Cars Time Forgot gets new home at Lake Lawn Resort
Written by By Todd Mishler, video by Terry Mayer
Thursday, 03 May 2012 10:33
Video: Gary Weckesser took the Mustang for a test drive on the Lake Lawn Airport runway last month to get ready for the show.
DELAVAN — Bigger isn’t always better, although that mantra was true for the Cars Time Forgot celebration.
However, the event’s growing popularity among vintage vehicle enthusiasts of all ages, unfortunately, had made it more dangerous. That’s because increasing numbers of entries and spectators created potential problems along Delavan’s high-traffic downtown streets.
So, this year’s ninth annual show has expanded from a four-hour event on a Sunday to a three-day celebration — July 6 through July 8. And it’s moved to a much bigger venue in Lake Lawn Resort, something that organizers are hoping will make it that much better for everyone involved.
Arrest of Beloit horse breeder ripples through industry
Written by Dan Plutchak
Wednesday, 25 April 2012 09:06
Rita Crundwell, owner of the Meri-J Ranch in Beloit, has been charged in connnection with a scheme to defraud the city of Dixon. Dan Plutchak/staff.
BELOIT -- With the arrest earlier this month of one of the area's biggest show horse breeders, owners of horses that were bred at the stables are worried they won't be able to properly process their paperwork.
Rita Crundwell, owner of Mari-J Ranch in Beloit, has been accused in a $30 million scheme to defraud the city of Dixon, Ill., where she had been comptroller since the early 1980s.
She was arrested April 17, and on Monday was fired from her job with the city of Dixon. During a hearing in Rockford the day after her arrest, Crundwell was charged with one count of wire fraud and released. She is due back in court May 7.
The American Quarter Horse Association is monitoring the case closely, according to it's website. AQHA does have procedures to process registrations at the direction of courts, legal authorities and representatives appointed by them, according to the site.
Blog: Time is short for newly elected leaders to get to work
Written by Dan Plutchak
Monday, 09 April 2012 09:15
Legislating isn’t the spectator sport that campaigning is. Maybe it’s because we quickly tire of the often-evasive positions candidates have on the issues, and our attention turns to handicapping the winners and losers.
Even though we just completed an election Tuesday, we seem to be in a perpetual campaign cycle, certainly on the state and national levels. Republicans were campaigning to remove Barack Obama from office before he even took the oath and Democrats began their campaign to remove Gov. Scott Walker even before they went to the polls. Read full blog post HERE.
CSI Media papers win 19 awards at state convention
Written by Dan Plutchak
Monday, 02 April 2012 12:21
FONTANA -- CSI Media received 19 awards, including a first in general excellence for the Janesville Messenger, March 30 at the Wisconsin Community Newspapers annual convention in Fontana. CSI Media, a division of the Bliss Communications newspaper group, also publishes Walworth County Sunday, Walworth County Shopper Advertiser and the Stateline News.
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