Henderson accepts college basketball coaching position By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Make no mistake: Catholic Central High School Principal and boys basketball coach Eric Henderson loves Burlington. And, he said, he loves the community in which he works. But when an offer he hadn’t even imagined came his way during the […]
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Echo Lake Foods submits building plan
Company plans to rebuild portions of plant lost to 2013 fire By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Echo Lake Foods General Manager Jerry Warntjes confirmed Tuesday that rebuilding plans have been submitted for review to the City of Burlington Plan Commission. Warntjes declined to discuss details, saying that what happens with the […]
Metal piece that fell off train blamed for fuel spill
By Patricia Bogumil Editor A large metal chunk that fell off a Canadian National Railway train traveling through the Town of Waterford earlier Sunday is the likely culprit behind a diesel fuel spill reported around 10 p.m. According to Village of Waterford Fire Chief Richard Mueller, a metal […]
Officials to discuss the horrors of heroin
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor There is no question that heroin has made its way into Racine County. With its devastating effects and almost-instant addiction properties, the drug is becoming a large problem in Wisconsin – and in the area. To that effect, the Racine County Sheriff’s Department, […]
The DNR comes to town with more unwelcome ideas
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Town of Waterford officials hope to convince the state Department of Natural Resources to reconsider labeling an area of the town as “urbanized” – a label that will require the town to pay for costly mapping and computer analysis. Dueling opinions from two different engineers – […]
Summer camp signups available at Shepherds
Shepherds Ministries, a leading provider of services to people with intellectual disabilities, is opening registration for Camp Discovery, offering four, one-week summer camps for young people ages 13 to 25, held on the Shepherds campus in Union Grove. “We’re planning exciting summer activities for camp this year,” said Andrea […]
Police impersonator stops woman
Racine County residents are being warned about a police impersonator in the area, one that pulled over a woman in the Town of Burlington near Bushnell Park. According to numerous media reports based off a Racine County Sheriff’s Department press release, a woman pulled over for what was reported to […]
April showers bring a night of 1,000 frogs
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Terry Alby is an admitted frog-hugger who hates to see them get croaked during what he calls Waterford’s “Night of a Thousand Frogs.” That yearly event – in which thousands of critters migrate from a nearby pond to leap frog across Riverside Drive to the Fox […]
Facility study put on hold
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor When Nexus Solutions first came to the Burlington Area School District School Board last summer, it promised it could find the district ways to save money and upgrade facilities at the same time. And while Nexus, along with Scherrer Construction, came back to the […]
Community mourns death of ‘Dr. Jim’
By Julie Rossman Correspondent The community of Union Grove has been dealing with both shock and sadness following the untimely death of a local beloved physician, Dr. James Simonds, on April 16. Simonds was a physician at the Wheaton Franciscan Medical Clinic, Union Grove, working alongside his wife, Dr. Lisa […]
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