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Shecky's Media, Inc. is an American event promoter and city guide publisher. Manhattan entrepreneur Chris Hoffman grew Shecky's into a multi-million dollar women-centric media company featuring his Girls' Night Out events that were held in 12 cities across the U.S.
The Oconomowoc Lake Club was founded in 1890. [2] It was originally involved with an improvement association that had a goal to maintain the lake levels and water traffic coming through the river connected to the lake. The Oconomowoc Lake Club were the ones who ended up installing the Danforth Lock.
Oconomowoc Lake is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. Located just outside the City of Oconomowoc , the village includes the residential area encircling Oconomowoc Lake. Around the turn of the 20th century, the area become known as a summer retreat for wealthy residents of Milwaukee and Chicago.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 29.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.9 males.
Large houses were established around the Oconomowoc lakes, particularly Oconomowoc Lake and Lac La Belle. The population grew so much that Oconomowoc incorporated as a city in 1865, [14] and by 1880 it had a population of 3,000. [6] In August 1899 a professional golf tournament hosted by the Oconomowoc Country Club was won by Harry Turpie. [15]
On March 3, 2020, Blue Ribbon Baseball, LLC received approval from the City of Oconomowoc to build a stadium and training facility in the Pabst Farms development. [2] The Oconomowoc team was originally planned to join the Northwoods League in 2021; due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the construction of their stadium and their inaugural season was postponed. [3]
There were 1,511 households, out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.0% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.9% were non-families. 19.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older ...
The Oconomowoc Raccoons volleyball team won the WIAA State Championship against Appleton North on November 6, 2021. This was the first time in Oconomowoc High School history that the volleyball team won the state championship. Oconomowoc ended the regular season 35–5, and never lost a set in the sectionals and state playoffs. [19] [20]