By Jason Arndt Correspondent Union Grove board members are examining the option of adding an open house at the Village Hall in recognition of Union Grove’s 175th anniversary. The exploration of the move comes after the History Seekers of Union Grove approached the village’s Chamber of Commerce to inquire if […]
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Vote again denies pay for Waterford Graded board
By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer By a greater than 2-to-1 margin, a crowd of more than 100 Waterford Graded School District residents voted April 22 to keep their school board members’ pay frozen at zero for the 2012-13 school year. The no-pay issue was brought back to citizens for a […]
City launches street repair projects
Washington Street will be closed to traffic near fire station By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer While the weather may still feel like early spring – and at times like winter – the summer road construction season has already begun in Burlington. “We have streets closed already,” said Mayor Bob Miller. […]
Village financial audit reveals healthy fund balance
By Jason Arndt Correspondent Union Grove Village Board members received favorable reviews in the Annual Financial Audit April 22 despite the challenge of making a tough decision to refinance the village’s Tax Incremental Financing district loan in 2012. The decision to refinance that loan, obtained in 2007, was made in […]
BASD budget begins to take shape
Levy at 1 percent increase, but final figures are months away By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The Burlington Area School District has begun to narrow down the numbers for its 2013-14 budget, but there will be several different factors up in the air for the next few months. BASD officials […]
Clean Sweep is Saturday
Residents will be able to dispose of hazardous materials By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The spring Clean Sweep program at the Burlington Department of Public Works will be Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon. Last year, among the six communities involved, more than 43,000 pounds of hazardous household waste, […]
Two charged in multiple west end burglaries
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Two Racine residents are charged with multiple felonies in a series of burglaries throughout western Racine County last summer and fall. Aaron Mianecki and Jenna Quadracci, both 26, are both charged with multiple counts of burglary and felony theft in incidents that occurred in the villages […]
iCare, do you?
Community members team up to fight teen suicide and drug abuse By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer Cindi Schweitzer, owner of Integrity Funeral Services in Waterford, says she’s buried too many teenagers due to suicide and/or drug abuse. Her desire to do something to change that led her to form iCare, […]
Sheriff’s Department warns of possible police impersonator in Western Racine County
The Racine County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a possible impersonation of a law enforcement officer in the Town of Yorkville at about 5 a.m. this morning. According to a press release from the Sheriff’s Department, the suspect vehicle pulled over another vehicle in Yorkville. The suspect […]
Local students bounce back on statewide tests
Double-digit improvement registered in several areas By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Burlington Area School District students bounced back from a subpar performance on state standardized tests last school year to show nearly across-the-board improvement on tests taken earlier this school year. Figures released Monday by the Wisconsin Department of […]
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