Lake Geneva officials have continued a Sunday morning parking program in which parking placards are provided to downtown churches that they can distribute to non-resident members and visitors so they can have free parking while attending services A church parking program will be continued in the city of Lake Geneva Members of the Lake Geneva City Council unanimously approved to continue a Sunday morning parking program for downtown churches Licensing and Regulation Committee members unanimously approved to continue the program city officials provide parking placards to downtown churches which they may distribute to non-resident members or visitors so they can have free parking while attending church services during Lake Geneva's paid parking season The churches that are apart of the program include First Congregational United Church of Christ Lake Geneva United Methodist Church and First Church of Christ Scientist City officials have been debating during the past several months about whether to continue program which has been offered since December 2021 Lake Geneva aldermen and church representatives met March 13 to discuss changes to the parking program The program previously allowed non-resident church members and visitors to have two hours of free parking The program now allows for three hours of free parking Some church representatives had requested that free parking be allowed until 12:30 p.m Other changes to the program include not issuing placards to vehicles with a city of Lake Geneva parking sticker; revoking a placard from someone who is found using a duplicated placard; requiring church officials to return their placards before Dec 15 of their expiration year; requiring church officials to maintain a record of the members who are receiving a placard; and limiting parking to within a one-block radius of a church Several church officials proposed that the placards be used during services and programs that are held on Shrove Tuesday some city officials felt adding those holidays could be confusing for parking operations staff because they often occur on different dates each year and churches conduct services and programs at different times and some churches do not host programs on those days As part of the revised Sunday morning parking program Holy Communion Episcopal Church will receive 45 placards; Lake Geneva United Methodist Church will receive 20 placards; First Congregational United Church of Christ will receive 15 placards; and First Church of Christ Scientist will receive 10 placards Alderwoman Sherri Ames said she is pleased that parking program will be continued and I think everybody didn't get everything they wanted but I think it was a good move and it shows good will to the churches," Ames said Alderwoman Catherine Stoodley said she appreciates that city officials and church representatives were able to work together to come up with a revised program "Thank you so very much for your patience and getting this to where it needs to be," Stoodley said senior warden for Holy Communion Episcopal Church said even though church officials did not receive everything they requested he is pleased that the program will be continued but that's called compromise and we're good with that," Lemcke said We don't issue permits to anybody who lives in the city We treat it with the respect that it deserves."  Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter Email notifications are only sent once a day Here is a list of the Walworth County’s weekly criminal complaints from April 22—April 28 The cases still need to make their way through the … Lake Geneva Ministries to celebrate youth camp's 75th anniversary with world record attempt  Members of the Lake Geneva City Council approve plans for Topsy Turvy Brewery expansion  Lake Geneva initially approves plans to stripe city parking lot  Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account Lake Geneva officials and members of the Lake Geneva Tree Board conducted their annual Arbor Day celebration event Friday April 25 at the Lake Geneva Public Library a tree planted in front of the library was dedicated in honor of Youth Services Librarian Wendy Finely Finley then read "The Busy Tree" to a group of elementary school-age children The children then helped water the tree that was dedicated to Finley coffee and cookies were then provided to attendees after the ceremony The event was attended by Lake Geneva officials and members of the Tree Board Lake Geneva Board of Park Commissioners and Lake Geneva Historic Preservation Commission as well as a group of elementary school children Mayor Todd Krause introduces Youth Services Librarian Wendy Finley during the Arbor Day celebration located in front of the Lake Geneva Public Library was dedicated in honor of Finley during the event Several Lake Geneva officials and a group of elementary school-age children attend the annual Arbor Day celebration Youth Services Librarian Wendy Finley reads “The Busy Tree” to a group of children during the Arbor Day event that was dedicated to Youth Services Librarian Wendy Finley during the Lake Geneva Arbor Day celebration Attendees to the annual Arbor Day celebration gather around a tree and a Tree City USA banner sign coffee and cookies were available to attendees after the Arbor Day ceremony A tree located in front of the Lake Geneva Public Library was dedicated to Youth Services Librarian Wendy Finley during Lake Geneva’s annual Arbor Day ceremony Read through the obituaries published today in Lake Geneva Regional News Don't miss Wednesday's most popular stories from Lake Geneva Regional News Thursday's news: What you missed while you were at work Get a recap of Tuesday's local news stories from Lake Geneva Regional News Get a quick digest of today's top local news stories from Lake Geneva Regional News A Hartmann’s Mountain zebra foal was born April 25 at 8:38 p.m to mother Promise and father Obi at the Racine Zoo Authorities say millions of coins spilled onto a Texas highway this week after a tractor-trailer hauling $800,000 in dimes rolled over in an accident RACINE — Who’s a boy with black-and-white stripes The newest member of the Racine Zoo family This is the second Hartmann’s Mountain foal to be born at the zoo and an important addition to the Hartmann’s Mountain zebra population according to a recent Racine Zoo press release With Hartmann’s Mountain zebras vulnerable in their native habitats in southern Africa the foal is an important contribution to global conservation of this species curator of animal care and conservation at the zoo said they cannot wait to introduce the new foal to the public “This successful birth is a testament to the hard work of the animal care specialists and medical team monitoring Promise’s pregnancy and daily care,” he said with the baby nursing and hours after birth Continued training allowed for careful monitoring of Promise’s condition as her due date approached Hartmann’s Mountain zebra pregnancies are a full year in length care staff began to suspect Promise was pregnant early in the summer of 2024 Hormone testing and an ultrasound confirmed the pregnancy this past fall In order to ensure a safe and healthy birth day and night for weeks via night-vision camera They tracked and recorded all of her behaviors While mom and baby will be off-exhibit to bond until the weather is consistently warmer updates on the progress of the foal will be posted on the zoo’s social media accounts The zoo will also hold a contest to name the foal and have exclusive zebra apparel available soon Youth and adult shirts and sweatshirts will be available in multiple colors Funds raised by the contest and apparel will directly support the care of the baby zebra with last admissions of the day at 3:30 p.m Admission is free for zoo members and ages 2 and younger; $9 ages 3-15; $10 seniors; $11 adults For more information, go to www.racinezoo.org call 262-636-9189 or visit the zoo on Facebook The best Resorter cover of 2024: A crane apparently cleaning itself just outside the office window of Phil Dantuma The Best Resorter Cover of 2024 was published March 13 even a rodeo were part of the 175th Walworth County Fair The East Troy Bluegrass Festival turned 30 years old in September Along with the Riviera in Lake Geneva and Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay Black Point Estate & Gardens (pictured) is another iconic Geneva Lake location Built by a Chicago beer baron over 135 years ago Black Point is now a piece of living history that guests can experience firsthand thanks to the programs and offerings managed by the Wisconsin Historical Society This shot ran on the cover of the Resorter April 24 Local tourism group Visit Lake Geneva put together the ultimate summer to-do list and shared this shot with it This was the cover of the Resorter published May 8 The fountain at the Riviera’s Driehaus Family Plaza in Lake Geneva made the cover of the July 31 A gaggle of geese bask in the fading daylight at Echo Lake in Burlington’s Echo Veterans Memorial Park One of the Lake Geneva Cruise Line boats at the Riviera Docks in Lake Geneva is the yacht Polaris Young was one of the original millionaires on Geneva Lake Polaris made the cover of the Resorter Aug Some of the best gingerbread houses in the Lake Geneva area were at Grand Geneva Resort & Spa The resort hosts a gingerbread house competition each year and the entries are located in the upper level of the Brissago Foyer This photo was on the cover of Resorter Dec Sundown over Geneva Lake adds extra splendor to the fall colors on a tree near the corner of Wrigley Drive and Campbell Street in Lake Geneva Where are you going to watch the 151st Run for the Roses there are several local celebrations of the horse race BURLINGTON — The first production of the 2025 season for the Burlington Haylofters starts May 9 ELKHORN — A rollicking spin on a classic tale is what the Lakeland Players promise to provide in “Once Upon a Mattress.” The latest exhibit at Gallery 223 in Lake Geneva is the Late Spring Show that features artworks by members of the Geneva Lake Arts Foundation Italy's Jannik Sinner speaks during a press conference ahead of the Italian Open Tomatoes imported from Mexico are for sale in a supermarket in Miami as the United States imposed 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico starting a trade war with its closest neighbors and allies Guacamole has been spared from tariffs for now Badger junior Madi Braden runs in the 100 Meter Dash at the 26th annual Badger Track and Field Invitational Friday In the three events that Braden competed in and was a part of the relay team in the 4X400 Meter Relay that took first place Big Foot senior Natalie Klamm hit a come-from-behind walk-off two-run double in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Clinton 9-8 on Thursday Badger junior Matt O’Grady celebrates at home plate with his teammates after launching a two-run home run over the center field fence in the game against Kenosha Tremper Thursday Williams Bay's Bayleigh Kozak went 4-for-4 with three RBIs in their 17-2 win over Wayland Academy on Friday School is slowly but surely winding down for the summer but high school athletics are still in full swing with plenty of student-athletes consistently putting on outstanding performances each week in their respective sports The Lake Geneva Badger girls track and field team couldn’t have rounded out the week much better finishing in first place out of eight teams in the 26th annual Badger Invitational on Friday It was an all-around exceptional performance for the team both on the track and in the many field events Badger was tied for first with Monroe going into the final events but a first-place finish in the Discus throw by Badger senior Ashlin Nottestad to help put them over the top But one of the many standouts of the invitational for Badger was junior Madi Braden She placed second in the 100 Meter Dash with a ridiculous time of 12.54 well over a second ahead of the second-place finisher this time in the 200 Meter Dash with a time of 26.28 and capped things off with a first-place finish in the Girls 4X400 Meter Relay alongside teammates Brooklyn Flies (senior) Kennedy Monge (senior) and Teagan Clausen (sophomore) The Big Foot’s Softball team’s week may not have started the way they wanted losing to Beloit Turner on Tuesday but they certainly made up for it the rest of the week defeating Clinton and Monroe in back-to-back days on Thursday and Friday and while their win against Monroe in conference may be a bigger deal due to their current ranking no win was cooler than the one against Clinton on Thursday thanks to senior Natalie Klamm Down 8-7 heading into the bottom of the seventh singled followed by an intentional walk to Holly Kynell (previous athlete of the week) double out to right field to score both Wolf from third and Kynell from second for the walk-off win I could choose a lot of these student athletes to be athletes of the week every week but obviously that’s not fair and that’s not how I do things one of those athletes would be Badger junior Matt O’Grady Similarly to Lily Wolf of Big Foot softball they are two of the most highly rated athletes in their sports in the state of Wisconsin the Badgers improved their overall record to 10-5 by going 1-1 in a home-and-home series with Union Grove Badger suffered a 2-0 loss on Friday to the Broncos But on Tuesday in their 8-0 win over Union Grove which included an RBI double in the first inning and three-run home run in the second inning The Williams Bay Softball team hasn’t found a lot of wins so far this season but their 17-2 victory over Wayland on Friday may be a sign of good things to come the rest of the season Sarena Brown (previous athlete of the week) pitched outstandingly only allowing one hit and striking out five while the Lady Bulldogs had an absurd 19 hits in the game Everyone in the lineup had at least one hit and seven of them had two or more hits in the game But nobody had a better day at the plate than senior second baseman Baleigh Kozak Kozak went 4-4 with three RBIs and four runs scored it’s impossible to have a better day offensively than that Big Foot certainly had their chances against Beloit Turner (11-2 3-0) and went down to the wire in their game Tuesday Both the Lake Geneva Badger and Big Foot/Williams Bay Boys and Girls Track and Field Teams were off and running and competed against six other… It was another great week of athletic competition with some sensational performances by several student-athletes in their respective sports It was another night of lovely spring weather (just kidding) in Southeastern Wisconsin but for the fans in attendance who braved the cold NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell motions on stage during the second round of the NFL draft WASHINGTON — The 2027 NFL draft is heading to the nation's capital a person familiar with the details told The Associated Press on Sunday The person spoke on condition of anonymity because President Trump is set to make the announcement on Monday at the White House Washington hosting the draft two years from now is the latest off-field victory for the Commanders a week since they reached an agreement with the D.C government to build a stadium on the old RFK site unsuccessfully tried to land the draft previously it'll happen behind the team's new ownership group led by Josh Harris which bought the Commanders from Snyder in 2023 hosted the draft last weekend outside historic Lambeau Field The NFL announced a crowd of 600,000 fans attended over the three days The NFL draft used to be a fixture at Radio City Music Hall in New York and has become an even bigger hit since it hit the road in 2015 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the picks from his house in 2020 during the pandemic It went to Cleveland in 2021 followed by Las Vegas A record crowd of 750,000 attended Motown's draft in 2024 — Mike Green has been open about the fact that he's faced multiple sexual assault allegations he wasn't discussing it further at rookie camp this weekend Green was available to Baltimore-area reporters Sunday for the first time since the Ravens drafted the edge rusher in the second round the previous week The allegations that likely hurt his draft stock were and I've been completely open about everything,” Green said Green played at Virginia and then at Marshall He said at the NFL scouting combine that he transferred after being accused of sexual assault for a second time Green told reporters at the combine that he also was accused of sexual assault in high school He said he was never charged and insisted he did nothing wrong President Donald Trump is opening a new salvo in his tariff war In a post Sunday night on his Truth Social platform Trump said he has authorized the Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S Trade Representative to slap a 100% tariff “on any an… NEW YORK — President Donald Trump opened a new salvo in his tariff war Trump said he authorized the Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S Trade Representative to slap a 100% tariff "on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands." "The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death," he wrote complaining that other countries "are offering all sorts of incentives to draw" filmmakers and studios away from the U.S "This is a concerted effort by other Nations and President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after disembarking Marine One upon arrival on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington It wasn't immediately clear how any such tariff on international productions could be implemented It's common for both large and small films to include production in the U.S Big-budget movies like the upcoming "Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning," for instance Incentive programs for years have influenced where movies are shot increasingly driving film production out of California and to other states and countries with favorable tax incentives Yet Trump's tariffs are designed to lead consumers toward American products American-produced movies overwhelming dominate the domestic marketplace China has ramped up its domestic movie production culminating in the animated blockbuster "Ne Zha 2" grossing more than $2 billion this year its sales came almost entirely from mainland China where successive governments have offered rebates and incentives in recent years to draw Hollywood films to the country the film industry has generated billions of dollars in tourism revenue driven by the "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" films which featured the country's pristine and scenic vistas the blockbuster "Minecraft" movie was filmed entirely in New Zealand productions in 2023 delivered $1.3 billion New Zealand dollars ($777 million) to the country in return for NZ$200 million in subsidies New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he was awaiting more details of Trump's measures before commenting on them but would continue to pitch to filmmakers abroad "We've got an absolutely world class industry," he said didn't immediately respond to messages Sunday evening The MPA's data shows how much Hollywood exports have dominated cinemas the American movies produced $22.6 billion in exports and $15.3 billion in trade surplus in 2023 has made good on the "tariff man" label he gave himself years ago slapping new taxes on goods made in countries around the globe That includes a 145% tariff on Chinese goods and a 10% baseline tariff on goods from other countries Trump has exerted extraordinary influence over the flow of commerce creating political risks and pulling the market in different directions set to be subject to new tariffs in the weeks ahead Trump has long voiced concern about movie production moving overseas he announced that he had tapped actors Mel Gibson Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone to serve as "special ambassadors" to Hollywood to bring it "BACK — BIGGER film and television production has been hampered in recent years the Hollywood guild strikes of 2023 and the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area which asked about preferred filming locations Central Europe and Australia came out on top The problem is especially acute in California production last year was down 5.6% from 2023 according to FilmLA during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic proposed expanding California's Film & Television Tax Credit program to $750 million annually Chicago and San Francisco have also used aggressive tax incentives to lure film and TV productions Those programs can take the form of cash grants "Other nations have been stealing the movie-making capabilities from the United States," Trump told reporters at the White House on Sunday night after returning from a weekend in Florida "If they're not willing to make a movie inside the United States we should have a tariff on movies that come in." Associated Press writers Gary Field in Washington and Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington contributed to this report from Washington Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter In a post Sunday night on his Truth Soc… on Sunday after winning the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in McKinney Texas — Scottie Scheffler cradled his year-old son Bennett — the reason he missed his beloved hometown CJ Cup Byron Nelson in 2024 — and struggled to keep his emotions in check for a TV interview just as he did a few minutes later during the victory speech The top-ranked player had time to prepare for the moment because of the giant lead he took into Sunday's final round and he even added a little drama by chasing the PGA Tour's 72-hole scoring record Scheffler matched that mark of 253 set by Justin Thomas at the 2017 Sony Open and equaled six years later by Ludvig Aberg at the RSM Classic closing with a 63 to finish at 31 under par The runaway victory came 11 years after his PGA Tour debut at the Nelson as a high school senior and 22 years after a photo was taken of then-6-year-old Scheffler with the tournament namesake Scheffler couldn't help but think about that day in 2014 was his girlfriend — not yet the mother of their first child — and sister Callie and I think at times it all comes crashing down to me at once,” Scheffler said “We have a lot of great memories as kids coming to watch this tournament and it’s more of a dream to be able to win it.” Scheffler was in position to break the tour scoring record before a flubbed chip that led to bogey on the par-3 17th hole and a par from a greenside bunker on the par-5 closing hole His 8-foot putt for birdie and the record slid by the left side of the hole Hideki Matsuyama has the lowest score in relation to par this season 35 under on the par-73 Plantation Course at Kapalua Scheffler tied the 54-hole Nelson record with an eight-shot lead and nobody got closer than six during the final round Erik van Rooyen of South Africa matched Scheffler’s 8-under 63 to finish at 23 under three shots ahead of Sam Stevens and four ahead of another hometown favorite and I told you it was going to be a steep mountain to climb which is kind of what you expect from the world No Scheffler and Spieth finished with the two lowest rounds of the tournament Scheffler opened with a 10-under 61 on Thursday at the defenseless par-71 TPC Craig Ranch in a suburban community about 30 miles north of Dallas knowing his friend and fellow Texas alum was about to become the first of the pair to win the event they both cherish Spieth was the first to make his tour debut at the Nelson leading many to believe that surely he would have won it by now “I think I’ll take it easy on him,” Scheffler said with a chuckle Utah — Haeran Ryu made an 8-foot eagle putt during a flawless back nine that allowed her to pull away Sunday with an 8-under 64 giving her a five-shot victory at the inaugural Black Desert Championship in the LPGA Tour's return to Utah after a 61-year absence Ryu became the second player to go wire-to-wire on the LPGA Tour this year and it was her second time winning a new event She won the FM Championship at the TPC Boston last year She was coming off a rough finish at the Chevron Championship last week sharing the 54-hole lead at the first major of the year until closing with a 76 This one was closer than the five-shot margin indicated Ryu was clinging to a one-shot lead over Esther Henseleit of Germany going to the back nine She missed a 6-foot birdie putt on the 10th — her third straight miss from short range for birdie But then she made a 15-foot birdie putt at the 11th and her eagle at the 13th put her ahead by four shots who now has won in each of the last seven years dating to her first win as an 18-year-old on the Korea LPGA not making another birdie until the 18th hole for a 66 South Korea — Bryson DeChambeau held off a big charge from Charles Howell III with birdies on his last two holes for a 6-under 66 on Sunday for a two-shot victory at LIV Golf Korea who played in the final group at the Masters and lost a 36-hole lead at LIV Golf Mexico City last week started the third and final round at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club with a four-shot lead and was even par for the round through nine holes They were tied until Howell made a bogey on the 16th hole and DeChambeau rolled in a long birdie putt at the 17th for a two-shot cushion going to the par-5 18th DeChambeau finished at 19-under 197 and won $4 million for his first LIV Golf League title since September 2023 and his third overall Crushers won the team title by nine shots over Smash DeChambeau next joins what likely will be 13 other players from LIV Golf in the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club on May 15-18 DeChambeau was runner-up to Xander Schauffele in the PGA Championship last year When you write a Golf Advisor course review now through December 31 your review will be entered into Golf Advisor’s Rate to Escape: Maui Sweepstakes for a chance to win a five-star trip to Maui One Grand Prize winner and guest will travel in an AVIS rental car for six nights/ seven days of accommodations with the latest gear from OGIO to play on the finest fairways in Maui We’re also giving away 12 Golf Advisor Swag bags to lucky reviewers but they don't come close to telling the whole story of the state's golf riches but still well within the Badger State's warm - but not too hot - summer embrace lies Lake Geneva which Chicagoans and golfers from points farther afield have visited for decades It's less than two hours from the Windy City to Lake Geneva and just over an hour from Milwaukee Anchored by two proud resorts and complemented by three other accessible independent golf courses Lake Geneva provides a nice mix of variety and familiarity for groups who want to return year after year Lake Geneva's pillars are Grand Geneva Resort and Destination Geneva National Both properties have invested millions in improving the experience both on and off the course in recent years and both are intent on keeping that positive momentum rolling in order to help them fly up the discerning traveling golfer's wishlist Ever since the sensation around TV series Mad Men helped thrust it back into the wider culture in the late Oughts midcentury modern style has remained popular in seemingly every part of life Courses inspired by the best pre-World War II layouts have dominated social media feeds and enjoyed particular commercial success in the last decade-plus 60s and early 70s do share a curvilinear coolness with Eames chairs and Noguchi tables They are worthy of study and preservation as artifacts of a distinct era in the history of golf's main art form Originally opened in 1968, The Brute at Grand Geneva Resort & Spa is a stirring example of midcentury modern golf Laid out by prolific postwar architect Robert Bruce Harris it strikes a strong pose on exciting parkland terrain just west of Lake Geneva's northwestern tip Harris often pursued what he perceived as an "ideal" golf course routing striving to have as few instances of consecutive holes sharing the same par as possible within a given nine-hole stretch Only twice does a golfer encounter back-to-back par 4s: at 9 and 10 par 4s alternate with par 5s and par 3s to constantly keep golfers hitting different clubs deeper level of mental engagement than many contemporaneous courses offer tilted greens and 68 vast oval-shaped bunkers mark The Brute in time while also playing subtle mind games with the golfer Playing the course is a constant confrontation with surprising scale specifically relative to the enormity of the bunkers They function to dwarf what are actually generous fairways and outright huge greens often turning what should be routine approaches into slightly uncomfortable battles not just with the golf course but with the self While some modest tree management would help open up some views across the property The Brute balances challenge and playability nicely The overall resort also opened in '68 and was known as The Playboy Club until the 80s when it changed hands before being acquired by its current ownership It has made several key improvements in recent years including a full overhaul of its guestrooms in 2023 The common spaces of the main hotel are squarely midcentury-modern themselves inspired by the iconic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright sits two hours north and west of Grand Geneva is one of the finest steakhouses I have visited Grand Geneva will soon bring a bit of new golf to future visitors as it joins the growing list of resorts building short courses a 10-hole short loop with holes averaging just under 100 yards will be laid out by Milwaukee-based architect Matt Dusenberry and is expected to open for play in 2026 That course will occupy the site of Grand Geneva's former driving range which will now be located on the site of the resort's former airstrip and will open fully in June In the meantime, in addition to The Brute, golfers will continue to enjoy The Highlands a 1970 Pete Dye/Jack Nicklaus collaboration that was redesigned in the 1990s by Bob Cupp Whereas The Brute invites aggressive play and big swings wandering over some more abrupt terrain and into some narrower corridors Its intimate routing rewards precision in a way that compliments The Brute's grander feel tend to inspire lively 19th-Hole - or perhaps 55th-Hole - debate among the groups that visit I actually favor the up-and-down-and-all-around Player course by a hair over Palmer though Palmer's par-3 16th and par-5 17th holes which run along the north shore of Lake Como (Geneva's neighbor to the north) offer the type of scenery that elevates a golf experience from good to great Geneva National has invested heavily in improvements over the last few years longtime Arnold Palmer Design associate Brandon Johnson came west to advise on key changes to a handful of holes on Geneva National's Palmer course which used to be overly penal and leave golfers with a rough first impression Wisconsin-based architect Craig Haltom has made some similar playability updates to the Trevino course including more than doubling the size of the 14th fairway which was often criticized by golfers as excessively penal Haltom also designed a rollicking-fun putting course which sits perfectly between the clubhouse and the driving range A Mexican-themed bar is close at hand for golfers who putt better on tequila All three spots have an enchanting view of Lake Como which is part of the reason why Geneva National garnered the top spot in Golfers' Choice 2025's list of facilities with the best off-course amenities nationwide Geneva National has a distinct buddy-trip vibe thanks in large part to its large and growing clutch of accommodations anchored by a group of wonderful multi-bedroom cottages the resort also acquired a hotel across Lake Como called The Ridge rebranding it Lodge Geneva National and renovating all of its interior spaces and rooms This adds yet another lodging option for guests Geneva National is home to a superb steakhouse Even if you don't play your best golf on property On the other side of the lake lie 27 more holes of accessible golf. Originally laid out by Ken Killian & Dick Nugent, Abbey Springs opened in 1971 and was renovated in 2021 by Bob Lohmann and Todd Quitno It is mostly a members' club but does allow public tee times as well "The course truly has no bad holes now and some of the best rolling most challenging greens you can play," according to one glowing GolfPass review from 2022 I have Country Club Estates squarely on my radar for my next Lake Geneva visit The decision to impose tariffs comes amid claims that Mexican growers are undercutting U.S tomato producers in the competitive market While President Donald Trump put threatened tariffs on Mexican avocados on pause government plans to put a nearly 21% duty on fresh Mexican tomatoes starting July 14 A duty — like a tariff — is a tax on imports and this one would impact the 4 billion pounds of tomatoes the U.S Proponents say the import tax will help rebuild the shrinking U.S tomato industry and ensure the produce eaten in the U.S Mexico currently supplies around 70% of U.S "Unless we even the playing field in terms of fair pricing you're not going to have a domestic industry for fresh tomatoes in the very near future," Robert Guenther the trade group's executive vice president but most of California's crop is turned into sauces and other products Opponents say the duty will make fresh tomatoes more expensive for U.S a San Antonio-based company that grows tomatoes in Mexico as well as the U.S. said it will be paying millions of dollars each month in duties if the decision isn't reversed "We will look for ways to adapt or streamline our operations we are always doing that so we run an efficient business already," said Skip Hulett We're determining what portion of the cost we could absorb but these added costs will most certainly need to be passed on to the consumer." a professor at the Morrison School of Agribusiness at Arizona State University retail prices for tomatoes to rise by around 10.5% if the duty goes through Mexico's government said last month it was convinced it could negotiate over the issue Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has hinted her country may impose duties on chicken and pork legs imported from the U.S The tug-of-war over tomatoes has a long history shortly after the North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect Department of Commerce investigated allegations that Mexico was exporting tomatoes to the U.S government agreed to suspend the investigation if Mexico met certain rules including selling its tomatoes at a minimum price the agreement has been subject to periodic reviews but the two sides always reached an agreement that avoided duties the Commerce Department announced its withdrawal from the latest agreement saying it had been "flooded with comments" from U.S tomato growers who want better protection from Mexican imports said even though Mexican exporters are required to charge a minimum price industry because it costs 40% to 50% less to grow tomatoes there labor is cheaper and inputs like seeds and fertilizer cost less industry typically relies on immigrant workers through the H-2A visa program That program required farmers to pay workers an average of $16.98 per hour last year an amount that has jumped as labor has become harder to find Richards estimates that workers on Mexican tomato farms earn about one-tenth that rate NatureSweet acknowledges that it's more cost-effective to grow tomatoes in Mexico but says climate is one of the biggest reasons The company's Mexican greenhouses don't need lighting heating or cooling systems because of the year-round weather conditions but you can't relocate climate agriculture," Hulett said the president of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas which represents importers of Mexican tomatoes said Florida doesn't produce the vine-ripened tomatoes that U.S Florida tomatoes are picked when they're green and shipped to warehouses to ripen "Florida doesn't grow the kinds of specialty tomatoes that have taken off but they want to get protection," Jungmeyer said "Their market share is dropping for reasons of their own choice." "If you put a Florida tomato up against a Mexican tomato I think it would do very well in taste test," he said an upscale Mexican restaurant in Fort Worth He compares it to fine wine; if he wants a good cabernet sauvignon If he wants a good tomato that reminds him of his childhood "We know the flavors they are going to bring to the salsas and moles We don't want to compromise flavors," Burciaga said Burciaga said his restaurant uses 300 to 400 pounds of Roma tomatoes from Mexico every week He currently pays $19 for a 25-pound crate of tomatoes He doesn't relish paying the additional cost Burciaga said the tomato duty — and the threat of Trump implementing the paused 25% tariff on many other products from Mexico — are making it difficult to run his business A small or medium restaurant budgets things out We know in advance that in six months things will increase "But we don't know these things in advance AP Reporter Maria Verza in Mexico City contributed WNBA’s newest team debuts with global focus Don't tell Natalie Nakase she doesn't have what it takes to do something The coach of the San Francisco Bay Area's first WNBA team got to where she is by learning to block out those who underestimated her "If I hear one negative thing about my goal we're done," Nakase told The Associated Press but it's made my circle really powerful and encouraging and supportive for me." Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase speaks with the press during their first day of camp in Oakland to going from being a walk-on at UCLA to team captain as a 5-foot-2 freshman in 1998 It's what made her the first Asian American player to join the now-defunct National Women's Basketball League in 2003 Nakase is blazing a trail again as the WNBA's first Asian American head coach That distinction adds to an already impressive rise to be the leader of the Golden State Valkyries the league's first expansion franchise since 2008 Their inaugural roster also happens to include championship-winning UConn guard Kaitlyn Chen who last month became the first Taiwanese American drafted Golden State Valkyries' Kaitlyn Chen practices during training camp at the WNBA team's facility in Oakland isn't rattled ascending to a larger spotlight has prepared her for being more public and "preparation builds confidence," she said Coaching is something Nakase expressed interest in as far back as 20 years when she was on the San Jose Spiders For people who may not see Asian American women as leaders Nakase hopes her new role will change minds "I think it's more like what's in your mind rather than like the exterior part of it," said Nakase who at UCLA was often mistaken for a gymnast or tennis player Nakase's leadership style is one of "tough love." It's an approach she learned from her father Compliments were not something given in her family Her father "not only (held) me accountable but he set higher and higher standards because I think if you believe in yourself — in this — then I want to push you to this," Nakase said That's not to say she won't be there for players off the court Nakase said her "responsibility is to be with them every single day Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase smiles during training camp at the WNBA team's facility in Oakland Nakase will be one of four head coaches of color in the WNBA this season Seattle Storm coach Noelle Quinn is the only other female Latricia Trammell became the first Native American or Alaska Native head coach Only one-fourth of the head coaches in the league are Black which is a sharp contrast to the fact that roughly 64% of WNBA players are Black or African American according to a 2023 report from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport Hispanic/Latina and Asian players each account for 1.4% Those who identify as mixed race amount to nearly 11% The WNBA is on track to expand to 16 teams by 2028 This is all happening as women's sports at college and professional levels have seen a popularity surge in the last few years Nakase was a Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach for 10 years before she joined the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces in a similar role after the Aces won back-to-back championships She believes the opportunity to be part of the movement happening in women's sports as the coach of the Valkyries couldn't have come at a better time experiencing everything on a day to day on what it looks like what they get and now coming here," Nakase said Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase and assistant coach Sugar Rodgers during training camp at the WNBA team's facility in Oakland Nakase's presence has electrified Bay Area Asian Americans who already were stoked to have a hometown WNBA team to support had bought Valkyries season tickets for themselves and their daughters Adelaide one of several Asian American youth teams around the Bay Area Adelaide said she was "freaking out" when she found out an Asian American woman would be taking a lead in Dub Nation who also grew up playing in an Asian American league "I thought that was just so cool and it felt more so like she was part of our community already," Adelaide said Both Nakase and Chen's presence have intensified Ashlyn's interest laughs while talking with guard Kaitlyn Chen while being interviewed during training camp at the WNBA team's facility in Oakland "I didn't really watch the WNBA like that much before," Ashlyn said "but now that I see a lot of Asian representation .. whose father founded a local basketball club over 30 years ago said it's "the most wonderful thing that we could ever ask for I think also it challenges the stereotypes and expands their views of what's possible." It's "a symbol to all girls and boys alike in the Asian community," Nathan Chan added Nakase embraces what she feels is a responsibility and thinks about how to use her new platform to encourage more girls on a daily basis "What I feel like I'm going to connect more to also is more coaches," Nakase said the impact of coaches is going to be the reason why other females — younger kids that look like me — that they're going to be inspired." Pete Kelsey and his team 3D-mapped all of Alcatraz Island gaining access to areas previously off limits the team unveiled details around the famous 1962 prison escape and created new models that could help str… NEW YORK — President Donald Trump says he is directing the government to reopen and expand Alcatraz the notorious former prison on a California island President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on Sunday in West Palm Beach In a message on his Truth Social site Sunday evening who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals and keep them far away from anyone they could harm to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ to house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders," he wrote adding: "The reopening of ALCATRAZ will serve as a symbol of Law no one knows the fate of Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin to this day although authorities believe they likely died in the treacherous waters of the San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz Island is currently operated as a tourist site The order comes as Trump has been clashing with the courts as he tries to send accused gang members to a notorious prison in El Salvador Trump has also talked about wanting to send American citizens there and to other foreign prisons President Donald Trump has made moves to expand the United States' already gargantuan carceral system from mass deportation to harsher punishments for some crimes are reliant on the federal government having access to more prison and jail cells to enact his promises on immigration and crime and punishment This lack of space is one of the major barriers to ramping up deportations, and ICE is limited by its budget. But Trump is now considering tapping into defense funds. Those funds "would allow civilian-run companies to quickly and rapidly expand temporary detention facilities," such as tents, according to NBC News putting their safety—and that of employees—at risk Yet another sign of a private prison infrastructure expansion is a report that the Trump administration is preparing to restart family immigrant detention, including incarcerating families with young children, and is expected to ask companies to bid for contracts, according to NBC News he told sheriffs: "We need your bed space." Homan promised to make it easier for local jails to incarcerate people for ICE by lowering detention standards and limiting the number of federal inspections He said he hoped to eliminate federal rules and instead defer to state-level standards it's good enough for an illegal immigrant detained for us," Homan said Other state politicians have resisted cooperation with ICE. A law in Illinois prohibits local sheriffs from renting jail space for immigrant detention. Trump is now suing the state over the law The president's search for more prison and jail cells for imprisoning both citizens and undocumented immigrants extends beyond U.S legal to deport a non-citizen to a third country the administration's effort to send three Venezuelan men to Guantánamo Many have speculated that Trump's sending people to Guantánamo, like many of his immigration efforts, is an attempt to create a massive spectacle intended to project power and instill fear But despite the significant legal and practical barriers the Trump administration's numerous efforts to find more jail and prison cells indicate a clear desire to build a larger carceral system Trump has styled himself as a "law and order" president and is using that frame in his efforts at expanded incarceration But despite his wide-ranging moves to increase prison and jail space he has been selective in who should be imprisoned or punished for illegal behavior This story was produced by The Marshall Project nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S Judges in several states may soon get a new tool to stop dangerous drivers from speeding again An Israeli army tank maneuvers Sunday in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Israeli security forces inspect the site where the Israeli military said a projectile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels landed in the area of Ben Gurion International Airporton Sunday near Tel Aviv Norway's Casper Ruud holds the trophy Sunday after winning the Madrid Open final in Madrid Norway's Casper Ruud returns to Britain's Jack Draper during Sunday's Madrid Open final Britain's Jack Draper returns to Norway's Casper Ruud during Sunday's Madrid Open final MADRID — Casper Ruud became the first Norwegian to win a Masters 1000 title after beating Jack Draper 7-5 The former second-ranked Ruud rallied from 5-3 down in the first set and sealed the victory after capitalizing on his lone break at 2-2 in the third The 26-year-old Ruud yelled and thrust both arms into the air after clinching the win on his first match point on the Caja Mágica clay court The 15th-ranked Ruud will return to the top 10 thanks to his campaign in Madrid The 13-time tour champion is the first Norwegian to lift a Masters 1000 trophy since the series was introduced in 1990 It was Ruud's third such final after losing to Stefanos Tsitsipas in Monte Carlo last year and to Carlo Alcaraz in Miami in 2022 he secured a top-five debut in the rankings The tournament in Madrid was disrupted early last week because of a major blackout that brought Spain and Portugal to a standstill on Monday prompting the postponement of 22 matches in total Ruud had needed to take a couple of painkillers during his semifinal win over Francisco Cerundolo after feeling a rib ailment during his warmup but there were no signs of any injury on Sunday who like Ruud had not lost a set on his way to the final served for the first set at 5-4 but couldn't finish it The 23-year-old British player was visibly upset and kept talking to himself and to his staff for a while during the changeover The men's side of the draw lost most of its top players early Home-crowd favorite Carlos Alcaraz had to withdraw from the tournament because of an injury and Novak Djokovic lost to Matteo Arnaldi in his opening match Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka defeated Coco Gauff in the women's final on Saturday I am the manager at a low-income apartment complex for senior citizens and the disabled We recently had to do some updates to the apartments that required all our residents to move out for several weeks this was very difficult and stressful for most of the residents I personally helped many of them pack and move boxes I also found that several of our residents are struggling worse than I had thought Two of these residents stood out when I helped pack their few belongings There was not much food in their refrigerators I helped fold tattered old clothing and bedding Their beds were not even worth moving as they were sagging and stained I hid my tears for these two forgotten individuals as I know they have no family to check on them unlike most other tenants who receive family visitors or have friends that check on them I am a single mother who barely gets by myself so I understand living on the edge of poverty I do not have the funds to help these people but I know you have helped one of our residents in the past I am hoping and praying The Time is Now to Help is once again able to help these two deserving people The name and address that was on the letter were familiar and once I did my research I knew why I remembered visiting this apartment building about six years ago and the handicapped woman we had helped I also remembered the building having needed some repairs then and how I had brought them to the attention of the management company at the time When I spoke to the apartment manager that wrote this letter requesting our assistance for two of her tenants I was relieved to hear they had finally addressed the repairs that were needed As we continued our conversation I learned more about the two tenants she felt needed our helping hand up The first tenant was a 76-year-old woman that had extreme difficulties walking She usually just got by on her social security but the past two months have been even more difficult due to an emergency dental visit that she was struggling to make payments on She also had not had any extra funds for clothing or other household needs for a very long time The apartment manager told me her shoes were worn and broken Her bed was so bad the elderly woman admitted she rarely slept in it instead choosing to sleep in her old manual recliner The apartment manager was emotional when she told me this chair was so worn that it would be the lesser of two evils The second tenant she was worried about was a disabled man He was in his 60’s and had been in a car accident over 40 years ago that had left him unable to walk or stand for long periods He had never been able to afford anything beyond his most basic needs for many years and that is what the apartment manager had witnessed firsthand when she helped him pack He had told the apartment manager several times he wished for a lift chair to help him to his feet The apartment manager knew these two were lucky to have a roof over their heads but also knew they struggled day to day and that could be improved by any poverty relief we could provide This poverty relief would come in the form of new beds for both tenants We also would provide new bedding for both beds New lift chairs would be delivered for both tenants as well as they both struggled to get in and out of chairs Gift cards were provided for new clothing and food for both tenants with the apartment manager offering to take them shopping on her next day off She also had found two volunteers at her church that offered to visit and to continue to help these tenants in the future Several weeks later the apartment manager called me back and joyfully shared the gratitude her tenants had felt She was with the elderly woman when she called and I listened as she cried tears of thanks for the improvements we had made in her life Since she had new clothing for the first time in years she was no longer embarrassed to attend church with the volunteer had made a profound difference in these two lives that were helped thanks to all of us coming together to remove the pains of poverty for our fellow creations Please Help: There are many coming to us in desperation Our good fellow creations need our compassion Make checks payable to: The Time Is Now to Help The Time Is Now to Help is a federally recognized 501©3 charitable organization itemized thank you receipt showing how 100% of your donation was used for providing poverty relief Please visit our website to read more of our past and current columns and/or to make a donation: www.timeisnowtohelp.org Please go to the home page follow the yellow highlighted link that says WC Letters to see current and past columns A Very Special Thank You: Family Foundation all of our anonymous donors and ALL of you who support The Time Is Now to Help donation boxes Anyone who would like a Time Is Now donation box in your business Prayer Chain: The power of prayer and positive thoughts comes from the true healer Please pray for healing for the following people: Bill Please visit: www.timeisnowtohelp.org letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly it's no secret that coffee is the drink of choice for many starting their day From the importance of sourcing high quality green beans We take an inside look into the coffee roasting process Reneé Colón stands on a stepladder in the rented corner of a warehouse pouring Brazilian coffee beans into her groaning old roasting machine The beans are precious because they survived severe drought in a year when environmental conditions depressed coffee production globally doubling the price of raw beans in just months coffee is going to become more scarce," said Colón founder and roaster at Fuego Coffee Roasters "Seeing that dramatic loss of the Brazilian crop is a perfect example." Losses from heat and drought have cut production forecasts in Brazil and Vietnam Global production is still expected to increase but not as much as commodity market investors had expected largely because of continued high demand in Europe Prices peaked in February but have remained high forcing roasters like Colón to weigh how much of that cost to absorb and how much to pass on to consumers The beans Colón was roasting cost her $5.50 per pound in early March more than double what they cost in September Specialty coffees — grown in delicate climates to slow growth and add flavor — can cost even more President Donald Trump's current 10% tariffs cover most coffee-producing countries and are expected to drive up costs for Americans Amid his chaotic tariff pronouncements — at one point he threatened 46% tariffs on Vietnam imports and 32% on Indonesia imports before pausing them — American coffee roasters are rethinking their supply chains "With all these changes in coffee maybe we should open our own damn farm," Colón muses Coffee beans fall into the cooling tray of a roasting machine at Fuego Coffee Roasters' roasting facility The world's best coffee thrives near the equator where slow growing allows beans to gather flavor either — labor costs are too high and she worries about the increasing risk of crop-damaging hurricanes She shrugs off buying coffee from Hawaii and California global coffee green exports were down 14.2% from a year earlier according to the International Coffee Organization's market report The shortage led to the highest price ever for raw coffee in February breaking the record set in 1977 when severe frost wiped out 70% of Brazil's coffee plants Climate isn't the only thing driving up prices a buyer for San Francisco-based Ritual Coffee Roasters She described being in Mexico in April seeking to finalize contracts between Trump's fits and starts on tariffs It reminded her of being in Colombia a month earlier as Trump threatened and then backed away from tariffs that would have affected coffee prices because at the end of the day it didn't exist," Whalen said Some of the recent rise in coffee prices may be from importers buying extra in anticipation of the tariffs Colón believes prices will go still higher as import taxes begin being paid And with consumer confidence hitting a 12-year low Colón could see a decrease in demand for her premium coffee "It is tough on our end because it drives the price up tough on the consumer end because they have to pay more and tough on the farmers' end because they may be experiencing really significant losses," Colón said make coffee at Fuego Coffee Roasters in Rochester she and her husband took out a $50,000 loan to buy a custom coffee roaster from Turkey that will triple capacity They're trying to increase sales by adding new wholesale clients like coffee shops and selling directly to homes via a beans-of-the-month-style subscription service The Colóns have raised the wholesale price on a pound of roasted beans by 25 cents They're considering doing the same for pour-overs and espresso drinks at their two retail locations one couple said they don't look at the coffee's price on the receipt "We know we could go find coffee cheaper somewhere else," said Rob Newell as he held a cooing infant daughter alongside his wife "Maybe it's just because we're new parents cabin fever staying in the house all day." The warehouse where she roasts has some extra space so she's weighing stacking up more bags of raw beans there to save as much as $500 on monthly storage costs in port cities She's tried to cultivate relationships with farmers to minimize price spikes and control bean quality She described working with a farmer in Colombia as coffee prices were spiking in February to lock in a one-year contract that avoided the worst of the increase she's had to get used to the complexity of tariffs she turned down a pitch from a Montreal coffee importer who suggested the U.S dollar's strength in Canada would allow her to save money by importing through their warehouse She feared that tariffs on Canada could increase prices the coffee would have to cross an extra border And the value of the dollar has been up and down "I want things to be less complicated instead of more," she said The Associated Press' climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP's standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org In a post Sunday on his Truth Social platform Trump said he has authorized a 100% tariff "on any and all Movies" coming into the U.S crafted in a World War 2 concentration camp An art expert couple stumbled upon the instrument by chance when they accidentally uncovered a secret message within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau a Jewish prisoner secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had crafted under harrowing circumstances — a message to the future that would remain undiscovered for more than 80 years made under difficult conditions with no tools and materials,” the worn note read Dachau'' is visible seen through the f-holes of a Dachau-built instrument dubbed the ''violin of hope'' April 22 in Magyarpolány built in 1941 by Franciszek “Franz” Kempa while imprisoned by the Nazis at Dachau in southern Germany It wasn’t until art dealers in Hungary sent the instrument out for repairs — after having stored it for years among a set of purchased furniture — that its history came to light Although the instrument's craftsmanship pointed clearly to a skilled maker the professional repairing it was puzzled by the poor quality of the wood and the crude tools used to create it which didn’t match the evident skill involved and Szandra Katona inspect a Dachau-built instrument dubbed the ''violin of hope'' April 22 in Magyarpolány “If you look at its proportions and structure made by a man who was proficient in his craft,” said Szandra Katona one of the Hungarian art dealers who discovered the origins of the violin “But the choice of wood was completely incomprehensible.” revealing Kempa’s hidden note — an apparent explanation from a master violin maker forced by the brutal limitations of his captivity to build an instrument that fell short of his own standards was the first concentration camp established by the Nazis in March 1933 It initially housed political prisoners but later became a model for other camps homosexuals and others targeted by the Nazi regime and remained in operation until it was liberated by American forces on April 29 At least 40,000 people are believed to have died there due to starvation Tags from its maker are seen inside a Dachau-built instrument dubbed the ''violin of hope'' Sept There is ample evidence that musical instruments were present in concentration camps across Central and Eastern Europe during World War II the Nazis often permitted or even encouraged the formation of musical groups to give a false impression to the outside world about life in the camps all known instruments that survived Dachau are believed to have been brought in by prisoners Kempa’s “violin of hope,” as it has come to be called is the only known instrument actually built inside the camp A handwritten and hidden tag in Silesian dialect (mix of Polish and German) inside a Dachau-build instrument dubbed the ''violin of hope'' reads: ''Trial instrument made under difficult conditions with no tools and materials It is unknown how the violin left Dachau and ultimately made its way to Hungary according to documents provided to the Hungarian art dealers by the museum at the Dachau memorial site survived the war and returned to his native Poland to continue making instruments before dying in 1953 The documents also suggest that Kempa was known to the Nazis as an instrument maker — something Tamás Tálosi believes may have spared him the fate of millions of others who perished in the camps “We named it the ‘violin of hope’ because if someone ends up in a difficult situation having a task or a challenge helps them get through a lot of things,” Tálosi said and I think this helped the maker of this instrument to survive the concentration camp.” A worker holds a shoe that belonged to a child victim of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau at the conservation laboratory on the grounds of the camp in Oswiecim Museum workers describe the children's shoes as one of the most emotional testaments of the crimes carried out at Auschwitz where Nazi German forces murdered 1.1 million people during World War II A worker examines a shoe that belonged to a child victim of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau at the conservation laboratory on the grounds of the camp in Oswiecim German forces in World War II destroyed evidence of their atrocities at Treblinka and other camps but they failed to do so entirely at the enormous site of Auschwitz as they fled the approaching Soviet forces in chaos toward the war's end A shoe that belonged to a child victim of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau is scanned at the conservation laboratory on the grounds of the camp in Oswiecim Most of the victims were Jews killed in dictator Adolf Hitler's attempt to exterminate the Jews of Europe takes a photo of a shoe that belonged to a child victim of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau at the conservation laboratory on the grounds of the camp in Oswiecim One pair still bound by shoelaces is a rarity head of the museum's collections department shows a collection of shoes that belonged to child victims of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau at the conservation laboratory on the grounds of the camp in Oswiecim A two-year effort has been launched in 2023 to preserve 8,000 children’s shoes at the former concentration and extermination camp where German forces murdered 1.1 million people during World War II A worker rubs away dust on a shoe that belonged to a child victim of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau at the conservation laboratory on the grounds of the camp in Oswiecim The museum is able to conserve about 100 shoes a week and has processed 400 since the project began last month The aim is not to restore them to their original state but to render them as close to how they were found at war's end as possible A worker uses a scalpel to scrape away rust from the eyelets of a shoe that belonged to a child victim of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau at the conservation laboratory on the grounds of the camp in Oswiecim People visit one of the barracks displaying shoes collected from the prisoners of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim described the shoes as powerful testimony because the huge heaps of shoes that remain give some idea of the enormous scale of the crimes even though what is left is only a fraction of what was shows a shoe that belonged to Vera Vohryzkova a child victim of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau at the conservation laboratory on the grounds of the camp in Oswiecim into a Jewish Czech family and was sent to Auschwitz in a transport from the Theresienstadt ghetto in 1943 with her mother and brother Her father Max Vohryzek was sent in a separate transport scans a shoe that belonged to a child victim of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau at the conservation laboratory on the grounds of the camp in Oswiecim Teenagers visit the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim Workers examine shoes that belonged to child victims of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau at the conservation laboratory on the grounds of the camp in Oswiecim A woman looks at an exhibition displaying the shoes of child victims of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly Weird History Food is giving you a pick-me-up with the History of Starbucks Coffee and Zev Siegl sought to open up a coffee store They knew they wanted it to reflect both the culture of the Northwest and the seafaring coffee traders who first brought … There's a new pour from Starbucks: Its first 3D printed store in the U.S The Seattle-based coffee giant with more than 17,000 locations nationwide has never had a store quite like the one opening this week in the Texas city of Brownsville where a computer-controlled robotic arm did much of the work by pouring one layer of concrete atop another A passerby looks at a 3D-printed Starbucks building Monday in Brownsville The location — which is drive-thru only — is set to open Friday and makes Starbucks one of the nation's few big retailers that tinkered with 3D printing for commercial construction. Builders mostly used the technology in residential construction as they look to innovate to tackle an affordable housing crisis Starbucks didn't say whether more stores like it are on the horizon or why the company chose Brownsville which has about 190,000 residents and at least four other locations in the area the compact rectangular building with the Starbucks logo looks like any other but a close look reveals ridged walls that resemble stacked tubes An exterior view of a 3D-printed Starbucks in Brownsville Starbucks is updating its employee dress code requiring baristas to wear solid black shirts and khaki Construction experts say the store is an example of an industry figuring out ways to use the technology director of the Institute for Smart Structures at the University of Tennessee "I'm happy to see people doing all of these different things with it and I think at some point we'll figure out what its best use is But right now I think you're going to see lots of experimentation The shop is on a busy thoroughfare where Faviola Maldonado was among those who watched the construction gradually take shape who operated a jewelry store next door before recently moving Starbucks confirmed this is its first 3D printed store in the U.S A construction worker adjusts a speaker Monday at a 3D-printed Starbucks in Brownsville associate director of research and innovation at the Myers-Lawson School of Construction at Virginia Tech construction using 3D technology still costs more than traditional wood framing it helps address a labor shortage and can be a way to get something built faster He expects it eventually will become more cost competitive "You are starting to see the technology is getting faster Functional mushrooms are having a moment. Varieties like Lion’s Mane, Chaga, and Reishi are packed with vitamins and boast benefits like improving cognitive function, supporting brain health, boosting your immune system, and preventing cell damage. Beyond Brew’s antioxidant-rich coffee alternative contains a blend of six powerful mushrooms If you also use coffee to get your digestive system moving in the morning some mushroom coffee alternatives also contain prebiotics and probiotics to support gut health just like you would your normal morning cup of joe Workers are using a homemade puppet fashioned to look like an adult king vulture to feed a chick that hatched in late February A king vulture feeds with the help of a vulture puppet in March at the Bronx Zoo in the Bronx borough of New York NEW YORK — A baby vulture at a New York zoo is being fed not by another bird but by hand puppet — a decades-old technique used to ensure the chick doesn’t identify too closely with its human handlers so hand-feeding is necessary to ensure the baby survives But to make sure it doesn't imprint on humans staff train the bird's instincts onto a hand puppet that's crafted to look like a real vulture our animal care staff are feeding the chick with the Bronx Zoo-made puppet once a day and we are working to ensure it does not imprint on humans," Bronx Zoo Curator of Ornithology Chuck Cerbini said in a statement A king vulture sits during a feeding session in March at the Bronx Zoo in the Bronx borough of New York Footage of a feeding session shows someone with their arm clad in black and a puppet that looks like a vulture’s face and beak on their hand which is used to grab morsels of food and deliver them to the chick’s mouth An adult king vulture is placed in an adjacent enclosure that “allows the chick to have exposure to appropriate king vulture behavior," Cerbini said EGAD Manager Carolyn Fuchs paints details on a king vulture hand puppet in March at the Bronx Zoo in the Bronx borough of New York The zoo says it helped develop the feeding technique more than four decades ago when workers there used it to raise three Andean condor chicks which were then released into the wild in Peru Hand-puppet rearing has also been used to help bring back the critically endangered California condor is the first of its kind to be hatched at the Bronx Zoo since the 1990s The zoo said it wants to make sure the genetics of the chick's 55-year-old father are carried on One of four Galapagos tortoises hatchlings make its debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia four hatchlings make their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia the parent of four hatchlings moves in her enclosure at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia and mother of four hatchlings eats a watermelon at Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia and father of four hatchlings walks in his enclosure at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia Galapagos tortoises and parents of four hatchlings hold them in place in their enclosure at Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia Four Galapagos tortoises hatchlings are placed in their enclosure as they make their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia tortoises and parents of four hatchlings are seen in their enclosure at Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia and Abrazzo Galapagos tortoises and parents of four hatchlings move in their enclosure at Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia and parent of four hatchlings is seen in her enclosure at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia Guinness World Records certified world's tallest and smallest dogs met up for a playdate A playdate between the world's tallest and smallest living dogs went the way of most dog park encounters despite the 3-foot height difference — lots of wagging FBI data from local police departments show that only seven percent of human trafficking offenses led to arrests from 2021 to 2023 — 1,344 arrests for 19,225 reported offenses Kentucky Derby favorite Journalism works out Wednesday at Churchill Downs in Louisville Trainer Bob Baffert returns to the Kentucky Derby following a suspension Kentucky Derby entrant American Promise is lead off the track by trainer D Wayne Lukas after a Monday workout at Churchill Downs in Louisville The first Saturday in May means it’s time for the 151st Kentucky Derby, America’s longest continuously held sporting event Twenty horses stampeding 1¼ miles around Churchill Downs isn't just a race It's 150,000 fans jammed under the Twin Spires for a fashion show mixed with an all-day party that is heavy on traditions like mint juleps singing “My Old Kentucky Home” and a garland of red roses draped on the winner Saturday's forecast is for a high around 68 degrees with sunny skies Derby Day coverage begins at noon Eastern on USA Network and streaming on Peacock NBC and Peacock have coverage from 2:30 p.m on Universo and streaming on the Telemundo app All races at Churchill Downs except the Derby will be shown on FanDuel TV when the horses are led from the stables to the paddock where they are saddled for the race They walk on the track along the rail with fans yelling all the way The riders emerge from the jockeys’ room and walk to the paddock to meet their mounts check out the crowd decked out in hats and fascinators floral-print dresses and seersucker suits that make the Derby the world’s most fashionable sporting event Journalism was the 3-1 morning-line favorite The Southern California-based colt is trained by Michael McCarthy and ridden by Umberto Rispoli The morning-line favorite has won 18 times Sovereignty was the early second choice at 5-1 The Florida Derby winner is trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott and ridden by Junior Alvarado putting him outside most of the 20-horse field Third choice on the morning line was Sandman at 6-1 odds The Arkansas Derby winner is trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Jose Ortiz Six-time Derby winner Bob Baffert is back after serving a three-year suspension by Churchill Downs who won the Wood Memorial with a front-running style and is ridden by two-time Derby winner Mike Smith Baffert's other horse is 20-1 long shot Citizen Bull No horse has won from the inside post since 1986 Hall of Famer trainer D. Wayne Lukas saddles his 51st Derby starter — second-most ever — with 30-1 shot American Promise which has had the most Derby winners with 10 trainers and jockeys are the same from year to year The Derby is for male and female 3-year-olds only meaning a horse is eligible just once in its career The late country singer Toby Keith's Dream Walkin Farms is a part-owner of 30-1 shot Render Judgment Former Philadelphia Phillies star Jayson Werth whose stable is Two Eight Racing in a nod to his old jersey number Grammy-nominated singer Grace Potter performs the national anthem on Derby Day. Seven-time Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles gives the “Riders' up!” call with the winning owner earning $1.3 million and a gold trophy The winning horse's breeding rights are likely to soar The winning jockey typically receives 10% of the purse and a smaller trophy rewritten or redistributed without permission When NBC carried the Kentucky Derby for the first time in 2001 Read Today’s Top Story: Matthew Gardner’s Q1 2025 market insights Welcome to the third annual Who’s Who in Lake Geneva Residential Real Estate This special edition showcases Lake Geneva’s industry standouts who go above and beyond for their clients loan officers and affiliates who gracefully guide clients through an evolving and sometimes challenging home buying or selling process which is exactly when the expertise of a trustworthy professional is most essential Each profile in this magazine showcases the motivations that make these industry leaders shine you will learn about their unique backgrounds what drives them to excel and why their clients remain loyal to their work They are the agents who go above and beyond They are precisely who you want in your corner during a housing transaction because they are Who’s Who in Lake Geneva residential real estate Read on to see Who’s Who in Lake Geneva Residential Real Estate >>> Special thanks to the beautiful photoshoot location at N2301 Knollwood Dr and website in this browser for the next time I comment Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited The Conference Board’s Consumer Expectations Index hit its lowest point in 12 years WASHINGTON — Americans' confidence in the economy slumped for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as anxiety over the impact of tariffs takes a heavy toll The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell 7.9 points in April to 86 Nearly one-third of consumers expect hiring to slow in the coming months nearly matching the level reached in April 2009 when the economy was mired in the Great Recession The figures reflect a rapidly souring mood among Americans most of whom expect prices to rise because of the widespread tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump About half of Americans are also worried about the potential for a recession according to a survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center “Rattled consumers spend less than confident consumers," said Carl Weinberg chief economist at High Frequency Economics “If confidence sags and consumers retrench Executive Vice President of the European Commission for Economy and Productivity meets with Specialist Alexander Weitzman on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange A measure of Americans’ short-term expectations for their income business conditions and the job market plunged 12.5 points to 54.4 How this gloomy mood translates into spending and growth will become clearer in the coming days and weeks economic growth during the first three months of the year and economists are expecting a sharp slowdown as Americans pulled back on spending after a strong winter holiday shopping season And on Friday the Labor Department will release its latest report on hiring and the unemployment rate economists expect it should still show steady job gains though some forecast it could report sharply reduced hiring The stark decline in consumer confidence also likely reflected the sharp swings in stock and bond prices that roiled financial markets earlier this month While all age groups and most income brackets reported lower confidence the decline was steepest among households earning more than $125,000 and among consumers 35 to 55 years old the S&P 500 is still down 6% for the year and the Dow Jones has lost 5% The growth-heavy Nasdaq is down 10% in 2025 The Conference Board said that mentions of tariffs in write-in responses reached an all-time high this month with the duties on the top of consumers' minds Trump has imposed a tariff of 10% on nearly all imports as well as a huge 145% tariff on most goods from China He has imposed separate import taxes on steel More Americans are also now worried that the economy could tip into a recession with the proportion of consumers expecting a downturn in the next 12 months reaching a two-year high Fewer consumers said they were planning to buy a home or car in the next six months homes slowed last month in a lackluster start to the spring homebuying season as elevated mortgage rates and rising prices discouraged those looking And Americans also said they would spend less on services The proportion of Americans planning an overseas vacation in the next six months fell to 16.4% And the proportion of consumers planning to spend more on dining out plummeted by nearly the most on record in April White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said she had spoken with Trump "about Amazon's announcement" and accused the company of taking a … The economy was slowed by a surge in imports as companies in the United States tried to bring in foreign goods before President Trump imposed … are reeling from the sharp price increases of coffee beans which nearly doubled last year after record dr… As I rounded the final curve of the winding lakeside road The Abbey Resort’s iconic A-frame entrance came into view silhouetted against the shimmering waters of Lake Geneva I felt the tension in my shoulders begin to melt away Just 90 minutes from Chicago but worlds away from city life I had arrived at my sanctuary for the weekend Walking through the doors of this historic resort I was immediately struck by how the recent renovations had preserved its classic charm while infusing modern luxury The lobby’s warm wood tones and nautical accents created an inviting atmosphere that whispered Sprawling across 90 acres of pristine shoreline The Abbey Resort felt both grand and intimate at the same time one of 334 guestrooms including 13 luxurious suites offered a perfect balance of comfort and elegance The nautical-inspired décor reminded me that I was in a true lakeside retreat The crown jewel of my stay had to be the Avani Spa this recently renovated wellness haven became my daily escape I woke early for a swim in the indoor domed pool—a magical experience as sunlight filtered through the glass it transforms into a snow globe experience as flakes fall gently on the dome above swimmers I indulged in one of their signature treatments The therapist explained that “Avani” means “earth” in Sanskrit the experience grounded me in ways I hadn’t felt in months What makes Lake Geneva special is the perfect balance of relaxation and activity I rented a boat one afternoon and explored the 21-mile shoreline marveling at the historic mansions that fringe the lake many built by wealthy Chicago families after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 I discovered there was never a shortage of things to do The weekend brought live entertainment at the Waterfront restaurant where I sipped a craft cocktail while watching the sunset paint the sky in spectacular oranges and pinks I watched children delight in scavenger hunts The resort truly comes alive with family Olympics and magic performances that had both children and adults gasping in amazement The dining options at The Abbey surprised me with their quality and variety From casual lakeside fare at the Waterfront to more refined offerings at 240° West I joined a small cooking demonstration where the chef showcased local Wisconsin ingredients in innovative preparations “We try to capture the essence of the Midwest with our menu,” the chef explained as he plated a perfectly seared walleye “It’s comfort food elevated.” I chatted with a family who had made The Abbey their Easter tradition They described the resort’s Easter Brunch as legendary followed by egg hunts on the Harbor Lawn and visits with baby animals that delighted their children The mother confided that the special Abbey Easter delivery to their room—filled with toys cookies and candy—had become the highlight of their children’s spring While I could have happily spent my entire stay within the resort grounds Lake Geneva offers a wealth of attractions beyond The Abbey I hiked a portion of the 21-mile Shore Path a public walkway that has allowed access around the entire lake since the 19th century and explored the charming downtown area Jet d’eau – The city’s iconic water fountain shooting 140 meters into the air creating a spectacular backdrop for photos Bains des Paquis – A beloved public bathhouse where you can swim Boat ride on Lake Leman – Experience the crystalline waters and gain a new perspective of the shoreline The Riviera – An elegant promenade with Mediterranean-inspired architecture and sweeping lake views Lake Geneva Cruise Line – Offers fascinating narrated tours about the historic mansions lining the shore Lake Geneva Ziplines & Adventures – For thrill-seekers looking for an adrenaline rush Safari Lake Geneva – A unique wildlife experience right in Wisconsin Harbourside Pub & Grill – Waterfront dining with an expansive patio and impressive selection of local craft beers Popeye’s – A Lake Geneva institution since 1972 known for rotisserie chicken and harbor views Olympic Restaurant – Family-owned establishment offering Greek-inspired breakfast specialties Oak Fire – Wood-fired pizza with locally-sourced toppings and perfectly crisp crusts Lake Geneva Spice Company – Not just a restaurant but a culinary destination for exotic spice blends The Geneva Stage and Tap House – Combines live music with craft beers and excellent pub fare Genevieve Boutique – Carefully curated collection of women’s clothing and accessories Edie Boutique – Beautiful lake-inspired jewelry and unique gifts Pink Moon Bay – Boho-chic fashion capturing the relaxed elegance of lake living Bangles & Bags – Dazzling selection of statement accessories and handbags Queen Bee Artisan Market – Charming collective featuring works from local artists and craftspeople Fat Cat’s – Vintage ice cream parlor offering generous scoops and nostalgic charm Between The Abbey Resort’s comprehensive amenities and these local treasures Lake Geneva offers something for every type of traveler My favorite moments came at the edges of each day Early mornings spent walking the resort’s grounds listening to migrating birds singing from ancient oak trees And evenings watching the sun set over the marina casting long shadows across the harbor as boats gently rocked at their moorings I joined a lakeside bonfire where guests shared stories and roasted marshmallows with the gentle lapping of waves as our soundtrack I felt connected not just to the place but to the generations who had enjoyed this same simple pleasure over the resort’s nearly six decades of history Perhaps in summer to experience the full range of water activities or during the holidays when I’m told the resort transforms into a winter wonderland to experience the family traditions I’d heard so much about—brunch I took one last look at the lake from the resort’s perfectly manicured grounds The deep breath I took felt different from the stressed inhale I’d arrived with just days before Lake Geneva and The Abbey Resort had worked their magic the iconic A-frame growing smaller in my rearview mirror I carried with me not just memories but a renewed spirit The Abbey Resort isn’t just a destination—it’s an experience that stays with you long after you’ve returned to everyday life And like the many generational visitors I’d met during my stay I knew this wouldn’t be a one-time visit and there are several ways to enjoy the event in the Lake Geneva area ranging from hat-centric affairs to a dinner train in East Troy Topsy Turvy Brewery is one of the participants in this year’s Taste of Lake Geneva Watch the 150th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday » Subscribe to NBC Sports: https://www.youtube.com/nbcsports?sub_confirmation=1 » Watch Live Sports on Peacock: 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Information below is subject to change. Email stargo@lakegenevanews.net to have an event appear in this column Gérard Bertrand Wine Tasting — Wednesday, April 30, 6 p.m., The Bottle Shop, 617 W. Main St., Lake Geneva. Cost $15 per person. Call 262-348-9463 to register. Go to www.thebottleshoplakegeneva.com Rummage Sale — Friday & Saturday, May 2 & 3, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Chapel on the Hill Parish Hall, N2482 Cisco Road, town of Linn. Antiques, household goods, books, CDs and other unique items. People can bring one or more nonperishable food items for the church food pantry. Call 262-245-9122 or email chapelonthehill1@gmail.com Book Signing: Danielle Lincoln Hanna — May 2, 5-7 p.m., The Bottle Shop. The author of the Mailboat Suspense Series is appearing. Go to thebottleshoplakegeneva.com Drifting on the Water with Driftless Glen — May 2, 6-9 p.m., Pier 290, 1 Liechty Drive, Williams Bay. Board a classic boat for an evening of bourbon, food and Geneva Lake scenery. Driftless Glen Distillery of Baraboo is collaborating with Pier 290 for a curated menu pairing craft bourbons with a decadent three-course meal. Tickets $125 per person. Go to pier290.com Woods School Silent Auction — May 2, 6:30-9 p.m., The Treasury, 303 E. Walworth Ave., Delavan. Adults only event with live music by Karen Shook, hors d’oeuvres, cash bar with specialty drinks, a speakeasy and various auction items donated by local businesses. Cost $35 per person. Go to woodsptg.com Annual Salt the Rim Par-Tee — Saturday, May 3, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Majestic Oaks Golf Course at Lake Lawn Resort, 2400 E. Geneva St., Delavan. A fiesta-themed outing bringing Cinco de Mayo energy to the fairways with a four-person scramble. Registration is $400 per foursome or $220 for a twosome. Registration includes 18 holes of golf, food and beverages, the chance to win prizes and more. Go to lakelawnresort.com 3rd Annual Williams Bay Cinco by the Lake — May 3 reportedly the largest Midwest Mexican festival the Williams Bay Business Association is having a beer tent Schedule is DJ Breezy noon-6 p.m.; Mariachi Monarcas 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Dance Academy of Mexico 2-2:30 p.m.; Zumba 3-3:45 p.m.; Neva Heneracion Dancers 4:30-5:30 p.m.; Pete the Balloon Guy 1-6 p.m.; and face painting noon-6 p.m For more go to the Discover Williams Bay Business Association Facebook page Kentucky Derby Party — May 3, 1-6 p.m., Maxwell Mansion, 304 S. Wells St., Lake Geneva. Unique celebration of the Derby with prizes awarded for best couple, best dressed and best hat. Go to staymaxwell.com Kentucky Derby Party at Pier 290 — May 3, 2 p.m., Pier 290, 1 Liechty Drive, Williams Bay. Watch the race, sip bourbon, dress to impress at the party. Go to pier290.com for more details Kentucky Derby Train — May 3, 2:30 p.m., East Troy Railroad Museum Depot, 2002 Church St., East Troy. Event starts with music and a cash bar. Train departs the East Troy Depot at 3:15 p.m. Cash bar serving mint juleps on the train. Dinner will be on the train, but after, the train will return to the depot in time to watch the Kentucky Derby while appetizers are served. Event to end after 6:30 p.m. Tickets $125. Go to easttroyrr.org The Tree House Child and Family Center will also recognize its two scholarship recipients this year cocktails and silent auction 4 p.m.; call to post with Kentucky Derby livestream 5 p.m.; dinner 6 p.m.; live auction and scholarship presentation 7 p.m go to the Facebook event page or the Tree House Child and Family Center Facebook page The Supertramp Tribute — May 3, doors open 6 p.m., show 7 p.m., Geneva Stage, 244 Broad St., Lake Geneva. Tickets $45-55. Go to genevastage.com Allman Brothers Tribute — Friday, May 9, 7 p.m., Belfry Music Theatre, 3601 Highway 67, Delavan. Peach Jam performs. Tickets $72-88. Go to belfrymusictheatre.com Steely Dan Tribute — Saturday, May 10, 7 p.m., Belfry Music Theatre. Brooklyn Charmers performs. Tickets $72-88. Go to belfrymusictheatre.com NEW YORK — Amazon says it's not planning to list added tariff costs next to product prices on its site — despite speculation spanning from a report that claimed the e-commerce giant would soon show new import charges as well as fiery comments from President Donald Trump's White House denouncing such a move The Trump administration's reaction appeared to be based on a misinterpretation of internal plans being considered by Amazon rather than a final decision made by the company Only Amazon's Haul service — its recently launched low-cost storefront — "considered the idea" of listing import charges on certain products company spokesperson Tim Doyle said in a statement sent to The Associated Press But this "was never approved and is not going to happen." Punchbowl News had reported that Amazon planned to start showing how much of each product's cost derived from tariffs "right next to" its total listed price citing an anonymous source familiar with the matter While Amazon later confirmed that it would not be listing such added costs the Trump administration was quick to criticize news of the potential move told The Associated Press that the president also called Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to complain about the reported plans Tuesday morning At a briefing with reporters earlier in the day White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said she had spoken with Trump "about Amazon's announcement" and accused the company of taking a "hostile and political act." And she further attacked the company by suggesting it was un-American "Amazon has partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm," Leavitt said The administration seemed to change its tune some following Amazon's clarifying statement Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wrote in a response on X Amazon's Bezos was one of a handful of powerful ultra-wealthy tech titans who attended Trump's inauguration in January — filling some of the most exclusive seats right behind the president Whether his relationship with Trump has strained since is unknown but the trade wars launched by Trump have plunged companies into uncertainty around the world Trump's tariffs — and responding retaliation from targeted countries notably China — threaten to increase prices for both consumers and businesses Economists warn that these import taxes will hike prices for a range of goods consumers buy each day — and lead to worse inflationary pressure Many CEOs and companies have shared weaker outlooks due to the steep — and at times on-again And some big names have already raised prices Temu and Shein said in separate but nearly identical notices that their operating expenses had gone up "due to recent changes in global trade rules and tariffs" — both announcing price hikes to take effect April 25 owned by the Chinese e-commerce company PDD Holdings now lists added "import charges" — which have reportedly doubled many items' prices although those available in local warehouses currently appear to be exempt "Tariffs are included in the price you pay You'll never have to pay extra at delivery." AP White House correspondent Zeke Miller contributed to this report Since the Trump administration raised tariffs on goods from China to 145% major orders were canceled and products were stranded overseas UPS said Tuesday that it anticipates making the job cuts this year It anticipates closing 73 leased and owned buildings by the end of June E-commerce company Amazon denied a report saying it will show customers the increased cost of the Trump tariffs on items they purchase Americans' confidence in the economy slumped for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since the onset of the COIVD-19 pandemic The White House on Monday opened a weeklong celebration of Donald Trump's first 100 days in office by focusing on his border crackdown The survey finds many people fear the country is being steered into a recession and Trump’s broad and haphazardly enforced tariffs will cause … China-founded e-commerce sites Temu and Shein said they would make "price adjustments" starting April 25 though neither provided details abou… Lake Geneva has, once again, been voted among the best small towns in the Midwest, according to a new ranking by USA TODAY's 10Best it placed fifth on a list of the 10 best towns in the Midwest with populations fewer than 25,000 Lake Geneva was nominated by an expert panel and then voted onto the list by readers Here's what makes Lake Geneva a standout Midwest town and which other spots made the ranking Though it's well-known for its scenic lake views and rich natural landscape Lake Geneva has even more to offer visitors The area is home to an array of local shops, waterfront restaurants and accommodations ranging from campgrounds to upscale resorts making it one of the most popular summer destinations in Wisconsin so the town is ideal for freshwater activities like paddleboarding "Elegant Lake Geneva, once a retreat for Chicago’s elite during the Gilded Age, is renowned for its mansions, best viewed on a scenic boat tour or while walking the around 20-mile Geneva Lake Shore Path," USA TODAY added Here's which other towns were voted among the best in the Midwest by readers of USA TODAY's 10Best: The weeks since President Donald Trump returned to office have been a whirlwind of activity to show Americans his administration is relentlessly pursuing his promises Since President Donald Trump returned to office every week has been a whirlwind of activity to show Americans that his administration is relentlessly pursuing his promises Trump has faced lawsuits over his attempts to surge deportations punish law firms and slash the federal workforce All of that and more is being adjudicated in courtrooms meaning much of what he's done could come undone President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it Jan 20 during an Inauguration Day event in Washington Here's a look at where progress on his promises stands: "We're going to get those prices down," he told voters Prices have come down — before Trump took office and since Inflation has been falling since a peak of 9.1% in 2022 But the Federal Reserve has warned that the president's tariff plans will most likely lead to higher prices by taxing foreign imports Trump has clearly made progress on a signature promise to control the border The number of people trying to cross illegally into the United States from Mexico dropped steeply in President Joe Biden's last year from a high of 249,740 in December 2023 to 47,324 in December 2024 the numbers sank to only 8,346 in February and 7,181 in March It's unclear whether he's matching Biden's aggressive deportation record last year — the numbers are not yet in Immigration and Customs Enforcement is arresting large numbers of people across the country Many who assert their innocence have been deported without due process Trump vowed in the campaign: "I will impose across-the-board tariffs on most foreign-made goods." Trump began by escalating tariffs on Canada ostensibly as punishment for allowing fentanyl into the U.S Then he announced even more widespread taxes on foreign imports on April 2 part of what he described as "Liberation Day." Trump retreated from parts of that plan but he left in place tariffs on China as high as 145% The stock market has whipsawed from the hefty import taxes and the erraticism in their application speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office at the White House Trump promised peace between Russia and Ukraine merely by winning the election I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine settled," he told a Detroit conference in August he'd been making the same vow at least since May Trump has tested the limits of what he can do by decree but he'll need Congress to achieve his promised tax cuts and he said he will make permanent the expiring tax cuts he enacted during his first term the tax burden is on track to get worse before it possibly gets better Trump is working with Republicans in Congress to push through legislation achieving the tax cuts Trump's threats to choke off billions in tax dollars to many universities flow from multiple promises in the campaign — to combat antisemitism on campuses equity and inclusion programs and to rid campuses of foreign students he considers hostile to American values After several other prominent schools signaled their willingness to comply with Trump's demands Trump has called for withdrawing Harvard's tax-exempt status has threatened to block it from enrolling foreign students and has frozen more than $2 billion in grants and contracts Trump's promised agenda against "woke" policy swept quickly through the government as DEI programs from the Biden years were halted and references to diversity in federal communications were purged as thousands of images on webpages and other online content were flagged for removal An image of the Enola Gay bomber from World War II was flagged for deletion — because of the word "gay" — as were materials paying tribute to Black and Navajo war heroes and pioneering women Most of the targeted material ultimately survived An executive order from Trump on "restoring truth and sanity to American history" forbids federal money to Smithsonian programs that promote "improper ideology." Trump campaigned against the participation of transgender athletes in sports and against broader moves in society especially in Democratic-led jurisdictions to accommodate views that gender is not inherently binary he has signed executive orders to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's teams and he's asked the Supreme Court to rule against lower courts that have blocked his attempt to remove transgender troops from the military 6 rioters as "patriots" and "hostages" of the justice system and promised "I will sign their pardons on Day 1." He did exactly that including those who attacked police officers Many of the students who had visas revoked or lost their legal status said they had only minor infractions on their record The weeks since President Donald Trump returned to office have been a whirlwind of activity to show Americans his administration is relentless… LAKE GENEVA — I recently discovered something about a Wisconsin town that was both interesting and a little shocking they think about the beautiful homes along the lake But at the same time as some of the first mansions were being built Lake Geneva was known for something else: sanitariums there were five sanitariums in Lake Geneva The sanitariums mostly acted like hospitals for those with cognitive and developmental disabilities People were put in them for good and bad purposes Some people were “ladies who were incorrigible or spoke against their husbands or their families," Sonja Akright said She works at the Geneva Lake Museum and wrote the book 'The Sanitariums of Lake Geneva' There's an exhibit on sanitariums at the museum There were no straight jackets or metal cots The weekly rates in the late 1800s and early 1900s started around $50 “So like the medical facility was basically a hospital you could check yourself in was more where people from outside of town would tuck their folks to be away," Akright said It's where the wealthy from all over the country sent their family members “We don’t want this around our family or our society the resort town kind of made them feel better about it.” Oscar King started four of the five sanitariums in Lake Geneva No lobotomies were performed at these facilities; however patients also experienced equine therapy which was relatively unconventional for the time period "Theres a lot of ghost stories around the 40s and 60s about lobotomies and the things that were happening there that were absolutely not true the more I found he was not a horrible person He was not doing horrible things to these people" Akright said The sanitariums brought a ton of money to the town When these wealthy families would visit their loved ones The tax revenue also supported Lake Geneva There was also a children’s sanitarium with a pretty big scandal “So what happened was some nurses decided to take two children hostage for their back pay," Akright said They called the Chicago Tribune which wrote a story about the incident The two nurses were jailed and didn't get their backpay all five of the sanitariums closed by 1930 we were moving away from the astigmatism (sic) of having to hide these people and not being able to talk about it to putting them into day programs trying to incorporate them into the world," Akright said After decades of neglect, vacancy, and a few fires, three of the buildings were eventually demolished. One of those demolished buildings was well known in the community since young kids would sneak in and explore its remnants. Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons wrote in a newspaper article how some of his experiences exploring the sanitarium influenced parts of the legendary game Watch the story to see more images of Lake Geneva's luxurious sanitariums Akright is still discovering new material about the sanitariums She will update the museum's exhibit by the end of 2025 to reflect all the new information The current exhibit is open Friday through Monday during the winter Those times will expand in the spring and summer Stream local news and weather 24/7 by searching for “TMJ4” on your device Available for download on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and more. Report a typo or error Report a typo The Markup reports that after California's health insurance exchange transmitted pregnancy and domestic abuse data during a marketing campaign the exchange is reviewing its website practices The website that lets Californians shop for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, coveredca.com, has been sending sensitive data to LinkedIn, forensic testing by The Markup has revealed.  As visitors filled out forms on the website trackers on the same pages told LinkedIn their answers to questions about whether they were blind or used a high number of prescription medications The trackers also monitored whether the visitors said they were transgender or possible victims of domestic abuse the organization that operates the website removed the trackers as The Markup and CalMatters reported this article The organization said they were removed "due to a marketing agency transition" in early April.  confirmed that data was sent to LinkedIn as part of an advertising campaign "all active advertising-related tags across our website have been turned off out of an abundance of caution," she added.  "Covered California has initiated a review of our websites and information security and privacy protocols to ensure that no analytics tools are impermissibly sharing sensitive consumer information," Donohue said adding that they would "share additional findings as they become available taking any necessary steps to safeguard the security and privacy of consumer data." Visitors who filled out health information on the site may have had their data tracked for more than a year who said the LinkedIn campaign began in February 2024.  The Markup observed the trackers directly in February and March of this year have been removed from the site as of April 21.  Covered California operates as an independent entity within the state government. Its board is appointed by the governor and Legislature.  the state's health insurance program for lower-income households Experts expressed alarm at the idea that those millions of people could have had sensitive health data sent to a private company without their knowledge or consent senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center said it was "concerning and invasive" for a health insurance website to be sending data that was "wholly irrelevant" to the uses of a for-profit company like LinkedIn "because people don't expect that their health information will be collected and used in this way." The Markup and CalMatters in recent months scanned for trackers on hundreds of California state and county government websites that offer services for undocumented immigrants using Blacklight an automated tool developed by The Markup for auditing website trackers.  The Markup found that Covered California had more than 60 trackers on its site Out of more than 200 of the government sites the average number of trackers on the sites was three Covered California had dozens more than any other website we examined.  On coveredca.com trackers from well-known social media firms like Meta collected information on visitor page views while lesser-known analytics and media campaign companies like email marketing company LiveIntent also followed users across the site.  But by far the most sensitive information was transmitted to LinkedIn.  While some of the data sent to LinkedIn was relatively innocuous Covered California also sent the company detailed information when visitors selected doctors to see if they were covered by a plan The site also told LinkedIn if someone searched for a specific hospital In addition to demographic information including gender, the site also shared details with LinkedIn when visitors selected their ethnicity and marital status, and when they told coveredca.com how often they saw doctors for surgery or outpatient treatment.  a tracker on a page might be able to note when someone added a product to their cart and the business can then send ads for that product to the same person on their social media feeds.  A health care marketplace like Covered California might use the trackers to reach a group of people who might be interested in a reminder of a deadline for open health insurance enrollment Covered California noted the usefulness of these tools saying the organization "leverages LinkedIn's advertising platform tools to understand consumer behavior and deliver tailored messages to help them make informed decisions about their health care options." Trackers can also be valuable to the social media companies that offer them they provide an opportunity to gather information on visitors to websites other than their own On its informational page about the Insight Tag LinkedIn places the burden on websites that employ the tag not to use it in risky situations The tag "should not be installed on web pages that collect or contain Sensitive Data," the page advises including "pages offering specific health-related or financial services or products to consumers." LinkedIn spokesperson Brionna Ruff said in an emailed statement "Our Ads Agreement and documentation expressly prohibit customers from installing the Insight Tag on web pages that collect or contain sensitive data including pages offering health-related services We don't allow advertisers to target ads based on sensitive data or categories." Collection of sensitive information by social media trackers has in previous instances led to removal of the trackers and scrutiny by state and federal lawmakers LinkedIn is already facing multiple proposed class-action lawsuits related to the collection of medical information. In October, three new lawsuits in California courts alleged that LinkedIn violated users' privacy by collecting information on medical appointment sites Social media companies' tracking practices have underpinned the tremendous growth of the tech industry but few web users are aware of how far the tracking goes "This absolutely contradicts the expectation of the average consumer," Geoghegan said Geoghegan said current protections like these don't go far enough in helping consumers protect their sensitive data "This is an exact example of why we need better protections," she said of LinkedIn receiving the data "This is sensitive health information that consumers expect to be protected and a lack of regulations is failing us." This story was produced by The Markup and reviewed and distributed by Stacker TurboTenant explores what rent receipts are how different cities and states legislate them and the importance of integrating payments with p… 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Elite Lake Rentals a family-owned and operated boutique vacation rental management company is excited to announce the opening of its new office in downtown Lake Geneva at 772 W Main St Elite Lake Rentals Office Downtown Lake Geneva recently renovated vacation homes in Lake Geneva The company also recently launched Elite Lake Home Watch providing reliable care for second homes while owners are away “Lake Geneva is more than just a destination; it’s our home,” said Jason Smolarek “We’re committed to being a good neighbor and supporting this incredible community as both locals and business owners Our new space gives us a chance to connect more personally with the people we serve.” and local residents to stop by the new office while downtown Visitors can enjoy a fresh baked cookie or gourmet coffee while learning more about their services; or just saying hello “We believe in genuine connection; whether it’s through the stays we host or simply offering a smile and a treat to someone passing by,” added Smolarek With a growing portfolio of modern vacation homes and a strong focus on hospitality and local service Elite Lake Rentals is proud to continue growing and serving the Lake Geneva area To learn more about vacation rental management, visit www.EliteLakeRentals.com.For home watch services, visit www.EliteLakeHomeWatch.com.For media inquiries or more info contact Jason Smolarek at Jason@EliteLakeRentals.com or 262.203.2496 About Elite Lake RentalsElite Lake Rentals is a locally owned and operated vacation rental management company serving Lake Geneva With a curated selection of lake-area homes and the recent launch of Elite Lake Home Watch the company is dedicated to providing peace of mind and five-star hospitality for owners and guests alike Elite Lake Rentals https://elitelakerentals.com Jason Smolarek jason@elitelakerentals.com 262-228-4466 772 W Main St#202Lake Geneva Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More LAKE GENEVA, Wis. — USA Today released this year’s ranking of the top 10 small towns in the Midwest — and Wisconsin’s Lake Geneva made the list the lakeside town is a popular place to visit in Wisconsin’s warmer months once a retreat for Chicago’s elite during the Gilded Age best viewed on a scenic boat tour or while walking the around 20-mile Geneva Lake Shore Path,” USA Today said about the town.  USA Today ranked the town fifth on its list All the towns that made USA Today’s best Midwestern small towns list have a population under 25,000 people.  This is not the first time Lake Geneva has received national recognition It was named the best small town for adventure by USA Today in 2019 It was also the runner-up for "Best Small Town for Adventure" in 2020 and runner-up for "Best Wisconsin Attraction" in 2017.  USA Today’s full list of the best small Midwest towns included: The last small towns in Wisconsin to make the list were Bayfield and Mineral Point in 2023 Wisconsin was not represented in 2024's ranking.  NEXT reveals a landscape of potential ideas for entrepreneurs who can innovate and meet evolving market needs in retail and online retail The retail and e-commerce sectors present significant entrepreneurial opportunities despite global economic shifts and geopolitical uncertainties For those who can innovate and meet evolving market needs While challenges like inflation and increasing competition persist, some of the fastest-growing retail and e-commerce businesses show resilience by offering consumers greater convenience, affordability and personalized experiences, NEXT says Many opportunities exist when paired with emerging trends especially for businesses that tap into growing sectors like wellness and sustainable products In the past decade, Korean and Japanese beauty trends in the U.S. have gained tremendous ground. In 2024, Korean cosmetics alone ranked first in the U.S. import cosmetics market share (beating out France's Chanel and Lancome for the first time) capturing 22% of the market with a value of $1.4 billion Consumers are looking for the next new thing in skin care routines gentle ingredients and innovative packaging Retail beauty entrepreneurs can tap into this market by curating a line of Asian beauty products in a subscription box Also a possibility for entrepreneurs: A beauty concierge service with personal shopping assistance and recommendations or partnerships with brands or distributors to offer direct-to-consumer products If you're knowledgeable about what these cosmetics can do you could also organize workshops and create classes to educate consumers about trends The global secondhand apparel market is projected to reach $350 billion by 2028 economic challenges and a love for unique items and Poshmark are booming for secondhand apparel resale But our desire to keep gently used products out of the landfill does not stop with clothing. Niche vintage and secondhand resellers for vintage furniture (like Chairish), used sporting goods (like SidelineSwap), and musical instruments (Elderly.com) are also on the grow This greater marketplace beyond clothing could be worth $64 billion by 2032 If you've ever been looking at a silly gadget on Instagram—and then clicked to buy it on the spot—then you're well aware of what it means to be swayed to purchase on social media Social commerce refers to a change in retail channels rather than a swing in a subset of goods and services. And this new way to buy—integrated online shopping within your favorite social media platform—is expected to exceed the $100 billion mark in 2025 (a 22% growth from last year) This trend opens up opportunities for businesses to reach customers through engaging social content shoppable posts and partnerships with influencers Business owners can use social commerce to build a more direct relationship with their audience and drive highly interactive and visually engaging sales If you want to move your goods in a new (old) way add live shopping events to your retail strategy host exclusive meet-n-greet and Q&A events and showcase products through interactive demonstrations And remember that limited-time offers during livestreams can help encourage sales Got a pampered pet at home? You're not alone. Due to the increasing number of pet owners, their humanization of their pets and their willingness to spend a premium, Americans spent over $147 billion on pets in 2023 and growing The shift in shopping habits for Fido, Fifi and beyond, particularly with Millennials and Gen Z has led to increased spending on big ticket pet goods and services Capitalize on the growing demand for premium pet food and treats particularly if it has the value-add of organic And there's still an appetite for unique pet apparel toys and grooming items at a giftable price point With inflation and job insecurity pushing 38% of workers to seek freelance employment small businesses can benefit from this ample and educated workforce by outsourcing specialized tasks like marketing customer service and web development to freelance workers Products like gut-healthy kombucha, probiotic snacks and nutrient-packed smoothie kits have grown in popularity for people who want good food that they feel supports their health. And small business owners are growing the functional food market city by city A subset of this trend is personalized nutrition (also called precision nutrition) which tailors a diet to a customer's unique health goals or products for specific conditions like diabetes or low energy Customized meals like build-your-own bowls or salads let diners tailor their breakfast, lunch or dinner to their specific dietary need, be it high-protein, low-glycemic, etc. And according to a panel hosted by the Specialty Food Association (SFA) other opportunities for food businesses include customizable snacks and new foods and flavors with targeted health benefits This story was produced by NEXT and reviewed and distributed by Stacker explains that it's possible to switch lawyers during a case but suggests making sure you are changing f… immoverkauf24 and DataPulse Research highlight a new analysis that shows just how sharply home ownership has slipped out of reach for the aver… Chalkbeat reports on Moms for Liberty's ongoing efforts to drive conservative parent activism and sway local and national education agendas Trump landed in Michigan on Tuesday and shared a surprising hug with a longtime antagonist given how unpopular the president remains with Democrats Shedeur Sanders's slide to the 5th round of the NFL draft shocked many yet his future in Cleveland appears bright Shedeur Sanders' slide down the NFL draft was the dominant story of the weekend with one of college football's most high-profile players lasting until the fifth round The fact that Sanders was taken by the Browns two rounds after they drafted another quarterback in Dillon Gabriel made the entire situation even more rare The Browns were the first team to draft two quarterbacks in the first five rounds of the NFL draft since Washington did it in 2012 when the team traded up to take Robert Griffin III with the second overall pick and then drafted Kirk Cousins in the fourth round A screen shows Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders after being chosen by the Cleveland Browns with the 144th overall pick during the third day of the NFL football draft There are only a handful of other times in the common draft era beginning in 1967 that a team picked two quarterbacks that high in the draft Green Bay drafted Anthony Dilweg in the third round and Jeff Graham in the fourth in 1989 The Packers traded Graham to Washington later in the draft and he never played a game in the NFL despite spending time with several teams The Colts double-dipped at quarterback in 1982 taking Art Schlichter fourth overall and Mike Pagel in the fourth round Schlichter played only 13 games because of gambling problems while Pagel had a long career mostly as a backup The Houston Oilers also did it in 1971 taking Dan Pastorini in the first round and Lynn Dickey in the third Both had long careers as starters in the NFL The Jets took Kellen Clemens in the second round and Brad Smith in the fourth in 2006 Clemens spent 12 seasons in the NFL mostly as a backup while Smith had a successful career as a receiver returner and occasional wildcat quarterback The Raiders took quarterbacks with their first two picks in 1968 but first-rounder Eldrige Dickey moved to receiver following his first training camp and had only five catches in his career Second-rounder Ken Stabler went on to the 1974 AP NFL MVP and had a Hall of Fame career as a quarterback the Jacksonville Jaguars first round draft pick strikes a Heisman pose while holding a jersey during an NFL football press conference Trading up for a top two pick in the NFL draft isn't that uncommon with it happening five times in the last 13 drafts before this season The deal made by Jacksonville with Cleveland to move up from No 2 to take Travis Hunter marked the first time since 1997 that a team traded up that high to draft a non-quarterback It happened twice in 1997 with the Raiders trading up to No 2 that year before the Rams jumped them two weeks later to trade for the No The Rams took Hall of Famer Orlando Pace and the Raiders drafted Darrell Russell There hadn't been a receiver taken in the top two since Calvin Johnson went second to Detroit in 2007 and no defensive back had been taken that high since safety Eric Turner went second to Cleveland in 1991 There were 12 other instances in the common draft era starting in 1967 when a team traded up for a top two pick and drafted a non-quarterback Pace was one of four Hall of Famers acquired that way with the other three all being running backs: Eric Dickerson (1983) Earl Campbell (1978) and Tony Dorsett (1977) Some of the other trades weren't as successful like Cincinnati moving up to take running back Ki-Jana Carter first in 1995 the Jets trading up for receiver Lam Jones in 1980 and the Vikings moving up for running back Clint Jones in 1967 Ohio State defensive tackle Tyleik Williams speaks during a news conference in Allen Park With the SEC setting a record with 79 players drafted and Ohio State having 14 of the 71 draft picks in the Big Ten the two most prominent college football conferences dominated draft weekend Thanks to the first year of expansion that sent Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC those conferences accounted for 58% of all draft picks Thrown in the 42 picks for the ACC and 31 for the Big 12 and the four power conferences had nearly 87% of all draft picks this year The Group of Five had just 18 players drafted as many players who began their careers at that level have moved up to power conferences There were only eight players chosen from non-FBS teams There were players who finished their college careers at 86 schools that got drafted with the defending champion Buckeyes leading the way with 14 — one off of the record since the start of the seven-round draft era in 1994 set by Georgia in 2022 Five schools had seven players drafted: Alabama This marked the 87th straight draft with a player from Michigan being taken USC also has had a player taken in every draft since 1939 tying the Wolverines for the longest active streak speaks during an NFL football press conference There was an even split of offensive and defensive players picked in the draft with 126 players from each side of the ball picked — not including the two-way player Hunter The other four players taken were specialists including a rare long snapper drafted with Julian Ashby getting taken by New England with the 252nd pick The defensive line led the way with 58 players taken followed by 47 exclusive defensive backs and 41 offensive linemen There were 30 receivers drafted in addition to Hunter This marked just the fourth time in the common draft era that two tight ends were taken in they top 15 with Chicago taking Colston Loveland 10th and Indianapolis choosing Tyler Warren 14th It also happened in 1992 (Derek Brown and Johnny Mitchell) 1973 (Charlie Young and Paul Seymour) and 1972 (Riley Odoms and Jerome Barkum) NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell rides a bike onstage before the first round of the NFL football draft Draft prospects stand on stage before the first round of the NFL football draft Fans stand by the draft theater before the first round of the NFL football draft (Tyler Kaufman/AP Content Services for the NFL) Miami quarterback Cameron Ward on the red carpet at the NFL Draft in Green Bay Alabama linebacker Jihaad Cambell at the NFL Draft in Green Bay Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden on the red carpet at the NFL Draft in Green Bay Georgia defensive back Malaki Starks on the red carpet at the NFL Draft in Green Bay Alabama offensive lineman Tyler Booker on the red carpet at the NFL Draft in Green Bay Penn State defensive end Abdul Carter on the red carpet at the NFL Draft in Green Bay Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe on the red carpet in Green Bay NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks before the first round of the NFL football draft Alabama linebacker Jihaad Cambell walks on stage before the first round of the NFL football draft Kentucky cornerback Maxwell Hairston walks on stage dbefore the first round of the NFL football draft Colorado wide receiver Travis Hunter on the red carpet at the NFL Draft in Green Bay Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty on the red carpet at the NFL Draft in Green Bay Inside the Numbers dives into NFL statistics — Many Wisconsinites and those across the state line in Illinois are enjoying spring break in Wisconsin.  Abbi and Beka Welsh spent a couple of days in Lake Geneva over their spring break.  “We grabbed some dinner,” said Kelly Welsh “Walked around a little bit and did some shopping.”  it was a getaway just a couple of hours away from home It’s a little bit different,” said Kelly Welsh I live in the city and it’s nice to come and have a slower pace of life.” Jesse Kearns is the resort manager at Timber Ridge Lodge and Water Park at the Grand Geneva. Kearns said there’s an uptick in reservations over spring break. He also has noticed a good portion of guests haven’t traveled too far.  “I do find that a lot of people are actually from 15 30 minutes just right around here local,” said Kearns sometimes I see kids that played sports around my kids and stuff The spring months kick off the busy season for Lake Geneva. Visit Lake Geneva President and CEO Stephanie Klett said March and April can vary each year because the weather can be unpredictable.  “The numbers typically go down a little bit but with spring break and really the advent of four seasons and lots of indoor things to do we are seeing those increases every year now in what was once a really down time,” said Klett.  Klett has noticed that as tourism numbers increase “More travelers want the freedom of a car because when you go to a destination you’re flying to renting a car can cost a fortune on your length of stay,” said Klett stuff like that and not be in our hometown for the day,” said Kelly Welsh.  Metrics details The quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) is an invasive alien species present in many aquatic ecosystems Although this species is known for its ecological and economic impacts there are still significant gaps in our knowledge of its ecophysiology This is particularly true when its growth rate under natural conditions is considered we assessed bivalve growth in Lake Geneva during different seasons and for a variety of habitats Based on the recorded changes in maximum shell length analysed during the period of this study (winter and spring 2023–2024) we measured average growth rates ranging from 0.142 ± 0.099 mm day−1 for individuals smaller than 10 mm to 0.089 ± 0.071 mm day−1 for larger individuals The size class-dependent growth rate was analysed on the basis of the time of year primarily depends on size and is independent of temperature or habitat within the studied range This growth capacity in Lake Geneva is the highest found to date and is likely to explain the invasion success of this species which gives it a very rapid and aggressive colonization capacity in situ measurements without manipulation of the animals and without the use of artificial substrates (i.e. its application to the construction of structure-from-motion (SfM) models for freshwater mussel aggregates is the first we were able to measure the growth rates of numerous individuals who are representative of a variety of lake conditions Our results suggest that the quagga mussel can grow more rapidly than previously reported reaching up to 0.142 ± 0.099 mm day−1 for small individuals during the study period (winter and spring) and this growth capacity is proposed as a key factor explaining the success of animal colonization in European lakes Averaged growth rates as a function of size compared between winter and spring The values correspond to the number of growth rate calculations performed for each size class When all the measurements were plotted, the decrease in growth with increasing shell size was also clear (Fig. 2). Relationship between the growth rate and the initial size of measured individuals Mean growth rates in winter and spring Values for winter and spring correspond to the minimal and maximal temperature recorded during each period We did not observe neither a “group” effect on growth the size of the aggregates and thus the number (and size) of individuals per aggregate had no significant effect on growth such as resource availability and/or environmental conditions play a more crucial role in animal growth (see Discussion) Relationships between photogrammetric and calliper measurements the impact of dreissenid mussels is dependent on the biomass they represent as this biomass is itself dependent on the number of individuals and the size structure of a population The growth of the biomass represented by populations and the growth-at-length of individuals in Lake Geneva remain unexplored to date but they focused on the Rhine-Meuse River estuary in the Netherlands and individuals measured on plates deployed 1 m below the water surface for which they reported average growth values of 0.09 mm day−1 or of 1.5–2.5 cm year−1 likely at a moment when no limiting conditions occurred to prevent the quagga mussel from developing We assume that the situation of Lake Geneva may be comparable and that as a significant increase in biomass continues in the following years quagga mussels will have to compete increasingly more for resources resulting in probable decreasing growth rates in the future The growth rates of quagga mussels in Lake Geneva which were calculated via a very original method Such growth capacities could constitute an important ecophysiological process that enabled the animal to settle and colonize this lake and others in Europe so rapidly Among the reasons for quagga mussel success in European lakes the growth rates of the animals are likely important throughout the year All photographed Dreissenids were assumed to be quagga mussels as a previous study indicated that zebra mussels accounted for no more than 2% of the Dreissenids and were present in only one quarter of the samples (data not shown) Note also that our analysis was only performed on visually verified live individuals along the study and in aggregates easily identifiable (without ambiguity to relocate them from one sampling date to the next) each comprising a few dozens of individuals Submersible loggers measuring dissolved oxygen concentrations and temperature (miniDOT California) were deployed during this study and programmed to obtain one measurement every 15 min The effect of temperature on animal growth was tested after considering the mean temperature between the two dates considered for each growth rate calculation Flowchart of the photogrammetric approach (A) and (B) series of images showing the passage from a typical initial photography of an aggerate to its model reconstruction to size individual evolution between dates Briefly you must (i) perform photo alignment using a low setting to preliminarily sort photos as disposable or not followed by a high setting in Agisoft Metashape; (ii) generate a Structure-from-Motion (SfM) model with high-quality settings using a key point limit of 40,000 and a tie point limit of 4,000 in Agisoft Metashape: (iii) scale and clean the model using Meshlab ; (iv) perform measurements and analysis using CloudCompare The demonstration that the applied method is adequate to measure the growth of mussel individuals between the recording dates is provided in the supplementary information (Fig growth measurements were performed using CloudCompare software (v2.13.0 Kharkiv - Feb 14 2024 [64-bit]) with the aid of a custom-designed 3-D graduated scale specifically developed for this study and used during each underwater photo session (Fig Scatterplots were aligned to compare data across different dates to assess quagga mussel growth We measured the maximum length of individuals and compared these measurements over time Growth rates were estimated by calculating the difference between shell length measurements on different dates To facilitate comprehension and comparison with the literature the results are presented as daily mean values across four size classes: 0–10 mm Width measurements were also taken on some individuals to assess growth as a function of size and to determine whether growth was proportional to size The assembly index was calculated as a function of the height of the colony and the potential interaction between 0 individuals and some individuals without interaction and 5 individuals forming an aggregate with individuals growing on other individuals it was very difficult to track many individuals at any one time and in total less than 5% (20/404) of our individuals were able to provide us with more than one growth measurement We therefore considered our data to be independent we normalized our data for monthly and seasonal growth A growth model was created via linear regression and mean comparison tests were conducted to evaluate the effects of different individual sizes We used the packages ade4 and AICcmodavg to determine our linear model Linear models were generated with the base function present in R (4.2.1) The mean comparison test used was the Krustal test to determine the difference between the classical method and our method we perform a linear regression between these two measures we calculate the mean monthly growth for each class size and we compare this with some Krustal tests we studied the length and width growth with a Krustal test and linear regression All data can be obtained from the corresponding author (both the pictures and the analysis) Economic costs of biological invasions in the united Kingdom Quagga Mussel -our latest Hertfordshire invader Horizon scanning for invasive alien species with the potential to threaten biodiversity in great Britain Karatayev, A. 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J.N.B helped in writing and result interpretation; S.J The authors declare no competing interests Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-93064-8 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing: Anthropocene newsletter — what matters in anthropocene research Badger junior Allie Billingsley scored three goals and one assist in their 9-0 victory over Wilmot Tuesday has been outstanding this year and that continued this past week Big Foot’s Carter Ries hit a walk-off RBI single in their come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Brodhead/Juda Thursday going 3-for-4 with three RBIs in their 9-6 win over Mukwonago Friday Billingsley has been a scoring machine for the Lady Badger soccer team this season and that was no different Tuesday It was an incredible performance all-around by the Badgers with seven different goal scorers and nine total goals in their 9-0 shutout victory but Billingsley led the team with three goals (hat trick) and one assist And these three goals and one assist by Billingsley was an encore performance following a four-goal game back on Saturday has not only been one of the best softball players in the county the past few seasons but she’s also been one of the best softball players in the state of Wisconsin her previous three years So far during her senior season in just 14 games played she’s been nothing short of exceptional at the plate While Big Foot may have suffered a 4-3 loss to Evansville on Tuesday What a week for the Big Foot baseball team After initially falling to Brodhead/Juda in a 7-6 nailbiter on Tuesday the Chiefs went 2-0 the rest of the week with a 3-2 victory over Brodhead/Juda and 13-4 victory on the road against Stoughton Brodhead/Juda held a 2-0 lead all the way until the seventh inning before the Chiefs tied it up to force extra innings Ries hit a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to seal the walk-off win and come from behind victory He went 1-for-3 in the game with the game-winner and went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the matchup on Friday against Stoughton he went 4-for-8 at the plate with three RBIs a junior and not full-time player at the beginning of the year for the Badgers has certainly made his presence known as of the late and that was clear this past week at the plate On Thursday in their 7-0 win over Waterford but he saved the best for last in the non-conference game against Mukwonago on Friday The Badgers came away with a 9-6 victory and combined for 14 hits mostly timely hits in the game came from Albanese the junior second baseman and ninth batter in the lineup but the timing of them couldn’t have been better take the lead and lead off what was the first four-run inning Later in the game in the fifth inning all tied up at 5-5 Albanese was at the plate once again with runners on base and did his job by pulling a two-run double out to left field to put the Badgers back on top Albanese finished with a ridiculous .714 batting average this week going 5-for-7 with five RBIs in just two games played but high school athletics are still in full swing with plenty of student-athletes con… 2025 at 11:45 am CSTExpandWinterfest in Lake Geneva is Jan and will feature 15 massive snow sculptures on display a summer haven known for its sparkling waters and charming lakeside homes transforms into a winter wonderland each January during Winterfest The 30th annual celebration of winter captivates visitors with its breathtaking massive snow sculptures The event features America’s Snow Sculpting Invitational where champion artists from across the country descend on Lake Geneva to show off their exceptional skills Fifteen teams will start their work Wednesday Sculptures will remain on display through Sunday Sculptors who work in large-scale formats and representatives of art and academia will determine the first- there will be a People’s Choice winner and a winner voted on by the 15 teams themselves It will feature 15 massive snow sculptures on display “This new format opens up the competition to a bigger pool of talented sculptors from around the country so expect to see an even wider range of incredible works of snow art in 2025,” Stephanie Klett “We’ve done everything from creating the towering forms into which snow is packed for the sculptors so visitors can expect an especially stellar year for the 30th annual Winterfest.” Other Winterfest events include live entertainment human dog sled races on the beach and more For more information, go to visitlakegeneva.com/winterfest Aimee BarrowsAimee Barrows is the editor of The Scene, Shaw Local News Network's entertainment section. The Scene is your go-to destination for all things fun in Northern Illinois. Prior to The Scene, Aimee was the editor of the Kane County Chronicle for five years, and a freelance reporter for Shaw Media for four years. LAKE GENEVA — It's the 50th anniversary of one of the most iconic games in the world and it all started in a small Lake Geneva home was published 50 years ago by Gary Gygax from his Walworth County home The game was created at 330 Center Street in Lake Geneva with the help of Gygax's co-creator Dave Arneson the game has been played by millions across the world and inspired books It was even part of the 'Satanic Panic' in the 1980s People falsely believed Dungeons & Dragons was a guise for satanic worship and was being used as a cult recruitment tool Words and phrases have transitioned from only being used while playing the game to common speech "People talk about leveling up, they talk about critical hits, and, you know, I made my save and death save, and there's a whole bunch of things about characters and non-player characters (NPCs) that are in the lingo of humanity, but they all started with this game, Dungeons & Dragons," Paul Stormberg, the president of the Gygax Memorial Fund said The Gygax Memorial Fund's goal is to commemorate the life and contributions of Gary Gygax The organization wants to build a statue of Gygax and a table where people can play D&D Stormberg has been playing D&D since the 1980s Dungeons & Dragons was one of the first-ever role-playing games that inspired countless spin-offs and revolutionized the fantasy and gaming industries It offered people a new genre of game to play it's actually becoming part of the fabric of humanity but that's like saying chess is just a game." 28 years before publishing Dungeons & Dragons He moved into the home on 330 Center Street in 1966 The first-ever game was played in a small office Dungeons & Dragons 50th Anniversary: How Lake Geneva changed the fantasy world.. the first game was not played in the famous War Games room the War Games room does have the DNA of D&D the company brought hundreds of people to Lake Geneva to work The house at 330 Center Street has since been turned into a museum called 'The Birthplace of DnD' People travel across the world to play there You can stay in the neighboring house and play games at the museum "(It's) a pilgrimage to be able to say I spent some time in the home or I was able to play at the table," Yolanda Frontany She didn’t know the home was a famous house when she bought it 20 years ago But she has since embraced its significance "We’re doing tours and having gaming sessions at the table." and renowned Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello Along with the home, there’s an exhibit at the Geneva Lake Museum chronicling Gygax’s life While it does detail the history of the game it is more focused on the man behind the game that personal connection from the museum to the community," Sonja Akright the director of administration with the Geneva Lake Museum There is also a Lake Geneva Convention dedicated to Gygax called Gary Con there is a Renaissance Faire-esque festival called Dragon Days in Lake Geneva that also pays homage to the Dungeons & Dragons creator It has become the world’s largest tabletop game convention It attracts hundreds of thousands of people every year Dungeons & Dragons has grown from a small idea to a global phenomenon And it all started in a small lake town that at the time had just about 5,000 people Report a typo or error // Submit a news tip