Don Berg, executive director of the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competition holds a tray of numbers for Krista Gustafson of Team Illinois, who chooses the block her team will be carving. Terry Mayer/Photo

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Author Sherrill Bodine will talk about her new book at the Lake Geneva Public Library

Williams Bay resident and author Sherrill Bodine will present her newly published women’s fiction book, “Talk of the Town,” at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Lake Geneva Public Library.

Bodine will read from her book, a contemporary romance novel about a feisty gossip queen who is dethroned. After the program, she will sign copies of her book.  » Read More

Snow sculpting begins Wednesday morning. Terry Mayer/photo.

The U.S. Nationals Snow Sculpting Competition gets under way Wednesday, with judging taking place Friday.

In order to make the most of your time in town, here is what the locals know:

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Snow sculpting goes late into the night at the U.S. Snow Sculpting Championships in Lake Geneva, Wis. Terry Mayer/photo

By Susan Lanham — Snow sculpting is an art fraught with challenges. First, there’s the unfriendly medium - a 3-ton block of very cold, wet snow. Then there are the stringent rules about tools - no power equipment, nothing with a flame, no forms.

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LAKE GENEVA — Since the 1870s, visitors have come to Lake Geneva to enjoy its beautiful natural resources.

Ever since, they’ve slowly created another resource that will attract people for years to come.

The history of Lake Geneva itself is now an attraction after the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the city one of America’s Dozen Distinctive Destinations for 2009.

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