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Sunday, March 9, 2025
News from the Burlington area
As the events of the past week in Kenosha have dominated local and national news, Western Racine County residents were drawn to city to the east for a variety reasons. Some went to help – assisting business owners with cleanup or painting murals on boarded-up windows. Others went join […]
Officials say positive cases were likely despite precautions A situation district officials said was inevitable has come to pass as two staff members in the Burlington Area School District have tested positive for COVID-19, officials confirmed Friday. Those two cases – one each at Burlington High School and Karcher Middle […]
A Burlington man is charged with his third drunken driving offense after allegedly careening through a residential yard and later crashing through a gate and into the woods at a clothing-optional campground in the Town of Burlington on Monday. Bryant Doll, 33, is charged in Racine County Circuit Court with […]
East end shooting, rioting seed fear west of Interstate 94 By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Interstate 94 has long been a dividing line between east and west in Kenosha and Racine counties. But for many living on the west end, the busiest stretch of highway in the state is not […]
Interstate 94 has long been the dividing line between east and west in Kenosha and Racine counties. But for many living on the west end, the busiest stretch of highway in the state is not wide enough to calm fears related to civil unrest in the City of Kenosha […]
Love Inc., Red Cross rally to support dozens of residents By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Community groups have stepped up to help 32 families affected by an Aug. 13 fire at the Fox Crossing apartment complex in downtown Burlington. The fire broke out at around 12:30 p.m., according to fire […]
Students, staff feel sense of relief with school restart By Mike Ramczyk Correspondent There was excitement in the air Monday morning at Waller Elementary School. Hundreds of students lined up outside the school – which showed off its shiny, new, energy-efficient windows – and teachers made sure they were in […]
Time and again, when tragedy hits, the good people of Burlington pull together to help. Such was the case last week when a fire at the Fox Crossing apartments in downtown Burlington displaced 32 families from the complex. In the interim, the American Red Cross, independent social service agency […]
Donation of crayons, books signals new era for school district By Mike Ramczyk Correspondent Darnisha Garbade could have very easily taken her ball and gone home. After the Burlington Area School District partnered with the National Equity Project last month to combat racism in the district, Garbade, who heads the […]
One person suffered burns and several residents were displaced when a fire broke out Thursday afternoon in a third-floor unit of the Fox Crossing apartment complex in downtown Burlington. The building’s sprinkler system contained the fire and prevented it from “from engulfing the third-floor unit within minutes and expanding […]
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