Longtime employee buys half of Trendsetters By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer It’s been a busy few months at Trendsetters Salon, so you can forgive former owner Linda LeClaire for not announcing the news earlier. LeClaire and employee Tammy Henning closed on the sale of LeClaire’s half of Trendsetters at the […]

A four-time convicted drunken driver has been charged with an alleged fifth offense of operating while intoxicated after his arrest in Burlington last week. Brian L. Mehring, 50, of Kansasville, was charged July 11 with OWI – fifth offense, a Class H felony, in Racine County Circuit Court. He was […]

But officials say it was simply a money transfer matter By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The City of Burlington Common Council may have been on a bit of a learning curve with its audit this year. After listening to Patrick Romenesko explain the city’s finances at the July 2 meeting, […]

Elaine Bennett steps away after 39 years at Sentry By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer When Elaine Bennett first began to work for Sentry Foods in Burlington, she was a junior at what was then St. Mary’s High School. “There wasn’t a lot of places you could get a job in […]

Hike mainly due to loss of town-owned cars By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer With the last of the original Town of Burlington police squad cars now off the road, the town is looking at an increase in the cost of its policing contract with the Racine County Sheriff’s Department. Sgt. […]

An argument between neighbors ended in violence Tuesday and has resulted in criminal charges accusing a Burlington man of using a box cutter to slice another man’s crotch. Gregory Gundling, 37, was charged July 17 with second-degree recklessly endangering safety in Racine County Circuit Court. The victim, who declined medical […]

Music festival and education event will close street By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer As the clock ticks down to Saturday’s “Coffee House Rocks!” event at The Coffee House at Chestnut and Pine, General Manager Carly Rubach is about as ready as she can be. “We are very excited,” said Rubach. […]

Ambulance service interested in taking over unused space By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer With the approval of a site map and rezoning request at the City of Burlington Plan Commission meeting Tuesday night, at least one portion of the former water department property looks to be leaving the city’s hands. […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Interviews to fill the open principal position at Winkler Elementary School began last week, and Burlington Area School District Superintendent Peter Smet hopes to have a choice by the end of this week. Smet said  that eight people – three women and five men – […]