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News from throughout Western Racine County.

Burlington

Local man hired as Karcher principal

Nerby is currently associate principal at Sussex Hamilton By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Two years ago, when Keith Nerby was named one of the finalists for the Burlington High School principal position and lost out to Eric Burling, he knew he wanted another shot at an administrative position in the […]

Burlington

Chocolate transitions

Festival undergoes changes for 2013 By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief It’ll be out with the old and in with the new as 2013 shapes up to be a year of transition for ChocolateFest, Burlington’s marquee annual festival. The most notable change for festivalgoers this year will be the ability […]

Waterford

Local school boards collaborate at a super level

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent While they are all autonomous from one another, officials overseeing each of five area public school districts recently discussed collaboration with each other, as well as their parochial school counterparts, at their most recent semi-annual Super Board Meeting. Leaders from the six school districts, in addition […]

News

Gas prices nearly 30 cents lower than last year

Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have fallen 4.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.56 yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,112 gas outlets in Wisconsin. This compares with the national average that has fallen 5 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.52, according […]

Waterford

Fire at WUHS cancels classes for the day

Fire began in storage area near practice gymnasium A small fire at Waterford Union High School was quickly extinguished Monday morning, but classes were canceled for the day. Initial reports from officials at the scene were that the fire broke out in a storage area near the practice gymnasium. The […]