By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With much of the focus of politics this week on the Republican National Convention, it’s easy to forget Wisconsin is just three weeks away from fall primary elections. The United State Senator position held by Ron Johnson and the U.S. Representative position held by Speaker of […]

By Luke Howard Correspondent The Burlington Town Board is looking into the purchase of a bucket truck to aid the highway department. No price on the truck was mentioned, but the Board stated that the Highway Department was not to exceed $30,000 at its meeting July 14. The town is […]

According to information received by City of Burlington staff, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation will be making another change to the intersection of Highway 83 and South Pine Street. The intersection, which has had two fatal accidents in less than a year, will gain full green arrows at the intersection, […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Two weeks of City of Burlington events started this week with the annual Burlington Public Library book sale, which lasts until noon on Saturday. Normally the book sale runs the same week as the City of Burlington’s sidewalk sales, but the Friends of the Library moved […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The City of Burlington Common Council is moving forward with phases 3 and 4 of planning for the community pool, but officials acknowledged Tuesday night that the timeline might be too tight for a November referendum. After an open discussion with members of the Pool Board, […]

By Jason Arndt Staff Writer A Wisconsin appellate court granted a stay in placement, pending appeal, of a violent sex offender into a Town of Wheatland residence, according to a Kenosha County Sheriff’s news release. The proposed Department of Health Services placement involves Michael McGee, convicted in 1987 of second-degree […]

A 24-year-old Burlington man was killed just before the Fourth of July weekend in a car crash in Waukesha County. According to the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department, Cody Webb – a 2010 Burlington High School graduate – died when a car driven by 28-year-old Maria Moore of Menomonee Falls hit […]

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 14 for a Darien man charged with breaking into a Town of Spring Prairie home last month. Jeremie L. Bidlack, 26, was charged June 29 in Walworth County Circuit Court with burglary of a building or dwelling as a party to a crime, […]