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The final meeting of 2025 was held at the LaGrange Town Hall and featured Kristina Czarnecki discussing communications and marketing. Her presentation will be posted here soon. Kristina outlined a plan that any lake association could use to communicate via email and newsletters, plus strategies for websites. In local lake news, we discussed how municipalities approve buoy permits and place them. If anyone would like to share their information, please email us at info@walworth

On Saturday, August 16 the Walworth County Lakes Association met at the Lake Ivanhoe Clubhouse to hear Travis Motl from the Wisconsin DNR...

The meeting was hosted by the Potter's Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District and held at the East Troy Community Center, 2043...

On Saturday April 19, Mary Knipper, Town Chair and founder of WCLA, spoke about the Town's multi-year dredging project to renew three...

Editor's note: This is a letter we received from Tony Novak with an important perspective about Wakesurfing Boats. Thank you Tony for...

March 13 is the 13th Annual Fox River Summit! It is an In-Person Event held at Veterans Terrace in Burlington, Wisconsin 7:30 am...

Walworth County Lakes Association held its February meeting on Zoom, on February 16th. Jake Schmidt. Vice President, introduced Michael...

The meeting began with a tribute to Mary Knipper, one of the founders of WCLA. Len Geyer gave a history of Mary's involvement - and many...

Follow this link: Quagga Mussels in Lake Geneva to read a report from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel about quagga mussels being...

At the June 15th meeting of the WCLA, Jim Corcoran of Lauderdale Lakes Improvement Association, demonstrated a new desigh of fish cribs,...

Members and friends of Walworth County Lakes met at the Lions Clubhouse on Whitewater Lake for an informative presentation by Jane...

Mary Knipper, co-founder of Walworth County Lakes Association, presented Peter Baker from the Lake Ivanhoe Property Owners Association...

WCLA had its first meeting on February 17th and plans have been made for the rest of 2024. You will see them on the Events page and...

The program was held at the Delavan Club clubhouse. Dr. Chris Wells, Associate Professor of Parks and Recreation Leadership, Aurora...

There are many "hot topics" about lake safety and regulation. There is speculation and we're all talking about various things, including...

On Saturday, October 21, the WCLA gathered for its last meeting of the year at the Lake Ivanhoe Clubhouse. Lake Ivanhoe has been...

On Saturday, August 19th, WDNR Conservation Warden Bradley Wilson spoke to the Walworth County Lakes Association at Juniper Knoll Girl...

Adam McCollogh from Geneva Lake Astrophysics and Steam (GLAS) Education spoke about the important topic, Light Pollution / Dark Skies....

On February 18th, Travis Motl, DNR Fisheries Biologist for our area, gave at talk at the Walworth County Lakes Association. Here is his...

The Lakeshore Resource Guide for Walworth County is designed to provide lakeshore property owners, managers, residents, and those that...

Spongy moth caterpillars (formerly known as gypsy moths) have wreaked havoc in Walworth County, causing many homeowners concern about...