My annual State of the Village address will be given Monday evening, 3/7, at 7pm, at the start of the Village Council meeting. Please consider attending; the speech will be somewhat less than 20 minutes [...]

I have received several calls and emails expressing gratitude for the natural gas rates offered by our Village aggregation plan. While natural gas rates continue to rise at alarming rates, the Village, in 2020, secured [...]

The VTG committee continues to meet on a regular basis as they work on plans and designs for the tribute garden. The VTG committee consists of John Schluep (chairman), Denny Stoiber, Barb Oldham, Rosalie Goshen, [...]

Our list of Village veterans now numbers 28. I know there are more out there. Please send your information - name, branch of service, years served, connection to Silver Lake - to me at bhovey@villageofsilverlake.com [...]

Kimble has just informed us that they are unable to pick up trash today. The amount of snow, the number of streets they still cannot get down, and the lack of available drivers force them [...]

A snow ban is in effect until further notice. Please do not park your cars on the street. With snow expected for the next couple of days, and with the amount of snow we've already [...]

If at all possible, please clear your sidewalks of snow. Many people still like to walk during the winter, and kids use the sidewalks to either walk to school or to their school bus stop. [...]

Because Kimble was unable to work yesterday, trash service will be delayed this week. Trash pick-up this week will be on Saturday, 1/22, not on Friday, 1/21.

Please be patient as our service department works on clearing snow from our streets. At most, we have only 3 snow removal trucks working in the Village. Given our limited resources, we are quite proud [...]

Both the Silver Lake and Crystal Lake Boards of Trustees have issued warnings to stay off the lakes during the winter. Even if there appears to be ice on the lake, stay off. The thickness [...]