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What’s it take to get a license to carry a concealed and loaded gun in Wisconsin?

Not as much as you might expect.

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Michael Swift was rewarded for his breakthrough season recently.

The UW-Oshkosh sophomore third baseman was a first-team selection on the All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team, the league announced.

LAUREL – To the Kenosha City Council for approving an ordinance that allowed Black Pearl Tattoo to move in to Uptown. The business had been in a Pleasant Prairie strip mall but owner Greg Larsen was eager to buy a building and found one in an area of Kenosha where he believes he will draw more walk-in traffic. It’s fortunate that the council supported the plan and neighborhood businesses raised no objections. Kenosha needs to be receptive to businesses wanting to locate in our community.

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When the Rev. Jack Fish and his wife Carolyn came to Twin Lakes in July 2001, it was a bit of a culture shock for the pair as they had lived in big cities most of their lives and worshipped in large congregations.

Fish reflected on his time at Hope Lutheran Church this week as he eases into retirement from his pastorate there, saying he would most miss the church’s generous, loving people.

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A magnificent exhibit of watercolor paintings by the nation’s top artists in that medium is on display at the Kenosha Public Museum through Aug. 4.

The Transparent Watercolor Society of America is holding its annual national exhibit for the fifth straight year at the museum, which its leaders “discovered” on a visit here several years ago.