Now is the time for potential candidates to step up for local councils, boards The local election season kicks off this weekend as incumbents and potential challengers are able to officially declare candidacy or circulate nomination papers for the April election. Locally the election encompasses the city, surrounding townships and […]
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News from throughout Western Racine County.
Local author practices what the mouse preaches
By Gail Peckler-Dziki Correspondent We all love stories. They entertain us, give us information, inspire and can move us to action. Retired elementary school teacher, mother and grandmother Nancy Lauzon knows the value of a good story and has self-published “Quiet Aza Mouse” to do all those things. Lauzon is […]
Scouting out a larger-than- life idea for an Eagle Scout project
By Patricia Bogumil Editor One young man’s big ideas have turned into a big deal for the Phantom Lake YMCA Camp of Mukwonago, which has received a huge oversized Adirondack chair courtesy of Jarod Sharp, Wind Lake. The Muskego High School sophomore planned and directed the building of a Paul […]
Town considers switch in public health service provider
By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer The Waterford Town Board is considering a change in public health service providers and has been researching options available to them. Town Chairman Bob Langmesser has expressed dissatisfaction with the current health services provider, Western Racine County Health Department, on numerous occasions in the past […]
Driver to face charges in Waterford hit-and-run
Boy is seriously injured by suspected drunken driver A 13-year-old Waterford boy suffered serious injuries Saturday night when he was struck by a vehicle driven by a suspected drunken driver. The Racine County Sheriff’s Office is seeking charges of operating while intoxicated causing injury, hit and run causing injury and […]
Move to exclude spouses from committees fails
School Board panel struggles to address perceived conflicts By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer After a public and heated discussion a month ago about just who should serve as citizen representatives on the Burlington Area School District various School Board committees, it seemed only a matter of time before the district […]
How ’bout some Clapton with your coffee?
Popularity of open mic night at local coffee house grows By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer If you stop into The Coffee House at Chestnut and Pine, you immediately get the sense there is more to the place than just coffee and tea. Co-owner Rhonda Sullivan said when the coffee shop […]
Focusing on test results
School improvement plans strive to improve measurable scores By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer While administrators in the Burlington Area School District stress that testing is a snapshot of a specific student at a specific period of time, those same tests are also a gauge of overall student achievement. As a […]
Aurora plans to close hospital birthing center
Local officials are concerned about an erosion of service in Burlington By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington will no longer deliver babies beginning next summer, shifting that service exclusively to Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn. While Aurora’s Burlington hospital and clinic will continue to […]
Woodpile catches fire
Firefighters from the Town of Burlington extinguish a blaze that broke out in a woodpile next to an outdoor wood-burning furnace on the Rice Family Farm, 29800 Bushnell Road, on Nov. 23. Firefighters from several other local departments stood by with addition manpower and equipment as town fire department succeeded […]