Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have risen 30.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.89 on Sunday. This compares with the national average that has increased 9.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.60, according to gasoline price website WisconsinGasPrices.com. Including the change in gas […]
News
News from throughout Western Racine County.
School district, teachers to exchange proposals Monday night
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer When the Burlington Area School District Board of Education and the Burlington Education Association exchange contract offers Aug. 6, it won’t be for the 2012-13 school year. Because of the ramifications of Act 10, the two entities need to determine wages for the 2011-12 school […]
Joint policing plan dead in the water
By Patricia Bogumil Editor In this year of ever-tightening budgets, annual police protection contracts offered for years through the Racine County Sheriff’s Department are not a sure thing. But replacing the sheriff’s services with something comparable, but cheaper, can be elusive. Monday night, after months of testing the waters, Waterford […]
Orange barrels and lane changes
City launches its ambitious road construction project By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief If you drive the streets of Burlington, it’s no secret then that road construction season has arrived. What will likely be four months of road work in the city got under way in earnest last week with […]
Foodbank receives $10,000 donation
Community State Bank has presented the Union Grove Area Foodbank with a $10,000 donation to help finance the purchase of the Foodbank’s new and permanent facility at 826 Main St., Unit C, Union Grove. “It’s with great pleasure that Community State Bank is able to donate to this very deserving […]
Donna Block resigns from WSD board
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Citing “current and ongoing health problems,” commissioner Donna Block resigned from the Town of Waterford Sanitary District (WSD) board Tuesday. Her resignation was accepted Wednesday morning by Town Chairman Robert Langmesser. Block, the WSD treasurer, was appointed in May 2011 by Langmesser, filling a vacancy left […]
Back in the concrete business
New company resumes operation at former JW Peters facility By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Having sat idle for three years, there were some surprises at the former JW Peters precast concrete manufacturing site in Burlington last week. Reopening under the name KW Precast, the first concrete slabs were poured with […]
Feds upgrade area’s air quality rating
On Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that air quality for six southeastern Wisconsin counties had improved enough to change the area’s status from nonattainment to attainment. This action formally recognizes that the area has now met a 1997 federal air quality standard for ground-level ozone. The counties that […]
Gas prices spike this week
Pipeline problems are to blame, analyst says Motorists should be aware of the likelihood of rising gas prices in Wisconsin this week. “I expect a majority of gas stations to have increased prices at least 10-35 cents per gallon by Friday evening with most stations starting to raise prices as […]
Young volunteer treasures her years of senior moments
Anita Blatnik, 18, Waterford, has been recognized by the Kohl’s Cares Scholarship Programas one of more than 2,200 young volunteers nationwide who have made a positive impact in their communities through volunteerism. She was nominated, and selected, for the Kohls award for her years of volunteerism at Waterford Senior Living. […]
-
-
-
-
-