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Tuesday, January 14, 2025
News from throughout Western Racine County.
Imagine if your hobby is to secretly spread happiness and your method of delivery is hiding tiny works of art throughout the community for unsuspecting people to find. That’s the gist of the Kindness Rocks movement, which is developing a growing group of followers and participants in Western Racine […]
Proposal goes before Plan Commission on Thursday By Jason Arndt Editor A rising demand from area construction projects, including the Foxconn development in Mount Pleasant, have left Southeastern Wisconsin with an increased need for gravel pits. The depleted resource, according to Robert Kordus, president of Union Grove-based Asphalt Contractors, Inc., […]
Superintendent to retire at end of the month By Cathy Kozlowicz Correspondent After spending more than 30 years in the Waterford Union High School District, Superintendent Keith Brandstetter can state his educational philosophy in one word – academics. This is the legacy and the area he is most proud of […]
Contract comes in at just below $1 million By Jason Arndt Editor The Burlington Common Council voted unanimously to award a bid for sewer and road repair work to Wanasek Corp., of Burlington, at its June 18 meeting. The repair contract, which will not exceed $982,171, was lower than two […]
A status conference was scheduled for June 19 for a West Virginia man charged with beating his girlfriend while staying on the grounds of St. Thomas Church in Waterford. Christopher R. Pringle, 34, of Terraalta, W.V., was charged June 7 in Racine County Circuit Court with false imprisonment, misdemeanor battery […]
Jasperson Sod Farm to host annual breakfast By Jason Arndt Editor It’s no secret that the past decade has been brutal for dairy farmers in Racine County and the rest of the dairy state. And while the number of dairy farms in the area has declined, agriculture remains a staple […]
Supt. Peter Smet set to step down after 30-plus years with district By Jason Arndt Editor Peter Smet found more than just a job when he first arrived to the Burlington Area School District to serve as its vocational coordinator in 1988. He discovered a community, where he raised a […]
Baumhardt did not contest sex assault, misconduct charges charge By Jason Arndt Editor Racine County Circuit Court judge Wynne P. Laufenberg said former City of Burlington police Sgt. Matthew Baumhardt was living the American Dream. But, Baumhardt, 31, now of Campbellsport, threw away his career last July, when he sexually […]
An ugly chapter in the history of the City of Burlington Police Department and in the life of a young officer came to a close Monday when a former sergeant was sentenced to 12 months in jail on charges of sexual assault and misconduct. The judge who sentenced Matthew […]
The Jackie Brown Band performs at Waterford River Rhythms on June 6 to open the summer concert series at Waterford’s Village Hall Park. The series continues Thursday, June 20, with a performance by Altered Five Blues Band out of Milwaukee. The quintet won two WAMI Awards in 2018, including Song […]
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