Jan. 29—GENEVA — Winterfest has been a staple in downtown Geneva for two decades, as community leaders succeeded in bringing people out of their homes in the frigid cold of February.

Kings Dominion has kept a portion of the park open during December, draped the Eiffel Tower with Christmas lights and offered ...

Winterfest is free to attend. The snow sculptures are at Riviera Plaza and Flat Iron Park along the Lake Geneva shore.

Hundreds of people attended Winterfest on Jan. 11 in Vernon Hills, a free Lake County event by the Vernon Hills Park District (VHPD) for about two decades. “We had a bigger turnout than we ...