7am News, Sports and Obits
Latest WGIL news
Click to play or
Right click and "Save Target As" to download
Click for Galesburg, Illinois Forecast
Home - Cancellations - Community Events - Contact Us - Mornings - News - Obituaries - Pictures - Programs - Special Events Audio - Sports - Weather
Freeze Turns Lake Storey Into Racetrack
This Sunday, those with snowmobiles in the area are invited to test their speed on Lake Storey.

The lake is currently frozen and will give interested parties a chance to have fun at the Radar Run while supporting a good cause.

Snowmobile riders can rest assured that the ice on Lake Storey will hold their weight. The ice was measured yesterday morning with a six inch thickness and should be more come Sunday.

Radar Run Organizer Pat Hennenfent says you only need four inches to hold the weight. He tells the WGIL morning news people come from all over the state to try it out.

"If anybody has driven by there in the last couple of days, when you look out across the lake, it almost looks open because it's so clear," says Hennenfent. "This is probably going to be the best ice we've ever had."

The Galesburg Search and Rescue Team will be on hand in case there are any accidents.

Registration for the Radar Run starts at 9:30 and goes until the early afternoon where collections for the food pantry will be collected.

The "speed runs" begin around 10:30 that morning and according to Hennenfent, the best soup in the world will be provided at the concessions.
01 04 13 by Newsroom
News management powered by Xpression News

Click here for the WGIL News Archive

Click here for national news

The following provision applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or digital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scrapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing this Web site or digital service, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.