A former Union Grove and Burlington man, now living in Milwaukee, is accused of possessing illegal firearms and threatening to shoot people during separate confrontations with his wife and a co-worker last year. Donald R. Heath, 50, was charged Monday with three felonies in Racine County Circuit Court: […]
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Two at Waterford High School named Kohl Award recipients
Two at WHS named Kohl Award recipients Two members of the Waterford High School community have been named recipients of 2014 Herb Kohl Foundation awards for students and teachers. Student Sydney Lindner and Derek Machan, the WHS Director of Choral Activities and Music Theory, were selected for the $1,000 awards, […]
Missing girls found after two-hour search
Pair were reported missing in Cedar Park neighborhood Residents of Burlington’s Cedar Park neighborhood were on edge for two hours Thursday night as family members, firefighters and law enforcement officials searched for two girls who had been reported missing. The girls were eventually found safe near their homes. The Racine […]
Talmer agrees to sell local branch offices
Hartland-based Town Bank will take over Wisconsin operations By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Talmer Bank, which operates 11 branches in Wisconsin, including Burlington, announced this week in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it has agreed to sell its state operations to Town Bank of […]
Easter egg hunt is Saturday at BHS
High school leadership club will again host annual event By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Spring finally decided to stick around this week – and it picked a good time to do it. For the first time in a few years, the Burlington High School DRIVEN program Easter Egg Hunt will have […]
A flip of a coin earns John Bieringer a board seat
John Bieringer is the newest candidate to win election to the Washington-Caldwell School Board. Bieringer and Stacey Forkner both were write-in candidates for one of two vacant school board positions in the April 1 election. Another candidate, Yvonne McGilvary, filed election papers and her name appeared on the April 1 […]
TLC, community step up for displaced residents
Fire impacted apartments above adjacent buildings By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With as many people as there were worried about the effect on businesses following Saturday night’s five-alarm fire at the Schuette Daniels Furniture store, it could be easy to overlook the human aspect. Cristen Chaffee of The Transitional Living Center […]
Illinois man, 36, charged in 1997 murder of Amber Creek
Teen’s body was found in marsh in Town of Burlington Charges were filed today against a 36-year-old Palatine, Ill., man in the murder of Amber Creek, a 14-year-old runaway whose body was found in a Town of Burlington marsh in 1997. James P. Eaton is accused in Racine County Circuit […]
Fox River Bank operates under new FDIC orders
By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Burlington-based Fox River State Bank is now operating under a revised set of regulatory orders issued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the state Department of Financial Institutions. The consent order, which both sides agreed to in February, was formally announced by the […]
Study shows BASD tax levy is 15% below average
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor As consultant Nexus Solutions made its initial presentation to the Burlington Area School District School Board Monday night regarding possible facility upgrades, the company made it very clear it was impressed with the district’s finances. The facilities study gave the district a way to fund about […]
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