By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After one month with a full, fresh-faced, five-person School Board in place, Washington-Caldwell officials are going back to familiar territory. The search is on for a new board member. Yvonne McGilvary, who was elected April 1 to fill one of two vacancies on the school […]
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Metal falls off one train, rips fuel tank of another — diesel spill cleanup could take months
By Patricia Bogumil Editor A device known as a knuckle coupler fell off a freight train traveling on the Wisconsin Central railroad tracks near Honey Creek Sunday evening. As a result, a second freighter incurred fuel tank damage after hitting the coupler later that evening. The resulting diesel fuel […]
Metal piece that fell off train blamed for fuel spill
By Patricia Bogumil Editor A large metal chunk that fell off a Canadian National Railway train traveling through the Town of Waterford earlier Sunday is the likely culprit behind a diesel fuel spill reported around 10 p.m. According to Village of Waterford Fire Chief Richard Mueller, a metal […]
The DNR comes to town with more unwelcome ideas
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Town of Waterford officials hope to convince the state Department of Natural Resources to reconsider labeling an area of the town as “urbanized” – a label that will require the town to pay for costly mapping and computer analysis. Dueling opinions from two different engineers – […]
April showers bring a night of 1,000 frogs
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Terry Alby is an admitted frog-hugger who hates to see them get croaked during what he calls Waterford’s “Night of a Thousand Frogs.” That yearly event – in which thousands of critters migrate from a nearby pond to leap frog across Riverside Drive to the Fox […]
Care to ICare?
The iCare Color 5K fun run/walk starts at 8 a.m., Saturday, May 3, at Whitford Park, 625 N. River Road, Waterford. Afterward, enjoy the iCare Fair from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., featuring a volleyball tournament, food, Cops and Bobbers, soccer and baseball clinics, county K 9 units, bounce house […]
Mixed reviews greet new county-run public health service idea
The lowdow: Racine County officials have proposed creating a public health department that would replace the services currently provided by the separate Western and Central Racine County Health Departments. Western Racine will disband on Jan. 1, 2015. County officials said the proposal will expand services for most communities and […]
Two new board members for Washington-Caldwell
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Two new members of the Washington-Caldwell School District Board of Education were sworn into office at the school board’s April 16 meeting. The official start of their terms of office is Monday, April 28. Yvonne McGilvary ran unopposed in the April 1 election for one of […]
Racine County D.A. pleads guilty to OWI, hit-and-run, obstruction misdemeanors
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Racine County District Attorney Richard Chiapete has agreed to plead guilty and pay $1,205 to settle Operating While Intoxicated, Hit and Run, and Obstructing an Officer municipal ordinance citations recently lodged against him. But Chiapete said he doesn’t expect the incident in question to also cost […]
Man who died in Sunday cycle crash identified
Racine County Sheriff’s officials have identified the man who died in an early Sunday morning motorcycle crash as Gregory A. Treffinger, 29, of Waterford. According to officials, Treffinger was pronounced dead at the scene after crashing his motorcycle in the 37000 block of Hill Valley Road in the Town of […]