Agency wants more information on chronic waste disease in area The Department of Natural Resources is asking hunters from Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth counties to submit additional Chronic Wasting Disease samples during the holiday hunt from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6, or the remainder of the bow season also ending […]
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Town of Waterford picks ProHealth for 2013
By Patricia Bogumil Editor The Town of Waterford Board approved an agreement Monday night to switch public health services in 2013 to ProHealth Care of Waukesha. The new deal ends more than 20 years of public health services provided to town residents through the Western Racine County Health Department. Waterford […]
Don’t call it a gas price crash
Analyst says prices are still near all-time highs for this month Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have fallen 8.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.23 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,112 gas outlets in Wisconsin. This compares with the national average that […]
City’s web dashboard gets positive reviews
Users get transparent view of city finances By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer City of Burlington City Administrator Kevin Lahner likes the idea of making the workings of the city as transparent as possible – especially when it comes to finances. Hence the development of what is called the city’s “performance […]
How to make a birthday golden
Sandy Thiede turns occasion into a Salvation Army fundraiser By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer If there’s one thing Sandy Thiede has in her life, it’s enough stuff. “I don’t need any more things,” said Thiede, who celebrated her 69th birthday Wednesday on Dec. 12, 2012 – or 12-12-12. While not […]
Warrants out in gas stealing scheme
By Patricia Bogumil EDITOR Lake County, Ill., law enforcement officials issued forgery arrest warrants Dec. 4 for Laurence P. Esser, 55, Union Grove, and Maximo Rodriguez, 57, Franksville, in an alleged scheme to drive off with a lot of free gasoline. Esser, at least, should not be hard for authorities […]
Apartments eyed for long-vacant downtown site
Planners clear way for complex along river By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer After years of holding abandoned concrete towers and then becoming barren, overgrown ground, the vacant lot once marked for a business development along the city’s Riverwalk could be active once again. The City of Burlington Plan Commission approved […]
Health insurance debate rises again
As election nears, teachers’ premium cost is a hot topic for BASD board By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer While the April School Board elections may still be months away, the first salvos in what will probably be a long fight were fired Monday night. Burlington Area School District School Board […]
Area student dies in crash
Westosha Central teen was athlete, muscian Honor student Casey Petricek, of Kansasville, died Saturday of injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash that occurred when she lost control of her car on a turn in the 23000 block of Highway 142, according to authorities. In addition to being an honor student […]
Kisses so sweet
Burlington couple marries in chocolate shop By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer When Doug Potter and Sheryl Woithon first met through an online dating service a year ago, neither was looking for a relationship. Potter, a man who had been working – slowly, but surely – to turn his life around, […]
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