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News from throughout Western Racine County.

Waterford

iCare, do you?

Community members team up to fight teen suicide and drug abuse By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer Cindi Schweitzer, owner of Integrity Funeral Services in Waterford, says she’s buried too many teenagers due to suicide and/or drug abuse. Her desire to do something to change that led her to form iCare, […]

Burlington

Local students bounce back on statewide tests

Double-digit improvement registered in several areas By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Burlington Area School District students bounced back from a subpar performance on state standardized tests last school year to show nearly across-the-board improvement on tests taken earlier this school year. Figures released Monday by the Wisconsin Department of […]

Burlington

’12 Angry Men’ takes the stage

Haylofters tackle drama of jury deliberations By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer It’s the hottest day of the summer. Twelve men, tasked with deciding the fate of a young man in a murder case, sit in a jury room. One votes “not guilty.” And so goes the award-winning play, “12 Angry […]

Waterford

Switching from textbooks to tablets

By Maureen Vander Sanden Contributor Textbooks are taking a back seat to technology in the Washington-Caldwell School District in Tichigan, where middle school students are now relaying on iPads as a primary learning device. The school’s iPad program was fully implemented at the start of the current academic year in […]

Burlington

Following his calling

Local man lends his skills to African mission By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Sometimes, you just feel the need to make a change in your life. That’s what’s happened with 29-year-old Mike Skiles. A graduate of Madison Media Institute with a degree in digital art and animation, Skiles worked for […]

Waterford

All fired up to save the cannon

By Patricia Bogumil Editor Something familiar has gone missing from Waterford for the last few months, and Steve Denman is searching for help in getting it back in place. An historic cannon that sat for years off First Street and River Road by Whitford Park has been removed with the […]