Wisconsin’s Free Fishing Day is Saturday and Sunday, June 4-5. No license or registration is required. Fish on the Fox River and Tichigan Lake and get $1 bounty for each carp Saturday and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. (6 inch minimum length) Catch carp by any legal means. Bring carp […]
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ChocolateFest emerges as a favorite in election year
Burlington is ready to celebrate its 30th ChocolateFest As Burlington’s ChocolateFest enters its 30th year, organizers can look back with nostalgia at how the annual event, held Memorial Day weekend, has evolved. There was a time when festival patrons had one question on their minds – “Where’s the chocolate?” Now, […]
Lake Geneva woman, children located in Georgia
Mom arrested, dad retrieving kids from Savannah By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A Lake Geneva woman and her kids were found in Savannah, Ga., Tuesday morning after a person there recognized them from photos on a press release police issued Monday. “When we put it out to media last night, […]
Joint meeting planned on Rails to Trails project
By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT Plans to convert an abandoned rail line into a path accommodating bicyclists and pedestrians will require extensive intergovernmental collaboration and cooperation, the top elected official within Union Grove asserted this week. On the heels of last week’s public information meeting on the proposed Rails to Trails […]
District narrows building options
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Facing a long list of options, Burlington Area School District officials on Monday waded through and narrowed the focus of what it will do with the district’s facilities study. With 11 options – plus variations – on the table at Monday night’s BASD School Board meeting, […]
High school budget process picking up steam
By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT While the current school year is beginning to wind down, leaders of the Waterford Union High School district are beginning to turn their attention toward 2016-17, particularly from a monetary standpoint. Superintendent Keith Brandstetter said he is cautiously optimistic about the high school’s budget for the […]
City hires consultant to address well contamination
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Looking at putting a large-scale water softener into place to remove radium and strontium, from the municipal water supply, the City of Burlington Common Council approved a consulting agreement with Doug Snyder of Baxter and Woodman Tuesday night. The contract with the city is for the […]
Council shuts down idea of chicken coops
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor If a small number of City of Burlington residents want to raise backyard chickens, they are going to need to be heard by the Common Council. By an unofficial count Tuesday night, the council decided not to move forward with efforts to put together an ordinance […]
BHS drama ready to go ‘All Out’
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Just what people are willing to do for free money is at the heart of Burlington High School’s final dramatic production of the season, “All Out.” With contestants vying for a $100,000 grand prize, the show’s “national broadcast” will be Friday and Saturday in the BHS […]
At least two dead in ‘suspicious’ house explosion
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Racine County Sheriff’s officials on Tuesday continued to sift through the rubble of a rural Burlington home in hopes of finding the body of a suspected third victim in Saturday’s fire and explosion. “As you can imagine, there’s a lot of debris that we are […]
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