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Sunday, January 19, 2025
News from throughout Western Racine County.
The Burlington High School girls volleyball team is headed to state (again!) and independent social service agency Love Inc. is beginning the transition to a new facility on Milwaukee Avenue in Burlington. These are just two the stories readers will find in Thursday’s edition of the Burlington Standard Press. Here’s […]
The Racine County Sheriff’s Office has labeled a social media post threatening a shooting at Union Grove High School to be a hoax. A 14-year-old girl, who is a student at the school, was questioned by investigators and allegedly admitted to altering an Instagram post showing a person wearing a […]
Volunteer Abigail Siok (left) helps fit Nelly Glashagel, 2, with a coat for the winter season during the Get Out and Play event held Oct. 19 at St. Mary Grade School in Burlington. The event, financed by local businessman Frank Cannella, outfitted 110 local children with winter gear. Cannella worked […]
Current policy allows groups to use facilities without charge By Alex Johnson Correspondent The full School Board is scheduled to decide next month whether local non-profit groups that have a reciprocal relationship with the Burlington Area School District will be charged to use school facilities for events and functions ranging […]
Longtime station will focus on service, towing after shutting off pumps By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Tuesday will officially be remembered as the day the gas pumps ran dry at Merten’s service station in Burlington. The station, at 389 Milwaukee Ave., has been pumping gasoline since 1959. “That’s when […]
Jessica Schnick works on her pie with no hands during the pie-eating contest at the Pumpkin Chuckin’ Festival at the Racine County Fairgrounds on Sunday. The event was part of the Great Pumpkin Chuckin’ Fest, sponsored by the Greater Union Grove Area Chamber of Commerce. (Photo by Toni Schneider)
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent In the hopes of making as informed a decision as possible, Village of Waterford officials this week hit the pause button on a planned residential development near the intersection of highways 83 and 20. In recent months, residential developer Bielinski Homes has approached the village with […]
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 2 for a Union Grove man charged with beating two people in a “mob-mentality” fight outside a Racine bar in September. Marshawn J. Thurman, 27, was charged Oct. 23 in Racine County Circuit Court with two counts of substantial battery as a party […]
By Jason Arndt Staff Writer At least 125 people, including some local officials, learned more about Foxconn Technology Group’s plans to construct a 20-million square foot LCD screen manufacturing plant in the Village of Mount Pleasant during a meeting Tuesday at the Veterans Terrace in Burlington. Racine County and Racine […]
Local communities have scheduled the following Trick or Treat hours for the upcoming week: Saturday, Oct. 28 Lyons 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 Rochester 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31 Town of Burlington 6 to 8 p.m. City of Burlington 6 to 8 p.m. Village of Waterford […]
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