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…
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…
Group seeks one-year delay in development of lakefront near Yerkes
WILLIAMS BAY – The Williams Bay Association for Land Preservation is petitioning for a one-year halt in the process of developing the…
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…
The mystery of ‘The Beast’
Fifteenth anniversary of the publication of The Beast of Bray Road by Linda Godfrey in the Walworth County, Wisconsin newspaper,…
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…
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…
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…