After a blast of cold Canadian air at midweek, a potent storm system will take aim at the central United States late this week, according to meteorologists with Accuweather. As the storm impacts the West Coast, bitterly cold air will settle in across the Plains and Great Lakes through […]
Author: Ed Nadolski
Man allegedly outran police in wild car chase
A status conference is scheduled for Jan. 29 for a Mount Horeb man charged with outrunning police in a rented BMW. Dennis R. Frame, 27, was charged Dec. 10 in Racine County Circuit Court with second-degree recklessly endangering safety and attempting to flee or elude an officer. According to […]
Village to break ground on three developments
Dairy Queen, condos, business park included in event The Village of Waterford will host groundbreaking ceremonies for a trio of new developments – including a Dairy Queen restaurant – on Wednesday, Jan. 22. A new business park and condominium complex round out the new developments. The projects will add an […]
State grant could boost proposed brewery
Low Daily Brewery and Taproom eyed for historic building By Jason Arndt Editor A Community Development Investment grant through the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation could bolster Tim Sullivan’s plan to transform the former Standard Press building into a brewery and taproom. The CDI grant will cover about $171,000 of the […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
The City of Burlington could opt to seek a state grant to help finance the conversion of a historic downtown building into a craft brewery. The Common Council is slated to consider the grant application and approval of a developer’s agreement with developer Tim Sullivan at a meeting on […]
Town to take up gravel pit request Thursday
Controversial issue comes to a head in Spring Prairie By Jason Arndt Editor The Town of Spring Prairie Planning and Zoning Commission is poised to weigh in on a proposed and highly controversial gravel pit at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The meeting will be held at the Town Hall, N6097 Highway […]
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The City of Burlington will have a primary election for the third consecutive year after three challengers along with an incumbent filed for candidacy in the 1st Aldermanic District. However, Mayor Jeannie Hefty and three incumbent aldermen will run unopposed, according to City Clerk Diahnn Halbach. The annual candidate […]
Top stories of 2019: No. 10 Performing arts center proposed
The City of Burlington moved one step closer to exploring a multi-use Performing Arts Center on Dec. 3 when a divided Common Council awarded a $10,000 grant for an economic feasibility study. The grant covers 50 percent of the feasibility study with the Burlington Performing Arts Foundation, Inc. required to […]
Marijuana may be legal in Illinois, but that gets no consideration here
By Chris Bennett Correspondent There was a time in Wisconsin history, in the recent past, when families broke the law over butter. Normally law-abiding citizens sneaked over the Wisconsin-Illinois state line for years to buy yellow oleo. The product could only be sold in its normal white color in Wisconsin, […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
2019 in the Burlington area was a year of great change featuring the end of the volunteer Burlington Rescue Squad and the start of construction for a new middle school. It was also a year of great scandal with two public officials embroiled in criminal proceedings regarding sex charges. […]
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