Little Gems
Winterfest has started and the snow carving has begun.
There are new events to look forward to this year.
- Lake Geneva Country Meats will have a ‘pop-up’ store at 711 West Main Street (in front of the old Fleming’s store) called The Sausage Shack. The people from the very highly regarded butcher will be serving up eight flavors of brats, locally made cheese from Hill Valley Dairy, and Wisconsin made condiments. The store will be set up on Main Street from February 4th to 7th.
- Maxwell Mansion will be hosting family fun every day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with additionally; snow painting, hot chocolate bombs, and a Tiki torch-lit igloo, inside of which will be fun family games.
- Friday night, February 5th, the Geneva Theater on Broad St. is partnering with the Cocoa Crawl to show Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The movie starts at 6 p.m., and tickets are $10. There are also new procedures in place this year. There will be a one-way line to view the sculptures being carved downtown, and masks will be required to be properly worn while in that viewing line. Hand sanitizing stations will also be placed throughout the event. Voting for favorites will be available online this year.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has paused vaccinations for school district employees.
The state has changed its guidance to state that teachers and daycare staff won’t be eligible until March 1st. This change came about after employees already started receiving vaccinations back on January 20th. The Beloit School District had already vaccinated 340 employees at Mercy in Janesville, but the rest were turned away because they were told there were no more vaccinations. According to Mercy Health, the center will still acquire vaccination material but are reserving the shots for people aged 65 and older, and health care workers. Mercy postponed the rest of the vaccines for the personnel of K-12 school districts because of the change in state guidance
