By Patricia Bogumil Editor This spring, around the time the Waterford Sanitary District plans to cut its quarterly user fees by about 5 percent, a 10 percent increase from the Western Racine County Sewerage District will kick in. But that doesn’t matter, according to Dan Dickinson, the WSD board president. […]
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Timing of Easter spurs school calendar debate
BASD tries to balance academic, religious concerns By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer For the most part, school calendars seem to vary little from year to year. One of the few exceptions is Easter, and how breaks are arranged around it. The 2013-14 school calendar for Burlington Area School Districts […]
School bus contract comes up for a vote
By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer The Waterford Graded School District Board of Education will vote Monday night on a recommendation made Jan. 7 by the Personnel and Finance Committee to switch bus companies from S&J Bus Services Inc. to Dousman Transport Co. Inc. The move comes after the committee reviewed […]
State urges residents to prepare for bitter cold
The National Weather Service says strong winds and plummeting temperatures will make for a bitterly cold combination this Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. These are expected to be the coldest days of the winter so far with highs only in the single digits and dangerously low wind chills. Wisconsin Emergency Management’s […]
Pedestrian hit by car dies
Investigation continues into incident on city’s south side By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer A 77-year-old Kansasville man died Sunday night at Froedtert Hospital following a pedestrian-vs.-car collision on South Pine Street Friday. Joseph W. Hauswirth died following blunt force trauma to the neck, head, back, abdomen, chest and upper and […]
Fire study funds OK’d, questions raised
Some town residents cast a skeptical eye at city’s intentions By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer As far as Burlington Mayor Bob Miller can figure out, it’s the best the city and the town of Burlington have cooperated in recent memory. With the city and town Fire Departments as well as […]
A great new twist on an old classic
For first time, local Girl Scouts will sell from inventory instead of taking orders When local Girl Scouts begin selling cookies Jan. 27, they will have packages of cookies in hand for the first time ever. The Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast (GSWISE) has implemented a major change to the […]
Now’s the time for a makeover
Downtown Curb Appeal Grant applications available Local commercial property owners throughout the Village of Waterford are being offered a unique opportunity to help revitalize the community’s historic character and promote the area’s commerce and culture. The Curb Appeal Grant program, introduced by the village in October, offers grant money to […]
Raymond School seeking residents’ input via survey
A school operations survey is being delivered this week to Raymond School District residents’ paper boxes. Surveys will also be mailed to residents who do not have a paper box on their property. The surveys are accompanied by a letter from the School Board explaining the board’s interest in receiving […]
Man charged in drive-by flashings
A Pell Lake man has been charged with multiple counts of two sex-related crimes for allegedly exposing himself to a pair of girls and a woman while driving around Burlington last August. Adam J. Vicory, 23, was charged Tuesday in Racine County Circuit Court with two counts of exposing his […]
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