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News Union Grove

Obregon’s mother is released

By Jason Arndt STAFF WRITER While Andrew Obregon remains jailed on 32 criminal charges, his mother was placed on probation for a year last week for her role in helping the alleged murder suspect. Susan Obregon, 60, originally charged with two felony counts of harboring a felon and a misdemeanor […]

Burlington

Argument leads to strangling charge

An argument between two friends went bad quickly Sunday as one Burlington man was arrested for allegedly strangling another. Colten Ketchum, 22, was charged in Racine County Circuit Court Nov. 30 with felony strangulation and suffocation with domestic abuse assessments as well as a repeater clause. He is also facing […]

Burlington

Parade will kick off weekend of holiday events

Several events planned as Christmas comes to Burlington By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For Burlington’s new City Administrator Carina Walters, Friday’s Christmas parade will be her first. Coming from Lake Forrest, Ill., she’s more used to tree-lighting ceremonies. “I’m very excited,” Walters said. “It should be fun. I saw that chalet […]

News Union Grove

Local volleyball player earns NCAA reward

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For two of the previous three years, Union Grove Union High School graduate Jo Wilks has had that painful “left out” feeling – her Furman University Paladins women’s volleyball team losing in the championship match of the Southern Conference tournament. So, when Furman, which is in […]

Burlington News

City OKs budget with tax levy increase

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The City of Burlington Common Council passed its 2016 budget unanimously with no discussion Tuesday night. The proposed total budget of $24.1 includes a mill rate of $9.12 per $1,000 of property value – up from last year’s number of $8.81 per $1,000. According to the […]