4 Rescued from Lake Koshkonong (Green Bay TV)

Four drive into open water on Lake Koshkonong

Madison NBC 15.Video

Ski Planes at Norm's Hideaway

Koshkonong serves as a runway....

Photos by Debbie Hart

Ski Planes on Lake Koshkonong

Lake Level

Has dropped 6.6 inches since Jan 1.

Today - 776.83
One year ago - 779.2

Difference of 28.5 inches

Hey Waukegan, Koshkonong wants our rock back!

From IL Daily Herald

...Another glacial rock of note was brought to the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad station in Waukegan. It is believed that about 1900, the railroad transported the 10-foot-tall boulder from near the Lake Koshkonong reservoir in southern Wisconsin

Midwest Sees Near-Record Lows, Snow By The Foot

From Chicago CBS2

...On Jan. 20, 1985, Chicago recorded a record-setting low temperature of -27.

Bastardi said he doesn't expect cold as extreme as in 1985, but more like 1977-78, when nearly the entire country east of the Rockies saw a cold October and warm November like in 2009, followed by cold far worse than normal from January through March.

State could be forced to sell land in Marinette County dispute

Milw Journal Sentinel

,,,The DNR challenged the ownership of the 4-acre strip of land where the family owns the cabin after discovering in 2003 that it was not included in the original purchase of the adjacent property in 1965. The state actually owns the land.

Local officials warn anglers, snowmobilers to stay off ice

From the Janesville Gazette

..."My recommendation is to stay off local lakes until we get some decent freezing weather,” Kunkel said.

Ice Fishing on Lake Koshkonong

Reggie James sets a tipup on the ice at Lake Koshkonong near Royce Dallman Park while his son Kellen, center, dog Conner and Jeff Letcher look on. They said the ice was about 8 inches thick, enough to support Letcher's trailer in the background

Lake House Inn

From NBC15 - Madison

...For a truly unique dining experience, follow the signs off of I90 exit 163 to The Lake House Inn, right next to the scenic Lake Koshkonong.

Practice caution on snowmobiles

From the Beloit Daily News

...Capt. Jude Maurer of the Rock County Sheriff’s Office said every year the department receives reports of someone falling through the ice. Maurer said people have been known to fall through the ice on parts of Lake Koshkonong.

Heinemann loved to design and tinker

From the Milw Journal Sentinel

...And he built three boats, and in 1946 used one of them to save the lives of five boaters whose craft had flipped over on a rough Lake Koshkonong.

...The family ended up using the mower - and the three boats - at their summer cottage on Lake Koshkonong, his son said.

That's where Heinemann and his wife were staying on Aug. 18, 1946, when the wind was kicking up 2-foot waves on the shallow lake.

...He also continued upgrading the family cottage on Lake Koshkonong.