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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
News from throughout Western Racine County.
Hartland-based Town Bank will take over Wisconsin operations By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Talmer Bank, which operates 11 branches in Wisconsin, including Burlington, announced this week in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it has agreed to sell its state operations to Town Bank of […]
High school leadership club will again host annual event By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Spring finally decided to stick around this week – and it picked a good time to do it. For the first time in a few years, the Burlington High School DRIVEN program Easter Egg Hunt will have […]
John Bieringer is the newest candidate to win election to the Washington-Caldwell School Board. Bieringer and Stacey Forkner both were write-in candidates for one of two vacant school board positions in the April 1 election. Another candidate, Yvonne McGilvary, filed election papers and her name appeared on the April 1 […]
Fire impacted apartments above adjacent buildings By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With as many people as there were worried about the effect on businesses following Saturday night’s five-alarm fire at the Schuette Daniels Furniture store, it could be easy to overlook the human aspect. Cristen Chaffee of The Transitional Living Center […]
Teen’s body was found in marsh in Town of Burlington Charges were filed today against a 36-year-old Palatine, Ill., man in the murder of Amber Creek, a 14-year-old runaway whose body was found in a Town of Burlington marsh in 1997. James P. Eaton is accused in Racine County Circuit […]
By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Burlington-based Fox River State Bank is now operating under a revised set of regulatory orders issued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the state Department of Financial Institutions. The consent order, which both sides agreed to in February, was formally announced by the […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor As consultant Nexus Solutions made its initial presentation to the Burlington Area School District School Board Monday night regarding possible facility upgrades, the company made it very clear it was impressed with the district’s finances. The facilities study gave the district a way to fund about […]
Illinois teen’s body was found in Town of Burlington marsh Racine County Sheriff’s Department investigators have made an arrest in the 1997 sexual assault and murder of a 14-year-old Illinois girl whose body was found in a Town of Burlington marsh. Sheriff Christopher Schmaling has called a press briefing for […]
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A second Waterford area school district will officially leave the federal food service program, citing regulations that are deemed to be overreaching. The Waterford Union High School board voted unanimously March 19 in favor of leaving the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s food service program. The […]
Questions remain about condition of burned out buildings, future of business As fire investigators combed through the charred remains of Schuette-Daniels furniture in downtown Burlington Sunday morning, owner Matt Daniels, his employees and members of his large family searched for answers about the business’ future. The two buildings that house […]
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