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News from throughout Western Racine County.

Burlington

In this week’s Standard Press…

      About 80% of the school districts in Wisconsin do it. Now is it time for the Burlington Area School District to join in?       What we’re taking about are operational referendums that allow school districts to exceed state revenue limits in order to run their schools at a level […]

Burlington

In this week’s Standard Press…

     Just when you thought traffic in downtown Burlington was back to normal, city officials announced that the Jefferson Street bridge will be closed for repair until November. The pending work will restore the dilapidated span, but will also snarl normal downtown traffic patterns. The Jefferson Street bridge is among […]

Burlington

In this week’s Standard Press…

      What’s in a lie? For some it’s an everyday occurrence and others avoid it like the plague. For the members of the Burlington Liars Club a lie is a vehicle to provide a unique and hilarious contest. The annual contest invites people from throughout the world to submit their […]

Burlington

In this week’s Standard Press…

      Some things are just too horrific to understand. Case in point is the vicious attack that occurred at the Tiny Hooves animal sanctuary in Dover last Friday. The details of the event are incomprehensible: an unknown person shows up and brutally beats two volunteers at the sanctuary with 10-pound […]

Waterford

Budgeting dilemma

  Fire, library funds could be over budget for 2022 By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT Village of Waterford officials will look at shoring up spending overages in two municipal departments in the final weeks of 2022 as the books close on the current fiscal year. At the Village Board’s regular monthly […]

Burlington

Ice, ice baby!

Burlington hosted its annual Ice Festival last weekend. The event included 14 ice carvers, including Gina Diliberti who carves block No. 2 sponsored by Veteran’s Truck Line Inc. working with 300-pound ice blocks as part of the Wisconsin State Ice Carving Championship in Wehmhoff Square. The also included a Kris […]

Burlington

Boyle hired as chamber executive director

By Jason Arndt Staff Writer The Burlington Area Chamber of Commerce didn’t need to reach very far to find its new executive director to replace Jan Ludtke. Ludtke, who announced plans to step aside within the last month, will be succeeded by Burlington resident M.T. Boyle. Boyle, a former small […]

Burlington

In this week’s Standard Press…

      Bear Development, LLC, which looks to create a massive residential development, cleared one hurdle on Dec. 6 when the Common Council approved a rezone map amendment for the parcel near the Burlington Manufacturing and Office Park. The approval is one more step in a process that will create a […]