Illinois’ top snow sculpting team on its way to Lake Geneva
ROCKFORD — The Band of Misfit Boys won the 35th annual Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition with their sculpture titled “Hooty and the Blowfish.” The team will advance to the 2022…
Whitewater’s Big Brick Park ice rink is open
WHITEWATER (WKOW) — The ice rink at Big Brick park in Whitewater is now open, according to a Facebook post from the Park and Rec Departent. (The far north end…
Jim Black: Pilers, filers and tossers
This column, first published March 4, 2007 in the Walworth County Week, is part of Jim Black's 2022 collection, "Just Call Me a Gardener — and other wonders along the…
Jim Black: You Can’t Get There From Here
This column, first published Sept. 10, 2006 in the Walworth County Week, is part of Jim Black’s 2022 collection, “Just Call Me a Gardener — and other wonders along the…
From the archive: The dream known as Lake Ivanhoe
Originally designed early in the last century as a country haven for well educated, prosperous black Chicagoans, Lake Ivanhoe's rustic surroundings still provide a measure of peace for those who…
Tracking down ‘The Beast of Bray Road’
The rumors floated around town for years about the Beast of Bray Road, a wolfish-looking creature that ran on two legs and had been seen around the Bray Road area…