By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor An iconic downtown Burlington building will likely have a new owner next week. The Schuette-Daniels Furniture building, which has sat empty since April when a fire devastated the business, is expected to be sold to Shad and Kristine Branen. The scheduled sale closing is Monday. The […]
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Residents rail against shelter location
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Burlington residents aren’t convinced the Women’s Resource Center of Racine needs to place a domestic violence shelter in the city. What’s more? Those same residents can’t fathom why the WRC would choose a building across the street from a school. Just two weeks after word of […]
BASD declines to buy church adjacent to school
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With a facilities study looming in the near future, the Burlington Area School District Buildings, Grounds and Transportation Committee turned down an offer to purchase a church Monday evening. Grace Church, which is across the street from Cooper Elementary School in Burlington, is selling the property […]
Vos re-elected Speaker of the House
Robin Vos, who earned re-election to the State Assembly in District 63 last week, was re-elected Speaker of the House Monday. Vos (R-Rochester) issued the following statement after the members of his caucus selected him as Assembly Speaker for the 102nd Wisconsin State Legislature in a unanimous vote. “I’m honored […]
TIF changes, water rate hike will have to wait
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Wednesday’s planned Committee of the Whole and Common Council meetings were cancelled Tuesday due to lack of a quorum. The meetings had already been pushed back a day because of Tuesday’s elections, but ended up short of the quorum by one. The City Council needs at […]
Board takes long look at advertising in schools
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor When the Burlington Area School District School Board sent advertising, sponsorship and naming rights policies back to a committee for more work last month, one comment made was that the policies were too long. As became readily apparent Monday night in the November Policy Committee meeting, […]
BoDeans behind him, Llanas embarks on new path
Singer-songwriter will play gig at local coffeehouse By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Life in recent years has changed for Sam Llanas. The co-founder of the BoDeans along with Kurt Neumann, Llanas and the band saw great success – including playing to packed stadiums and seeing the song “Closer to Free” used […]
Vos pulls off victory in 63rd assembly race
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A political matchup of David vs. Goliath went Goliath’s way Tuesday evening, as state Assembly speaker Robin Vos earned re-election to the 63rd District. The Republican incumbent was battling Andy Mitchell for the position. Mitchell refused to accept any PAC money and ran the campaign on […]
First Women’s Resource Center meeting set for next week
The first in a series of community meetings regarding a proposed Women’s Resource Center shelter and program center will be held Wednesday, Nov. 12, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Topper Hall. The meeting will a free informational gathering about The Amanda Healing House – […]
New evaluations set for BASD staff
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With the state now requiring teachers, principals and assistant principals to be evaluated on a common scale, Assistant Superintendent Connie Zinnen spent more than an hour outlining the process Oct. 27 at the Burlington Area School District School Board meeting. Staff members will be evaluated this […]