April 22 at 3:15 p.m. at Ripon College's Demmer Recital Hall will feature Green Lake middle-school choir members alongside the college's Choral Union and Chamber Singers ensembles.
Green Lake man guilty of child enticement in statewide sting

A Green Lake man, caught last spring in a statewide sting aimed at preventing online child sex crimes, has been convicted of a felony sex crime.
A spectrum of light

An "Art on the Spectrum" reception will be held Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Thrasher Opera House, while a talk on “Myths and Facts About Autism” will be given from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Caestecker Public Library.
After brief reprieve, Green Lake sign says goodbye

The large “Green Lake Welcomes You” sign at the corner of County Road A and Commercial Avenue officially will be coming down.
Green Lake’s wooden boat show a no-go for now

The Green Lake City Council tabled a request to reserve Deacon Mills Park and its wharf for the Green Lake Wooden Boat Show until docking problems can be untangled.
Could Green Lake’s repainted water tower be too green?

Green Lake officials are concerned paint needed for the city water tower may be a shade toward eyesore.
Bay View officially named marina by Plan Commission

Despite some slight opposition, a Green Lake resort that has been operating as an informal marina for years officially received a stamp of approval as a boat marine business.
In battle of write-ins, Jahnke is headed back to Green Lake City Council

James Jahnke, a former Green Lake City Council member, filed late as a write-in candidate for a District 1 seat and is the winner with seven votes.
‘A sorcerer from Wichita’

Jimmy Webb, legendary songwriter of “Wichita Lineman,” “Up, Up and Away,” “The Highwayman” and “Galveston,” will make his fifth Green Lake appearance Saturday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Thrasher Opera House.
Green Lake parents concerned about school drug search, ‘disrespectful’ behavior during lockdown, say board members

Not all Green Lake School District parents seemed pleased with a K9-unit drug sweep conducted last week at the school.
Vote Tuesday, April 3 in Green Lake

Only one name will appear on the ballot for two Green Lake City Council seats, but a familiar fourth candidate has come forward as a write-in.
School & sandal (photo story)

Peace Lutheran School in Green Lake celebrated last week Friday evening with its annual spring Entertainment Night event.
Rosendale-Brandon superintendent hopes kids ‘walk up,’ not walk out

As students across the nation walk out today (Wednesday) to protest gun violence in schools, an administrator in one local district is hoping its kids walk a different path.
Prison or treatment?

Green Lake County's new drug court program hopes to offer a light at the end of the tunnel to county residents struggling with substance abuse and addiction.