By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor After more than a year of discussing and debating changes to the Burlington Area School District naming rights policy, the question of just what the School Board wants remains. The latest effort at revising the policy passed through the BASD School Board Policy Committee meeting Monday […]
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Stepping up to stock the pantry: Union Grove students extend food drive to ‘Stuff the Bus’
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Union Grove Union High School students decided to step a bit farther out of their comfort zone this fall to push their Stuff the Bus food drive to new levels. After collecting 1,000 pounds of food last year for the Racine County Food Bank, the Student […]
Latest League in Waterford is all about Legos
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor What do Lego robots and go-green shopping bags have in common? For students in Waterford Graded School District, it’s the Project Clearwater first Lego League competition entry this year – one that’s carried the 10-person team through the first round of competition. Working through the Waterford […]
Mayor puts pool at top of capital projects list
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor In terms of priorities heard throughout the citizen budget partners and strategic planning sessions this fall, City of Burlington Mayor Bob Miller got the clear impression that the community pool was at the forefront of items that need to be addressed. It’s why a request for […]
Architect outlines list of problems facing BASD
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor As Nick Kent of Plunkett Raysich Architects presented the 125-page report of the initial Burlington Area School District facilities study, he made sure to emphasize the district had options. During Monday’s preliminary report to the Burlington Area School Board Buildings, Grounds and Transportation, he stressed, was […]
Traffic stop leads to drug charges
A Waterford man stopped for a traffic violation in the Village of Waterford Nov. 25 is now facing a felony charge of drug possession. Jessie Stephan, 31, was charged in Racine County Circuit Court Monday with possession of marijuana (second offense), as well as possession of a controlled substance and […]
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 […]
Boards ask fire departments to work out differences
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Depending who you listened to Nov. 30 at a special joint session of the Waterford and Rochester village boards, one or the other – or both – of the villages’ fire chiefs were responsible for the current tension between their departments. But as Village of Rochester […]
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 […]
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 […]
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