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Furniture store finds a buyer

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]