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Burlington News

4K becomes hot-button issue

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With candidates drawing lots for the Burlington Area School District School Board election Monday night, it might have been fitting that a hot-button topic jam-packed the room at the district office. With news that opposition planned to use the residents’ speaking time at the beginning of […]

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Gas prices expected to remain steady

Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have risen 2.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.26 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,112 gas outlets in Wisconsin. This compares with the national average that has fallen 0.4 cents per gallon in the last week to […]

Burlington News

ARAMARK deposits under investigation in BASD

The Burlington Area School District alerted parents Friday of a police investigation into the BASD food service fund following a “bank deposit irregularity” in December. Superintendent Peter Smet said that a complete audit of the food service fund is underway by the City of Burlington Police Deparment, and that ARAMARK […]

Burlington News

School Board race features full slate

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor In keeping with a recent trend, the Burlington Area School District Board of Education election in April will feature a full slate of candidates. Six candidates have filled for three open spots by Tuesday’s deadline, one short of the number needed to force a primary election. […]

Burlington

Local woman arrested in burglaries

Sheriff’s officials recover ‘large amount’ of stolen property The Racine County Sheriff’s Department has arrested a 30-year-old Burlington woman in connected with a residential burglary that occurred in the Town of Burlington Thursday. In the course of the investigation, sheriff’s officials said in a press release issued Friday evening, they […]

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Freezing rain makes driving treacherous

A car plows through standing water on North Pine Street Friday evening  in Burlington. Drivers throughout the area battled freezing rain, icy and in some cases flooded roads as the sun set and temperatures hovered near the 32 degrees. Standing water developed in low areas as storm sewer catch basins […]

Burlington News

How we coped with the cold

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor About the only people in Burlington happy Monday and Tuesday this week were the students. With base temperatures at a high of about -10 Monday and about zero Tuesday – and wind chills dipping into the -40 to -50 range – Burlington Area School District called […]

Burlington News

Top stories of 2014 – Nos. 1-10

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Change is rarely easy. That is something Burlington has discovered over the past few years, as not only the political landscape has changed, but the physical as well. The year of 2013 was no different in the city and Town of Burlington, but in many ways, […]