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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
News from throughout Western Racine County.
Local family credited with rallying support for bill By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The first step in the battle of legalizing cannabadiol oil (CBD oil) in Wisconsin – and helping seizure patients like Lydia Schaeffer – passed with flying colors Tuesday, but a tougher battle is ahead. The Wisconsin State Assembly, […]
Three of the five candidates in the April 1 election for the Burlington Area School District Board of Education participated in a forum Wednesday, March 19. The forum, sponsored by the Burlington Standard Press, WIN Media and the Burlington Community Fund, was held at Veterans Terrace. A video recording of […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Bullying is something that educators in the Burlington Area School District take very seriously. Preventing bullying is something that school counselors Andrea Donegan and Mary Wagner embrace at Dyer Intermediate School – which houses four different schools’ worth of students, all coming together for […]
By Jason Arndt Correspondent Fire Commission members noted multiple improvements at the Union Grove/Yorkville Fire Station during a recent meeting held at the station and are in the preliminary stages of examining options to either expand the present facility or replace the station built in 1974. The reorganization and cleanup […]
Racine County sheriff’s deputies seized nearly 20 pounds of marijuana from a car stopped for speeding on Interstate 94 on Monday. The 19 pounds of marijuana – which has a street value of approximately $19,000, according to deputies – was being transported from Illinois to Milwaukee by a Milwaukee man. […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor After fighting for the last few months just to get the Wisconsin State Legislature to even consider legalizing medical marijuana for seizure disorders, a Burlington resident saw progress this week. Sally Schaeffer has been fighting the last few months to get the Legislature to […]
By Jason Arndt Correspondent American Roller, headquartered in Union Grove, faces one final obstacle in the form of approval from the Joint Review Board before the company can move forward on a planned multi-million dollar expansion project. The Review Board’s upcoming decision on March 24 represents the next step […]
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Two incumbent supervisors and a planning commissioner are vying for election to two positions on the Waterford Town Board in the Tuesday, April 1 election. The candidates are incumbent supervisors Dale Gauerke and Tim Szeklinski and planning commission member, Jan Alvey. Each candidate shared their thoughts […]
By Julie Rossman Correspondent The Findley Center on the campus of Shepherds Ministries/Shepherds College in Union Grove was abuzz with activity Monday afternoon. Students of Shepherds College had a rare opportunity to be primped and pampered, get dressed up and then be part of a very special photo shoot. […]
On Saturday, March 15, more that 25,000 youth – Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venture Crews will distribute collection bags for non-perishable food items and other grocery store non food items among the homes of residents throughout the Kenosha and Racine counties. Food bags will be hung on the front […]
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