By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR Depending on the point of view, a selection of DVDs donated to Burlington High School by a retiring teacher could be a simple farewell gift – or a sign of dangerous political leanings. Sharon Kelley, a social studies teacher who retired from BHS at the end […]
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Beach reopens on Bohners Lake
It’s safe to go back in the water at two beaches on Bohners Lake Officials with the Western Racine County Health Department on Thursday reopened Leach Beach and removed an advisory from the Bohners Lake Public Beach. The water quality at both beaches was listed as “good” following testing on […]
Armory in Burlington to close
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Burlington’s Wisconsin National Guard armory will no longer house a detachment starting in 2015. The Burlington unit 457th CBR Company (Chemical, Biological, Radiological) will consolidate with the rest of the company in Hartford, according to Wisconsin National Guard spokesman Captain Joe Trovato. Trovato said the Wisconsin […]
Group launches effort to raise funds for new stadium sign
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The push to get a new sign made for the newly renamed athletic stadium at Burlington High School began in earnest last week. The committee behind getting the stadium renamed to Don Dalton Stadium – after the school’s former athletic director and football coach – officially […]
High bacteria closes Leach Beach on Bohners Lake
Testing will continue until water quality improves Officials with the Western Racine County Health Department on Tuesday closed Leach Beach on Bohners Lake and issued an advisory for a second beach on the lake due to high bacteria levels in the water. The closure of Leach Beach on the lake’s […]
Consultant touts personal service
By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR As the second in line to make presentations to the Burlington Area School District School Board Long-Range Planning Committee, the Peter Scherrer Group make a quick and simple point Monday night. With Peter and Leslie Scherrer – father and daughter founders of the company – present, […]
Bloodmobile makers are also blood donors
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For Mary Lynch of LDV, Monday was about more than just the ribbon cutting on a new piece of equipment – or for that matter, donating blood. It was a chance for employees at the company to see something they built reach completion and be used […]
Man charged with sixth drunken driving offense
A Burlington area man has been charged with drunken driving for the sixth time after his probation agent allegedly saw him drinking alcohol. Jim C. Rambicourt, 50, who lists Burlington and Lake Geneva addresses in court records, is charged operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant, […]
Many runs afoul with police on consecutive days
A Delavan man may not be welcome back at the Burlington Walmart after last weekend. Salvatore Michele Marino III, 19, was arrested twice in two days – first for drunken driving at Walmart Saturday and then for synthetic marijuana possession on Sunday. He was charged in Racine County Circuit court […]
Haylofters hit stage with Sondheim’s ‘Into the Woods’
As the audience settles into its seats, the familiar fairy-tale characters of Jack, his mother, Cinderella and her evil stepsisters and a baker and his wife take to the stage. In a few minutes’ time, all of them head “Into the Woods” – Stephen Sondheim’s woods, that is, in […]