Silver Lake News

Silver Lake a ' Flu cases, including one confirmed as swine flu, have forced the temporary shutdown of a summer camp operated by the Salvation Army in southeastern Wisconsin, officials said Friday.

A summer camp operated by the Salvation Army in southeastern Wisconsin has shut down temporarily because of flu cases, including one confirmed as swine flu.

Police have arrested five people in connection with a string of armed robberies in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, including five incidents in Walworth County.

WAUKEGAN – Five people were arrested Thursday and charged in a string of 20 armed robberies in McHenry and Lake counties, as well as southeastern Wisconsin.

MANITOWOC - University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc has scheduled two summer engineering programs for kids.

'We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.' Carsten and Dora Jorgens, a rural Scandinavia farming couple who loved the community they were a part of, and the land they resided and made a living on -- lived by these simple, yet definitive words paraphrased by Winston Churchill.

Patricia M. Benish, age 88, 532 Pleasant View Road, Plymouth, passed away late Tuesday afternoon, May 12 at the Sharon S. Richardson Hospice Center where she had been a resident for one day.

More schools were closed Friday as the number of probable cases of swine flu rose to eight in Wisconsin.

Kenosha County officials have advised residents in low lying areas to evacuate their homes with the rising Fox River expected to crest at 13.5 feet by Tuesday night.

MANITOWOC - Eleven representatives of the Manitowoc County Lakes Association were among the 350 lake enthusiasts at the 31st annual Wisconsin Lakes Convention held March 18-20 in Green Bay.

A flood warning was issued Tuesday for the Fox River near New Munster in Kenosha County by the National Weather Service in Sullivan.

The National Weather Service is warning residents in the towns of Wheatland and Salem in southeastern Wisconsin of flooding from the Fox River.

City of Oconomowoc - The GFWC-Oconomowoc Junior Woman's Club held its annual Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest this week.

Near-record temperatures Saturday caused a massive meltdown of snow, pushing several rivers and streams in Wisconsin to flood stage.

Parents and guardians of Sheboygan South High School's incoming ninth-grade students are invited to attend an information evening Thursday, Jan.