By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With the citywide rummage sale event coming up at the end of July, the City of Burlington Common Council on Tuesday discussed allowing people to put signs up in city right-of-ways. In the past, people have been asked to remove rummage sale signs from the grassy […]
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Storms blow through area, knocking out power
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor While the majority of June 5’s late thunderstorm managed to miss the Burlington area, winds from the storm knocked out power throughout the southeast area. According to a We Energies spokeswoman June 6, about 3,000 customers in Racine County were without power at 10:30 p.m. […]
City to finalize pact for sale of vacant lot
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Following a closed-session discussion Tuesday night, the City of Burlington Community Development Authority agreed to finalize a contract for the sale of the empty lot at the corner of Dodge and East Chestnut streets. Burlington Core Group Upgrade II, LLC, has been trying to purchase […]
Sex offender charged after approaching kids at bus stop
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A convicted sex offender was arrested and charged Monday afternoon after approaching students at a bus stop near Cooper Elementary School. According a criminal complaint filed in Racine County Tuesday afternoon, Leon Hopson, 29, was charged with two felonies of misidentifying himself, as he is a […]
Family retires scholarship for special ed. students
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Almost three decades worth of giving back to an education program that helped thousands has reached its sunset. The end of the 2015-16 school year will mark the official end of the Chris Roanhouse Award, given each year to a special education student for post high […]
Summer concert series opens this week
The Burlington area summer concert series B-Town Sounds returns starting next Thursday. All concerts are at Echo Park in the pavilion, with an event every other week. The concerts are free, with parking at Veterans Terrace and adjourning lots. This year’s bands are: June 9 – “American Folk,” bluegrass June […]
Waterford to introduce new incident procedure in fall
By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT As school shootings, bomb threats and other potentially catastrophic events occur at schools across the nation at a growing rate, Waterford Graded school officials have examined the district’s policies and procedures for most of this school year. The outgrowth of those efforts is ALiCE, a program […]
Governor helps celebrate festival’s longevity
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor After handing out a plaque that recognized Friday, May 27, as Chocolate Day in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker picked up a pair of scissors and cut a ribbon – appropriately made of Nestle “ChocolateFest” wrappers. Walker and Wisconsin Tourism Secretary Stephanie Klett officially kicked off the […]
Burger King reopens
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The Burger King restaurant on Highway 36 in Rochester reopened last week less than 24 hours after a grease fire shut it down. The Racine County Sheriff’s Department sent out a news release May 27 afternoon, saying fire departments from Rochester and Waterford responded to put […]
Festival rides out the storm
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Even a potentially dangerous storm moving through the area May 28 couldn’t derail the Memorial Day Weekend – and ChocolateFest. A thunderstorm that never got a severe thunderstorm warning cleared the grounds with little room to spare before the rain started falling. Even the evacuation and […]
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