Late December. Christmas Eve. Residents are anticipating the arrival of Santa Claus. Many are going to church this evening for Christmas Eve services.
During the early 1950s, late December was the time when Lake Genevaâs taverns would be filled with customers betting on when the lake would freeze over. In March they would be betting on which day the ice covering the lake would âgo out.â In December if the lake had not yet frozen over, the beach west of the Riviera would be filled with ice-fishing âshantiesâ on skids waiting to be hauled onto the lakeâs ice after it froze over.
STEPHANIE JONES
WALWORTH â The 10-year-old girl from near Lake Geneva who went missing on Saturday was found with her biological father, who had a warrant out for his arrest and was reportedly going on an epic adventure. Â
Jocelyn Van Duyn was recovered by law enforcement in Hartsville, Indiana, alive and safe, at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, according to an updated release from the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
âFBI Indianapolis Division SWAT and Bartholomew County Sheriffâs Office took Jonathan (Van Duyn) into custody without incident this morning,â the release stated. âJonathan will be held in Indiana before being extradited to McHenry County, Illinois where he is wanted on an active warrant for failure to appear. Family is traveling to Indiana to reunite with Jocelyn. Â
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In my previous column, I reviewed the impact of the great Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 in Lake Geneva focusing on the Fluâs impact in 1918. The great Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918, however, extended throughout the year of 1919 and the first three months of 1920. 1919 and 1920 were significant years in Lake Genevaâs history.
Although the impact of the great Spanish Flu epidemic dominated much of the news in 1919 and early 1920, other developments competed with the Flu for space in Lake Genevaâs newspapers, most notably the return to Lake Geneva of residents who had served in the U.S. Army overseas in France during World War I.